Rory Cormac

Professor of International Relations

Email: rory.cormac@nottingham.ac.uk

Rory Cormac is a Professor of International Relations at the University of Nottingham and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In the Rights Lab, he works as part of a team researching the links between human trafficking, sabotage and disinformation. He writes about covert operations and secret statecraft, and is the author or co-author of seven books, including How to Stage a Coup (2022), Disrupt and Deny (2018), and The Secret Royals (2021). He has presented television documentaries aired in the UK, US, and Australia, his research and commentary writing have featured in media outlets worldwide, and he has testified before UK and Australian parliamentary inquiries on subversion, disinformation, and electoral interference. His latest book is Fakers (2026) with Oxford University Press.