Arie Perliger

Arie Perliger, Ph.D.

Professor

College
College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Department
School of Criminology and Justice Studies, Climate Change Initiative
Phone
978-934-4268
Office
Health and Social Sciences Building, Room 439
Email
Arie_Perliger@uml.edu
Links

Expertise

Political Violence and Extremism, Security Policy and Politics, Far-Right Politics (Europe, US and Israel), Political Socialization, Middle Eastern Politics, Research Methodology (SNA).

Research Interests

Political Violence and Extremism, Security Policy and Politics, Far-Right Politics (Europe, US and Israel), Political Socialization, Middle Eastern Politics, Research Methodology (SNA).

Education

  • Ph.D.: Political Science, (2007), University of Haifa - Haifa, Israel
    Supporting Area: Terrorism and Political Violence, Security Policy and Politics
  • MA: Political Science, (2002), University of Haifa - Haifa, Israel
  • BA: Political Science and Education, (2000), University of Haifa - Haifa, Israel

Biosketch

Arie Perliger, Ph.D., is a professor in security studies at the School of Criminology and Justice Studies, University of Massachusetts Lowell.

In the past 20 years, Perliger was engaged in an extensive study of issues related to terrorism and political violence, security policy and politics (including the nexus of security and climate change), politics and extremism of the Far Right in Israel, Europe, and the US, Middle Eastern Politics, and the applicability of Social Network Analysis to the study of political violence. His studies appeared in 10 books and monographs and in numerous articles and book chapters and were cited in more than 2000 academic texts. His recent book, “American Zealots – Inside Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism,” which was published by Columbia University Press, provides an in-depth analysis of the history and contemporary trends of the violent American far-right.

Perliger was also engaged in training practitioners from various agencies such as the FBI, CIA, and ICE. Additionally, he provided professional briefings to high-rank officials from the government and military, such as The Secretary of the Army, Army Chief of Staff, and SOCOM, AFRICOM, NORTHCOM, and JSOC commanders. He is also engaged in informing the public via contributions to various media platforms. His articles/interviews appeared, among others, in the NY Times, BBC, CBS News, and Newsweek.

Selected Awards and Honors

  • Medal of Superior Civilian Service Award, Department of the Army, US Government (for excellence in teaching and training cadets), July 15, 2016.
  • Certificate of Appreciation, Department of Joint Interagency and Multinational Operations, Command and General Staff College, July 2015.

