Bruce Hoffman
@hoffmanbruce.bsky.social
Proud 🇺🇸✡️ & Zionist who has been studying terrorism & insurgency for nearly 5 decades and is a senior fellow @CFR.org. My own opinions. Re-postings are not necessarily endorsements.
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Exciting news: GOD, GUNS, and SEDITION is out today in paperback!
My @cfr.org and @columbiaup.bsky.social book, co-authored with @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social, tells the story of far-right terrorism in America and beyond—a topic that sadly remains as relevant as ever. bookshop.org/p/books/god-...
My @cfr.org and @columbiaup.bsky.social book, co-authored with @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social, tells the story of far-right terrorism in America and beyond—a topic that sadly remains as relevant as ever. bookshop.org/p/books/god-...
God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America
Far-Right Terrorism in America
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August 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Exciting news: GOD, GUNS, and SEDITION is out today in paperback!
My @cfr.org and @columbiaup.bsky.social book, co-authored with @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social, tells the story of far-right terrorism in America and beyond—a topic that sadly remains as relevant as ever. bookshop.org/p/books/god-...
My @cfr.org and @columbiaup.bsky.social book, co-authored with @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social, tells the story of far-right terrorism in America and beyond—a topic that sadly remains as relevant as ever. bookshop.org/p/books/god-...
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Very cool to be profiled in @thehoya.bsky.social, alongside @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social, regarding the Airey Neave Book Prize.
If you have not read it: "Our book tells a story of forces within our country that seek to divide us, that seek to undermine our democracy." thehoya.com/news/gu-prof...
If you have not read it: "Our book tells a story of forces within our country that seek to divide us, that seek to undermine our democracy." thehoya.com/news/gu-prof...
April 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Very cool to be profiled in @thehoya.bsky.social, alongside @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social, regarding the Airey Neave Book Prize.
If you have not read it: "Our book tells a story of forces within our country that seek to divide us, that seek to undermine our democracy." thehoya.com/news/gu-prof...
If you have not read it: "Our book tells a story of forces within our country that seek to divide us, that seek to undermine our democracy." thehoya.com/news/gu-prof...
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Two books everyone should read if you haven’t are Autocracy Inc by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social and👇 God Guns and Sedition by Bruce Hoffman. Hoffman is such an expert on this subject I was taught off one of his books in college.
March 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Two books everyone should read if you haven’t are Autocracy Inc by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social and👇 God Guns and Sedition by Bruce Hoffman. Hoffman is such an expert on this subject I was taught off one of his books in college.
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The Assad regime’s collapse disables a critical node in Iran’s regional proxy network, writes @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social.
Syria After Assad: What to Know About HTS, Hezbollah, and Iran
The ascendance of Sunni Islamist rebels in Syria should be viewed with great caution by Western powers, but the Assad regime’s collapse disables a critical node in Iran’s regional proxy network.
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December 10, 2024 at 3:28 PM
The Assad regime’s collapse disables a critical node in Iran’s regional proxy network, writes @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social.
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Unparalleled analysis, as always, by the great @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social for @cfr.org. www.cfr.org/expert-brief...
Syria After Assad: What to Know About HTS, Hezbollah, and Iran
The ascendance of Sunni Islamist rebels in Syria should be viewed with great caution by Western powers, but the Assad regime’s collapse disables a critical node in Iran’s regional proxy network.
www.cfr.org
December 10, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Unparalleled analysis, as always, by the great @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social for @cfr.org. www.cfr.org/expert-brief...
My brief thoughts on the events of the past 72 hours regarding Syria, HTS, Hezbollah, Iran, & Lebanon all in one place thanks to @CFR_org. www.cfr.org/expert-brief...
Syria After Assad: What to Know About HTS, Hezbollah, and Iran
The ascendance of Sunni Islamist rebels in Syria should be viewed with great caution by Western powers, but the Assad regime’s collapse disables a critical node in Iran’s regional proxy network.
www.cfr.org
December 9, 2024 at 9:48 PM
My brief thoughts on the events of the past 72 hours regarding Syria, HTS, Hezbollah, Iran, & Lebanon all in one place thanks to @CFR_org. www.cfr.org/expert-brief...
Two constants in the Middle East: Kurdish suffering and indifference to their plight--as well as to the Armenians. The world also said nothing when Nagorno-Karabakh was ethnically cleansed last year. Colonialism lives--but when it's not Western, few care.
December 1, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Two constants in the Middle East: Kurdish suffering and indifference to their plight--as well as to the Armenians. The world also said nothing when Nagorno-Karabakh was ethnically cleansed last year. Colonialism lives--but when it's not Western, few care.
You can read all about Turkey's catspaw in Syria here: home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
Treasury Sanctions Syrian Regime Prisons, Officials, and Syrian Armed Group
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is sanctioning eight Syrian prisons run by the Assad regime’s intelligence apparatus, which have been ...
