Bruce Hoffman

Bruce Hoffman
Hoffman in 2006
Born	1954 (age 69–70) New York City, U.S.
Title	Shelby Cullom and Kathryn W. Davis Senior Fellow George H. Gilmore Senior Fellow
Academic background
Education	Connecticut College (BA) New College, Oxford (BPhil) St. Antony's College, Oxford (DPhil)
Thesis	Jewish Terrorist Activities and the British Government in Palestine, 1939–1947 (1985)
Doctoral advisor	Michael Howard
Other advisors	Bernard Wasserstein
Academic work
Discipline	International relations
Institutions	RAND Corporation University of St Andrews Georgetown University Claremont McKenna College
Main interests	International relations theory

Bruce R. Hoffman (born 1954) is an American political analyst. He specializes in the study of terrorism, counter-terrorism, insurgency, and counter-insurgency. Hoffman serves as the Shelby Cullom and Kathryn W. Davis Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security on the Council on Foreign Relations, and is a professor at the School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University.^[1] In addition, he is the Professor Emeritus and Honorary Professor of Terrorism Studies at the University of St Andrews,^[2] and is the George H. Gilmore Senior Fellow at the U.S. Military Academy's Combating Terrorism Center.^[3] He identifies as a Zionist.^[4]

Hoffman began an interest in the study of international relations while an undergraduate at Connecticut College. He received his graduate education at the Oxford University, earning his doctorate in 1986. Hoffman has since held multiple professorships and appointments. In May 2022, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin appointed Hoffman as a commissioner on the Commonwealth of Virginia's Commission to Combat Antisemitism.^[5]