Selected Publications

  • Arie Perliger and Catherine Jarry. (Forthcoming, 2027). "Exploring Violent Misogyny: Incels, Trad Wives, MGTOW, and Other Extremist Misogynist Communities" (working title). New York, New York: Columbia University Press.
  • Ayse D. Lokmanoglu, Ananya Gupta, Tess Hemmila, Amira Jadoon, Bart Knijnenburg and Arie Perliger. 2026. “An Overview of Media Coverage Shifts Before and After the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election,” Journal of Political Marketing, 1–22. Published online May 14, 2026. DOI: 10.1080/15377857.2026.2667146.
  • Amira Jadoon, Ayse Lokmanoglu, Tess Hemmila, Gupta Ananya, Arie Perliger and Bart Knijnenburg. 2026. “The Digital Spin: Political Agenda Setting on Alternative Social Media Platforms,” Social Science Quarterly.
  • Hemmila, Tess, and Arie Perliger. 2025. “Exploring the Religious Dimensions of American Far-Right Extremist Discourse,” Terrorism and Political Violence (2026): 1-20.
  • Arie Perliger and Alejandro Beutel. 2025. “Marriage of convenience? The nexus of religious extremism and far-right militancy in Israel,” In Michele Grossman and H.A. Hellyer (Eds.) Rethinking Religion and Radicalization: Terrorism and Violence Twenty Years After 9/11. Bloomsbury Publishing.
  • Hemmila, Tess and Arie Perliger. 2025. “Hybridization or Salad Bar Ideology? Testing Ideological Convergence Within the American Violent Far Right.” Crime & Delinquency, 71(3).
  • Hope LaFreniere, Natalie Anastasio and Arie Perliger. 2024. “Explaining the Rise of Antisemitism in the United States,” Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Online First, 1–22.
  • Arie Perliger. 2024. “Far-Right Terrorism: The History, Present, and Future,” In Max Abrahms (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Terrorism Studies (pp. 99–105). Routledge.
  • Natalie Anastasio, Arie Perliger and Neil Shortland. 2023. “How Emotional Traits and Practices Lead to Support in Acts of Political Violence,” Studies in Conflicts and Terrorism 46(10): 1912-1932.
  • Mengyan Liu, Natalie Anastasio, LaFreniere, Hope, and Arie Perliger. 2023. “Public Health Crisis and Hate Crimes: Deciphering the Proliferation of Anti-Asian Violence in the US before and during COVID-19.” Perspectives on Terrorism, 17(2).
  • Tsvetina Kamenova and Arie Perliger. 2023. “Online Hate Crimes.” In Don Hummer and James M. Byrne (Eds.) Handbook on Crime and Technology, pp. 275-300 (Ch. 16)
  • Mengyan Liu and Arie Perliger. 2022. “Exploring the Intersection of Environmental Events and Domestic Political Violence in the United States,” Terrorism and Political Violence (online).
  • Arie Perliger and Joshua Mills. 2022. “Far-Right Violence and Extremism: Global Convergence,” In Barbara Perri, Jeff Gruenwald and Ryan Scrivens (Eds.) Right-Wing Extremism in Canada and the United States (2022): 381.
  • Neil Shortland, Jill Portnoy, Presley McGarry, Arie Perliger, Thomas Gordon and Natalie Anastasio. 2022. “A Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory of Violent Extremist Propaganda: The Motivational Pathways Underlying Movement Toward and Away From Violent Extremist Action,” Frontiers in Psychology.
  • Arie Perliger and Michael Palmieri. 2022. “Mapping Connections and Cooperation between Terrorist and Criminal Entities,” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 45(5-6): 335-347.
  • Jared Dmello*, Arie Perliger and Matthew Sweeney*. 2022. “The Violence of Political Empowerment: Electoral Success and the Facilitation of Terrorism in the Republic of India,” Terrorism and Political Violence, 34(7): 1281-1304.
  • Josylyne Nkogo, Matthew Sweeney and Arie Perliger. 2022. “The Role of Demographic Diversification of the Police Force in Curbing Hate Crimes: Cross- Sectional and Longitudinal Analyses,” Police Practice and Research, 23(3): 255-272.
  • Natalie Anasatasio, Arie Perliger and Neil Shortland.2021. “How Emotional Traits and Practices Lead to Support in Acts of Political Violence,” Studies in Conflicts and Terrorism (online).
  • Leonie Huddy, Oleg Smirnov, Karen Snider and Arie Perliger. 2021. “Anger, Anxiety, and Selective Exposure to Terrorist Violence,” Journal of Conflict Resolution, 65(10): 1764-1790.
  • Matthew Sweeney, Arie Perliger and Ami Pedhazur. 2021. “Reconstructing the Theater of Terror,” Small Wars & Insurgencies, 32(3): 469-489.
  • Arie Perliger. 2020. “Welcome Home: Deradicalization of Foreign Fighters,” In Stig Jarle Hansen and Stian Lid (Eds.) The Routledge Handbook of De-Radicalization and Disengagement, New York: Routledge.
  • Jared Dmello and Arie Perliger and. 2020. “Terrorism: International,” Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management. Switzerland AG: Springer.
  • Arie Perliger. 2020. “Welcome Home: Deradicalization of Foreign Fighters,” In Stig Jarle Hansen and Stian Lid (Eds.) The Routledge Handbook of De-Radicalization and Disengagment, New York: Routledge.
  • Arie Perliger and Matthew Sweeney. 2020. “Terrorism: Domestic,” Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management. Switzerland AG: Springer.
  • Arie Perliger. 2020. "America’s Zealots: Inside Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism." New York, New York: Columbia University Press.
  • Darren Hudson, Arie Perliger, Riley Post and Zachary Hoffman. 2020."The Irrational Terrorist and Other Persistent Terrorism Myths." Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
  • Arie Perliger. 2019. “Terrorism and Religion: Palestine,” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, New York: Routledge.
  • Arie Perliger and Ami Pedahzur. 2018. “Deciphering the Settlements’ Project,” In Reuven Y. Hazan, Gideon Rahat and Menachem Hofnung (Eds.) Oxford Handbook of Israeli Politics and Society, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Matthew Sweeney and Arie Perliger. 2018. “Explaining the Spontaneous Nature of Far- Right Violence in the United States,” Perspectives on Terrorism, 12(6).
  • Arie Perliger and Daniel Milton. 2018. “Fighting Together? – Understanding Bilateral Cooperation in The Realm of Counter-Terrorism,” Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflicts, 11(3): 199-220.
  • Arie Perliger and Matthew Sweeney. 2018. “Re-thinking the Applicability of Deterrence in Counter-Terrorism: The American War on Terrorism,” in Elli Lieberman (Ed.) Deterring Terrorism, New York: Routledge.
  • Ami Pedahzur, Lusaura Gutierrez and Arie Perliger. 2018. “Can Terrorism be Curbed? Lessons from Israel” in Andrew Silke (Ed.) Routledge Handbook of Terrorism and Counterterrorism, New York: Routledge.
  • Arie Perliger and Ami Pedahzur. 2018. “The Radical Right in Israel” In Jens Rydgren (Ed.) Oxford Handbook of The Radical Right, Oxford: Oxford University Press
  • Arie Perliger. 2018. “9/11 Attacks” In Bruce A. Arrigo (Ed.) The SAGE Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security, and Privacy, Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications.
  • Arie Perliger and Daniel Milton. 2016. "From Cradle to Grave: The Lifecycle of Foreign Fighters in Iraq and Syria." West Point, New York: Combating Terrorism Center.
  • Arie Perliger, Gabriel Koehler-Derrick and Ami Pedahzur. 2016. “The Gap between Participation and Violence: Why We Need to Disaggregate Terrorist ‘Profiles’,” International Studies Quarterly 60(2): 220-229.
  • Arie Perliger and Ami Pedahzur. 2016. “Counter Cultures, Group Dynamics and Religious Terrorism,” Political Studies, 64(2): 297-314.
  • Arie Perliger. 2015. "The Rationale of Political Assassinations." West Point, New York: Combating Terrorism Center
  • Arie Perliger. 2013. "Challengers from the Sidelines: Understanding America’s Violent Far-Right." West Point, New York: Combating Terrorism Center.
  • Ami Pedahzur and Arie Perliger. 2009. "Jewish Terrorism in Israel." New York: Columbia University Press.

