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Terrorism Research Center
"The Terrorism Research Center is dedicated to informing the public of the phenomena of terrorism and information warfare." Offers articles, counterterrorism resources, profiles of key terrorist groups, and historical reference material.
Center for Nonproliferation Studies
The Center for Nonproliferation Studies "is the largest nongovernmental organization in the United States devoted exclusively to research and training on nonproliferation issues." CNS focuses on Weapons of Mass Destruction and nonproliferation issues.
Center for Strategic and International Studies
The Center for Strategic and International Studies offers strategic insight on emerging challenges to international security; profiles countries and geographic regions; and offers papers on macro-economic, public, and resources policy.
Cato Institute
The Cato Institute is a nonpartisan public policy research foundation that produces education resources on governance, peace studies, and strategic threat assessments.
Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence
The Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at the University of St. Andrews is the United Kingdom's independent institute for academic research on terrorism and its multiple causes.
International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism
The International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism features specialist material on counter-terrorism, Osama bin Laden, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Offers an international perspective different to US analysts.
Stratfor
Stratfor is a business intelligence service that offers information on geopolitics, strategic threat assessments, and world governance. Highly recommended.
Center for Democracy and Technology
Terrorist incidents often create "blowback" for civil liberties and technological innovation. The Center for Democracy and Technology monitors how these areas affect the political landscape.
York Centre for International and Security Studies
The York Centre for International and Security Studies "is a research unit of York University dedicated to the study of international peace and security issues."
The Counter-Terrorism Page
This counter-terrorism resource focuses on specific groups, and includes defense and law enforcement perspectives.
Countering the Changing Threat of International Terrorism
An in-depth 1998 report by the National Commission on Terrorism that critiques the Clinton Administration's policies and tracks trends in international terrorism.
Homeland Defense Reports
The Center for Strategic and International Studies initiated an 18-month study of Homeland Defense, ranging from counterterrorism and cyberwarfare to the National Missile Defense system. Highly recommended.
World Future Society: Terrorism
A special collection of World Future Society articles, monographs, and research papers on terrorism. Covers emerging trends, vital signs, and global futures perspectives.
International Association of Counter-Terrorism and Security Professionals
The International Association of Counter-Terrorism and Security Professionals is the leading ethical body for counter-terrorist specialists.
Terrorist Organizations and Other Para-State Entities
An exhaustive list, compiled by the Federation of American Scientists, covering liberation movements, terrorist organizations, substance cartels, and para-state entities.
US State Department List of Foreign Terrorist Organizations
This US State Department list (October 5, 2001) lists known foreign terrorist organizations and the rationale for their classification.
FBI Most Wanted Terrorists
The FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list (October 10, 2001) features biographies and photos.
Academic Info: Terrorism Studies
An extensive collection of links to academic studies and news items about terrorism and the 11 September 2001 attacks.
Online Resource Guide to Political Inquiry: Terrorism
An excellent collection of links to think-tanks, policy institutes, journals, and information on defense studies, security issues, and terrorism.
Terrorism: Intelligence Threat Assessments
An excellent collection of links, assembled by the Federation of American Scientists, to US government and think-tank papers on insurgency, strategic threat assessments and various types of terrorism. Features links on 9/11, The Unabomber, Lockerbie, and Waco. Highly recommended.
Declassified Satellite Photographs
Check out this collection of declassified satellite photographs, courtesy of the US Geological Survey.
The Nonproliferation Review
The Nonproliferation Review is a peer-reviewed journal focusing on Weapons of Mass Destruction. Articles and back-issues are available online, browsable by Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Cato Journal
The Cato Journal is a peer-reviewed journal about public policy. Articles and back-issues are browsable online using Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Covert Action Quarterly
Covert Action Quarterly is an excellent magazine that decodes media disinformation, intelligence tactics, and profiles terrorist groups. Highly recommended.
European Security
"European Security is devoted to the publication of articles, papers, essays, documents and reviews on the new architecture, concepts, institutions, problems and prospects for European security since the Cold War." Information on the ethno-political and social dislocation roots of terrorism.
Intelligence and National Security
"Intelligence and National Security breaks the silence surrounding the secret world of intelligence." This journal discusses the role of the intelligence and security community plays in counterterrorism activities.
The Journal of Strategic Studies
The Journal of Strategic Studies offers broad and historical insights into the roots of current terrorism campaigns.
Low Intensity Conflict and Law Enforcement
Low Intensity Conflict and Law Enforcement examines the connection between LICs and terrorism campaigns, and the role of law enforcement in counterterrorism efforts. Includes coverage of Non-Lethal Weapons development.
Security Studies
Security Studies "publishes theoretical, historical and policy-oriented articles on the causes and consequences of war, and the sources and conditions of peace."
Small Wars and Insurgencies
Small Wars and Insurgencies examines the connection between terrorism campaigns and counter-insurgency, limited war, peacekeeping operations, and the use of deterrent force as military policy.
Terrorism and Political Violence
Terrorism and Political Violence is "a truly interdisciplinary journal, it is essential reading for all academics, decision makers and security specialists concerned with understanding political violence."
Transnational Organized Crime
"Transnational Organized Crime is a multidisciplinary journal that focuses on an area that is growing in importance but has been subjected to little systematic analysis."
A Spiral View of Terrorism
A positioning paper written by Dr. Don Beck and Chris Cowan on the multidimensional values that create different types of terrorism.
Recent Trends in Domestic and International Terrorism
This discussion paper (April 26, 1995) focuses on the Clinton Administration's counterterrorism bill. Useful background for tracking trends in international terrorist.
George Washington University: Terrorism Studies Program
Study about Terrorism at George Washington University.
Patterns of Global Terrorism (2000)
This US State Department report (April 2001) provides a strategic threat assessment on global terrorism.
Patterns of Global Terrorism (1999)
This US State Department report (May 2000) provides a strategic threat assessment on global terrorism.
Global Terrorism Decoded
This site proclaims itself as "the definitive guide to information on terrorism on the Internet", but dubiously resembles an Internet shopping page.
Disinformation Dossier on US Terrorist Attacks: Nevermind bin Laden, Here's the Arms Trade
Check out the Disinformation dossier on US Terrorist Attacks: Nevermind bin Laden, Here's the Arms Trade.
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