Barbara Elias (PhD)

Barbara Elias is an Associate Professor in the Department of Government and Legal Studies at Bowdoin College. Her book Why Allies Rebel: Defiant Local Partners in Counterinsurgency Wars (Cambridge University Press, 2020) was awarded: Best Book, International Security Studies Section of the International Studies Association. She has extensive counterinsurgency knowledge based on the 8 years she spent as Director, Afghanistan/Pakistan/Taliban Documentation Project.