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Margaux Repellin

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Margaux Repellin

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Margaux Repellin is a Visiting Professor-Researcher in International Affairs and Political Science at the Elliott School of International Affairs (ESIA) of George Washington University (GWU). She instructs Master’s degree students in the Insurgency Counterinsurgency/Terrorism Counterterrorism course and the Transnational Security Issues course (both 3 credits) as a Visiting Professor. Additionally, she teaches the International Security course, Security Policy Analysis course (both 3 credits), and SPS core courses within the Security Policy Studies (SPS) Master’s Program as a Lecturer/TA. She also conducts research at the Institute for Security and Conflict Studies (ISCS). She is currently in the final stage of her PhD in Political science at UCL. Her research focuses on understanding how leadership influences the resilience of terrorist organizations and their diverse connections with other violent groups. Her dissertation centers on examining how specific leadership types/characteristics within terrorist organizations effectively recruit new members. This investigation includes cases involving al-Qaeda and the Islamic State across the African Sahel, Middle East, and beyond, considering potential implications for the future involving the United States, Europe, and worldwide.

She holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from The Fletcher School (Harvard)/Tufts University and a Master’s degree in Political science from the Université Catholique de Louvain. She also has degrees/certificates in Conflict Analysis, Geopolitical Analysis of Major Powers, Cybersecurity/Cyber Risk Management, Language/Literature/Foreign Civilization in German Studies, etc. She has followed various courses including in Terrorism/Counterterrorism, Gender’s Issues in Security, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)/European Union (EU) Security, from several universities including Georgetown, George Mason and Johns Hopkins University in the United States and the UCL, the Université Reims Champagne Ardenne (URCA) and the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) in Aachen (Polytechnic) in Europe. She has taught to Master’s degree students in International Affairs and Political science, with a focus on Security/Defense area, as well as to Undergraduates in Research Methods (qualitative and quantitative) in International Affairs (3 credits course). 

She has been working for almost 18 years in the public and private sector, including +10 years in leadership, advisory and senior management, at key level positions within media/industry, public administrations, and in corporate government relations. Her previous areas of expertise included Policy, Government, Artificial Intelligence, and Cybersecurity. She has been studying for almost 12 years, with a strong focus on Security/Defense, Foreign Affairs/Geopolitics and Emerging Security Challenges (Terrorism/Counterterrorism, Technology, Energy, etc.), in various countries such as France, Germany, Belgium and the United States. 

She has also passed certificates in 8 languages, which is critical for her research, and has won scholarship/grant as well as 3 awards throughout her studies and research.

Margaux Repellin has been working for almost 18 years in the public and private sector, including +10 years in leadership, advisory and senior management, at key level positions within media/industry, public administrations, and in corporate government relations. Her previous area included Policy, Government, Artificial Intelligence, and Cybersecurity. She has been studying for almost 12 years, with a strong focus on Security/Defense, Foreign Affairs/Geopolitics and Emerging Security Challenges (Terrorism/Counterterrorism, Technology, Energy, etc.), in various countries such as France, Germany, Belgium and the United States. 

Margaux Repellin has also passed certificates in 8 languages, which is critical for her research, and has won scholarship/grant as well as 3 awards throughout her studies and research.

Margaux Repellin also conducts research at the Institute for Security and Conflict Studies (ISCS). She is currently in the final stage of her PhD in Political science at the UCL. Her research focuses on the effect of leadership on the resilience of terrorist organizations and the different connections with other violent organizations. Her dissertation focuses on the leadership types in terrorist organizations that most effectively recruit new members, throughout the 35 years’ case of Al-Qaeda (AQ) and the Islamic State (IS) in the Sahel, Middle East and beyond. This includes the new European and Worldwide Implications in the Future.

Margaux Repellin holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from The Fletcher School (Harvard)/Tufts University and a Master’s degree in Political science from the Université Catholique de Louvain. She also has degrees/certificates in Conflict Analysis, Geopolitical Analysis of Major Powers, Cybersecurity/Cyber Risk Management, Language/Literature/Foreign Civilization in German Studies, etc. She has followed various courses including in Terrorism/Counterterrorism, Gender’s Issues in Security, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)/European Union (EU) Security, from several universities including Georgetown, George Mason and Johns Hopkins University in the United States and the UCL, the Université Reims Champagne Ardenne (URCA) and the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) in Aachen (Polytechnic) in Europe.

 

Margaux Repellin is a Visiting Professor-Researcher in International Affairs and Political science at the Elliott School of International Affairs (ESIA) of George Washington University (GWU). She teaches to Master’s degree students the Insurgency Counterinsurgency/Terrorism Counterterrorism course and the Transnational Security Issues course (both 3 credits) as a Visiting Professor, as well the International Security course and the Security Policy Analysis course (both 3 credits too) as a Lecturer/TA, in the Security Policy Studies (SPS) Master’s Program. She has taught to Master’s degree students in International Affairs and Political science, with a focus on Security/Defense area, as well as to Undergrads in Research Methods (qualitative and quantitative) in International Affairs (3 credits course). 

A few examples of major publications and research:

  • The leadership typologies that better mobilize recruits than others by violent organizations: Michel Liegeois. 2023. UCL.
  • The effect of leadership on the resilience of terrorist organizations. Supervisor: Michel Liegeois. 2022. UCL.
  • Cyber Risk Management plan for NATO and its member states, to protect the organization’s critical information/crown jewels against emerging security challenges. Supervisor: Josephine Wolff. 2020. Tufts/Fletcher.
  • Ukraine conflict: Russia’s reasons, success, shortcomings and challenges regarding the initial goals. Supervisor: Richard Shultz. 2020. Tufts/Fletcher.
  • What were the international and domestic crisis responses to 9/11? How Did the Surge Shape the Iraq Counterinsurgency? What capabilities must be synchronized and what are the problems inherent with achieving such synchronization in Afghanistan and Iraq? Professor: Richard Shultz. 2019. Tufts/Fletcher.
  • The European Union's Policy towards the Eastern Partnership: goals, shortcomings and challenges. Supervisor: Tanguy de Wilde d’Estmael. 2018. UCL.