Dr. Kruczek is an expert on Middle East Politics and Security with a focus on ethno-religious minorities in times of state breakdown and state recalibration. He holds a B.A., B.S., and M.A. from Penn State and a Ph.D. from Virginia Tech. His research and teaching interests in include civil war dynamics, minorities during episodes of state breakdown/state recalibration, dynamics of terrorism and crime, decision theory, intelligence and counterintelligence, denial and deception, and mobilization for armed combat. He is the Director/Advisor for the Red Cell Analytics Lab and Co-Director/Co-Advisor for the National Security Club.