Robert A. Pape

Robert A. Pape is a professor at the University of Chicago and the director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats. His publications include Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism, Cutting the Fuse: The Explosion of Global Suicide Terrorism and How to Stop It, and numerous other peer-reviewed articles on terrorism.

Articles by Robert A. Pape

An aerial view shows a road clogged to the horizon with people. At left is the ocean and at right a war-devastated landscape.

What Trump’s Gaza Plan Means for the World

Analysis

Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, Matthew Duss, Khaled Elgindy, Dalia Hatuqa, Sara Khorshid, Aaron David Miller, Yousef Munayyer, Robert A. Pape, Hala Rharrit, Dennis Ross

February 6, 2025, 4:58 PM

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a "Make America Great Again" rally at Aaron Bessant Amphitheater in Panama City Beach, Florida on May 8, 2019.

Trump Is Motivating Islamist Extremists to Kill Americans

Argument

February 5, 2025, 2:35 PM

A photo collage illustration shows fractured images of political violence in Sri Lanka, Northern Ireland, Brazil, and Ethiopia. At center is a silhouette of the U.S. Capitol with protesters silhouetted in front of it.

Why Electoral Violence Starts—and How It Can End

Analysis

Robert A. Pape, Dushni Weerakoon, Oliver Stuenkel, Adem Kassie Abebe, Daniel Finn

November 1, 2024, 6:00 AM

Pro-Trump protesters gather in front of the U.S. Capitol before the attack in Washington.

The Jan. 6 Insurrectionists Aren’t Who You Think They Are

Argument

January 6, 2022, 6:43 AM

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It’s the Occupation, Stupid

Argument

October 18, 2010, 8:28 PM

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