B. Nacos received a Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University, where she teaches courses in American politics and government in the Department of Political Science for more than 15 years. Her research concentrates on the links between the mass media, public opinion, and decision-making and on domestic and international terrorism and counterterrorism.
Bloggers’ instant responses have proved very useful and are well represented on the web. This site does not aim at commenting instantly on all or most of the breaking public affairs issues of the day but rather pick, reflect, and comment on some events, developments, reports, etc., that concern the following particular areas of interest: Mass media, public opinion, decision-making and the relationships between those three; Terrorism and Counterterrorism; Political Parties, Interest Groups, Election Campaigns, Politics and Policies related and unrelated to the above.