Selected Presentations

  • “Explaining the Facilitators of Anti-Semitism in the US: 2006-2021”, The American Political Science Association Meeting, September 2022, Montreal, Canada.
  • “Explaining the Dynamics of Mass Violent Protest,” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, March 2022, Nashville, TN.
  • “Emotional and Attitudinal Triggers of Radicalization,” Eradicate Hate Global Summit, September 2022, Pittsburgh, US.
  • “Far-Right Insider Threat in Police Organizations,” Eradicate Hate Global Summit, September 2022, Pittsburgh, US.
  • “Contemporary Violent American Far-Right,” Presentation to Carnegie New Leaders Council, Jan 19, 2022 (virtual).
  • “The Landscape of Misogynist Ideological Violence,” Eradicate Hate Global Summit, October 18th, 2021, Pittsburgh, US.
  • “Current Trends in Far-Right Violence in the US,” Eradicate Hate Global Summit, October 18th, 2021, Pittsburgh, US.
  • “Exploring the Facilitators, Structure, Operations and Discourse of Misogynist Violence,” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, April 6-9, 2021, Virtual.
  • Guest Lecture “Learning from the Past, Adapting to the Present: Fighting Far-Right Extremism and Violence in the US,” Center on Terrorism Colloquium Series (Virtual), Feb. 5th, 2021.
  • Guest Lecture on “Learning From the Past, Adapting to the Present: Fighting Far-Right Extremism and Violence in the US,” Organized by the CVE group at Washington Institute for Near East Policy (Virtual) , Oct. 30, 2020.
  • Guest Lecture on “American Zealots – Inside Right Wind Domestic terrorism,” Organized by the Georgh Washington University Program on Extremism, Aug. 18, 2022.
  • Guest Lecture on “Domestic and International Cyber Threats” at the Cyber Adversaries Conference organized by the Massachusetts CyberCenter, Nichols College, Oct. 16, 2019.
  • Center for Naval Analysis National Security Seminar Series, “Beyond Jihad: Countering Violent Extremism at Home and Abroad,” Washington DC, Sep. 12, 2019.
  • “Reconstructing the Theater of Terror,” NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW), “The Post ISIS-era: Regional and Global Implications,” Washington DC, Sep. 6-8, 2019.
  • “Mapping Connections and Cooperation Between Terrorist and Criminal Entities,” UNODC event, A Look into the Dark: Linkages Between Organized Crime and Terrorism, Vienna, Austria, May 24, 2019.

Selected Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research

  • NIJ grant: Networks and Pathways of Violent Extremism (Role: CO-PI), National Institute of Justice, 2024-2026 ($953,203)
  • NIJ grant: Feasibility assessment of Government Clearing House for Extremist Materials (Role: PI), National Institute of Justice, 2024, ($300,000).
  • MASSSAVE Grant: Accelerating Diffusion of Energy Efficiency Programs un–Underprivileged Communities (Role: Co-PI), 2023-2024, (300,000$).
  • Minerva grant: Assessing the Extent of RMVE Ideological and Operational Presence within the US Military (Role: Co-PI), Department of Defense, 2023-2024, (135,470$)
  • NSF Grant: Accelerating Diffusion of Energy Efficiency Programs un–Underprivileged Communities (Role: Co-PI), 2023-2024, (50,000$)
  • DHS grant: Insider threats in US law enforcement: Assessing the personal and environmental risk factors from white supremacist and far-right groups (Role: Co-PI), Department of Homaland Security, 2022-2023, (230,000$)
  • NIJ grant: Characterizing and Preventing Domestic Terrorism: A Mixed-Methods Study of Five Far-Right Terrorist Groups (Role: PI), National Institute of Justice, 2021-2023, ($998,599)
  • NIJ grant: Gun Wars and Community Terrorization: Investigating Longitudinal Gang Violence in New Jersey from a Networked Perspective (Role: Co-PI), National Institute of Justice, 2021- 2022, ($435,020)
  • Private Sector Grant: Climate Change Initiative – Evaluating the Effectiveness and impact of CC Educational Simulations (En-ROADS), 2021-2022 (Role: Co-PI) ($431,088)
  • DOD Minerva Grant: Biomarkers and Counter-Messages: Measuring Individual Differences in the Influence of Extremist Propaganda and Counter-Messages (Role: Co-PI), Minerva Research Initiative, Office of Basic Research and Office of Policy at U.S. Department of Defense, 2017- 2020 ($794,181).