Beatrice de Graaf

Dutch historian who studies the history of counterterrorism and the management of security threats — bringing historical depth to contemporary security policy debates.

History of counterterrorism: de Graaf's work uses the Congress of Vienna's counter-revolutionary security system and 19th-century radical movements to illuminate how states have historically managed political violence and ideological threats. Her public intellectual role in the Netherlands includes advising on contemporary terrorism policy. Represents the use of deep historical knowledge to contextualize and improve contemporary security practice.