Dorle Hellmuth
Assistant Professor
Department of Politics
Catholic University of America
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Hellmuth is an assistant professor of politics and serves as the academic director of the department’s parliamentary internship programs in Europe. Her book, Counterterrorism and the State, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015), analyses post-911 counterterrorism decision-making and responses in the United States, Germany, Great Britain, and France. She has published and co-published articles and book chapters in Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Democracy and Security, The Nonproliferation Review, and Beyond Sovereignty. Her publications also include policy papers published by the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies in Washington, D.C. where she is a Non-Resident Fellow.
Research Interest
Professor Hellmuth’s research and teaching covers world politics, particularly the study of transatlantic and European politics, counterterrorism and counterradicalization, homeland security, general comparative politics, and American foreign policy.
Publications
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“Countering Jihadi Prison Radicalization in Germany and the United States,†American Institute of Contemporary German Studies (AICGS) Transatlantic Perspectives (June 2016).
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“Countering Islamist Radicalization in Germany,†Combating Terrorism Center Sentinel (at West Point), volume 6, issue 1 (January 2013).
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“Taking Stock of Terrorism: The Bush Counterterrorism Legacy and Remaining Challenges for Obama,†in Finding Security in an Age of Uncertainty: German and American Counterterrorism Policies, AICGS Policy Report #41 (Washington, DC: American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, December 2009).