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December 1, 2024 at 3:46 PM
You can read all about Turkey's catspaw in Syria here: home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
@henmazzig.bsky.social reporting on X that the body of Chabad emissary Rabbi Zvi Kogan has been discovered by authorities in the UAE.
November 24, 2024 at 1:03 PM
@henmazzig.bsky.social reporting on X that the body of Chabad emissary Rabbi Zvi Kogan has been discovered by authorities in the UAE.
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Both Israelis and Palestinians deserve safety, freedom, and dignity.
That’s not hate speech.
Opposing any part of this sentence is.
That’s not hate speech.
Opposing any part of this sentence is.
November 15, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Both Israelis and Palestinians deserve safety, freedom, and dignity.
That’s not hate speech.
Opposing any part of this sentence is.
That’s not hate speech.
Opposing any part of this sentence is.
Third ISIS-related arrest in the U.S. in as many months. www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr...
Former Bronx Resident Arrested For Attempting To Provide Material Support To ISIS And Distributing Instructions Regarding Homemade Explosives
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; James E. Dennehy, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigatio...
www.justice.gov
November 23, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Third ISIS-related arrest in the U.S. in as many months. www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr...
"What is needed are parties that compete to reflect the dreams of the majority of the American people instead of the extremes." file:///private/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/0DBCC76C-55F0-4B03-B3F5-B6A87FD4E970/tmp/downloaded_pdf/TheWallStreetJournal_20241122_A15_0_t.pdf
November 22, 2024 at 4:22 PM
"What is needed are parties that compete to reflect the dreams of the majority of the American people instead of the extremes." file:///private/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/0DBCC76C-55F0-4B03-B3F5-B6A87FD4E970/tmp/downloaded_pdf/TheWallStreetJournal_20241122_A15_0_t.pdf
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For the latest episode of my National Security Insitute podcast, “Coffee & Conflict”, I welcomed @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social & @jacobware.bsky.social to discuss “God, Guns, & Sedition” (@columbiaup.bsky.social) & the origin & future of far-right terrorism in America. open.spotify.com/episode/4R1Q...
Episode 6: God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America with Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware
Coffee & Conflict · Episode
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November 21, 2024 at 6:20 PM
For the latest episode of my National Security Insitute podcast, “Coffee & Conflict”, I welcomed @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social & @jacobware.bsky.social to discuss “God, Guns, & Sedition” (@columbiaup.bsky.social) & the origin & future of far-right terrorism in America. open.spotify.com/episode/4R1Q...
I was fortunate today to be able to meet a great American, who is also one of my heroes, and is an outstanding member of the U.S. House of Representatives, who was just elected to his 3rd term ... the tremendously impressive @ritchietorres.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 5:14 PM
I was fortunate today to be able to meet a great American, who is also one of my heroes, and is an outstanding member of the U.S. House of Representatives, who was just elected to his 3rd term ... the tremendously impressive @ritchietorres.bsky.social
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After decades of insufficient and ineffective efforts to suppress a racist antigovernment fringe, the United States has become the exemplar of far-right extremism and terrorism. @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social @foreignaffairs.bsky.social www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
American Hatred Goes Global
How the United States became a leading exporter of white supremacist terrorism.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:07 PM
After decades of insufficient and ineffective efforts to suppress a racist antigovernment fringe, the United States has become the exemplar of far-right extremism and terrorism. @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social @foreignaffairs.bsky.social www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Another arrest of a US-based would-be ISIS terrorist www.cnn.com/2024/11/14/p...
FBI arrests Houston man who allegedly wanted to commit a ‘9/11’ style attack in the US | CNN Politics
The FBI announced on Thursday the arrest of a Texas man who allegedly created and disseminated ISIS propaganda and wanted to commit a “9/11-style” attack in the United States.
www.cnn.com
November 16, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Another arrest of a US-based would-be ISIS terrorist www.cnn.com/2024/11/14/p...
More on Amsterdam’s PREMEDITATED “Jew Hunt” Calls for ‘Jew Hunt’ Preceded Amsterdam Attacks tinyurl.com/28mazgnb
Calls for ‘Jew Hunt’ Preceded Amsterdam Attacks
AMSTERDAM—Israeli financial adviser Ofek Ziv had just emerged from
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November 11, 2024 at 12:08 PM
More on Amsterdam’s PREMEDITATED “Jew Hunt” Calls for ‘Jew Hunt’ Preceded Amsterdam Attacks tinyurl.com/28mazgnb
It's never hard to mobilize against Jewish people. My latest essay on antisemitism masked as self-righteousness thehill.com/opinion/civi...
The modern intellectual diktat for Jewish authors
It is a dangerous precedent that cleverly endows hate with logic and respectability masking a markedly more malign and malevolent intention.
