arnaud blin is a french-american historian and political scientist. he has focused mainly on international relations and the history of war and peace, including the history of terrorism. although educated in the united states (georgetown, fletcher school (tufts), harvard), he has published almost exclusively in french. his history of terrorism (with g. chaliand) was originally published in france and translated from french into english by the university of california press. it is also available in other languages.