Dr. Tatyana Dronzina is a lecturer at the department of Political Science of St. Kliment Ohridski, University of Sofia, Bulgaria. She is doctor habil and a full professor with research interests in the field of terrorism (specifically female suicide terrorism, gender and terrorism) and radicalization (specifically jihadist radicalization). Her publications in Bulgarian, English, Spanish, Russian, and Kazakh are based on ongoing field research in Central Asia and the Balkans.