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November 11, 2024 at 11:42 AM
It's never hard to mobilize against Jewish people. My latest essay on antisemitism masked as self-righteousness thehill.com/opinion/civi...
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Delighted to contribute to the International Risk Podcast alongside @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social. open.spotify.com/episode/69BL...
Ep 181: Far-Right Terrorism in America with Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware
The International Risk Podcast · Episode
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October 31, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Delighted to contribute to the International Risk Podcast alongside @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social. open.spotify.com/episode/69BL...
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"Is the United States on the Verge of Civil War?"
In The Cipher Brief, @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social and I insist the answer is no, but the question is no longer frivolous. #Election2024 is certain to inspire some degree of violence in our country. @cfr.org www.thecipherbrief.com/column_artic...
In The Cipher Brief, @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social and I insist the answer is no, but the question is no longer frivolous. #Election2024 is certain to inspire some degree of violence in our country. @cfr.org www.thecipherbrief.com/column_artic...
Is the United States on the Verge of Civil War?
Terrorism experts Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware use historical and recent facts to try and answer that question.
www.thecipherbrief.com
October 30, 2024 at 6:54 PM
"Is the United States on the Verge of Civil War?"
In The Cipher Brief, @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social and I insist the answer is no, but the question is no longer frivolous. #Election2024 is certain to inspire some degree of violence in our country. @cfr.org www.thecipherbrief.com/column_artic...
In The Cipher Brief, @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social and I insist the answer is no, but the question is no longer frivolous. #Election2024 is certain to inspire some degree of violence in our country. @cfr.org www.thecipherbrief.com/column_artic...
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“Of course, many of the conspiracy theories that support far-right terrorist mobilization today are deeply entrenched, and it might take generations to unwind them.”
My contribution to War on the Rocks's Rewind and Reconnoiter with @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social. warontherocks.com/2024/08/rewi...
My contribution to War on the Rocks's Rewind and Reconnoiter with @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social. warontherocks.com/2024/08/rewi...
Rewind and Reconnoiter: Are We Entering a New Era of Far-Right Terrorism? with Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware - War on the Rocks
In their 2019 article, “Are We Entering a New Era of Far-Right Terrorism?” Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware discussed the rising frequency of extreme
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August 23, 2024 at 1:16 PM
“Of course, many of the conspiracy theories that support far-right terrorist mobilization today are deeply entrenched, and it might take generations to unwind them.”
My contribution to War on the Rocks's Rewind and Reconnoiter with @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social. warontherocks.com/2024/08/rewi...
My contribution to War on the Rocks's Rewind and Reconnoiter with @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social. warontherocks.com/2024/08/rewi...
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"After decades of insufficient and ineffective efforts to suppress a racist antigovernment fringe, the United States has become the exemplar of far-right extremism and terrorism."
With @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.bsky.social in September 2023. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
With @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.bsky.social in September 2023. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
American Hatred Goes Global
How the United States became a leading exporter of white supremacist terrorism.
www.foreignaffairs.com
September 10, 2024 at 3:21 PM
"After decades of insufficient and ineffective efforts to suppress a racist antigovernment fringe, the United States has become the exemplar of far-right extremism and terrorism."
With @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.bsky.social in September 2023. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
With @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.bsky.social in September 2023. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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"The problem at this perilous moment is that both violent extremes see an advantage in setting the United States ablaze." @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/18/t...
A Uniquely Perilous Moment in U.S. Politics
After the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, so-called “accelerationists” will look to spark a broader conflagration.
foreignpolicy.com
September 16, 2024 at 12:25 PM
"The problem at this perilous moment is that both violent extremes see an advantage in setting the United States ablaze." @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/18/t...
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Must-read article on the sad near-certainty of global pro-Israel radicalization, by @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social and Jeremy Hurewitz in the The Hill. thehill.com/opinion/inte...
In and outside of Israel, radicalization runs both ways
If the world is truly concerned about peace in the Middle East, it should be concerned about how Israel — and Jews around the world — will emerge from this war.
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September 16, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Must-read article on the sad near-certainty of global pro-Israel radicalization, by @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social and Jeremy Hurewitz in the The Hill. thehill.com/opinion/inte...
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With @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social in @prospectmagazine.bsky.social: "The riots across the UK after the Southport stabbing were far from unprecedented. Indeed, their roots can be traced deep into the history of extremism and terrorism." www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/far...
The terrorist history of far-right violence
The disorganised mob approach of the extreme right has deep roots, as does the use of immigration policy to excuse it
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
August 15, 2024 at 1:25 PM
With @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social in @prospectmagazine.bsky.social: "The riots across the UK after the Southport stabbing were far from unprecedented. Indeed, their roots can be traced deep into the history of extremism and terrorism." www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/far...