Professor Audrey Kurth Cronin came to the U.S. National War College from Oxford University (Nuffield College), where she was Director of Studies for the Oxford/Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War. Before that, she was Specialist in Terrorism at the U.S. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, where she advised Members in the aftermath of 9/11. While on the faculty at Oxford, Professor Cronin completed How Terrorism Ends: Lessons from the Decline and Demise of Terrorist Organizations, supported by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Peace. Other publications include Ending Terrorism, How Al-Qaida Ends: The Decline and Demise of Terrorist Groups in International Security and Attacking Terrorism: Elements of a Grand Strategy.