Global Terrorism Index 2022
The Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) has released its Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2022 report. This ninth edition of the GTI, with the help of TerrorismTracker, spans over the …
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Examination of U.S. Capitol Police’s Physical Security Efforts for January 6
The U.S. Capitol Police is responsible for protecting the members of Congress, as well as all staff, facilities, and visitors. However, on January 6, 2021, thousands of protestors surrounded the …
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Use of Biometric Data to Identify Terrorists: Best Practice or Risky Business?
The Human Rights Center at the University of Minnesota has released Use of Biometric Data to Identify Terrorists: Best Practice or Risky Business? a report which explores the human rights implications of biometric …
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State Department Releases 2019 Country Reports on Terrorism
The Department of State has released the Country Reports on Terrorism for 2019, an annual report prepared for Congress that examines terrorist activity by country in compliance with Title 22 …
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FBI Reports on Lone Offender Terrorism
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Behavioral Threat Assessment Center released the Lone Offender Terrorism Report reviewing 52 lone offender terrorist attacks committed in the United States between 1972 and 2015. …
Is Youth Violence Preventable?
In a recent report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), authors Sarah Bast and Victoria DeSimone examine the question of whether or not the pathways to violence …
Legal Aspects of Social Media Extremism
The Program on Extremism at the George Washington University (GW) released additional papers on Online Violent Extremism as a part of the Legal Perspectives on Tech Series, commissioned in conjunction …
Three New Papers on Online Violent Extremism from the Program on Extremism
The George Washington University Program on Extremism released three new papers on Online Violent Extremism. All deal with the complicated issue of determining and assigning who bears the legal and …
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“Coming of Age”: A Fresh Look at the War on Terror
2019 marks the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United States. In the September 2019 issue of the CTC Sentinel, Daniel Byman’s feature article, “Eighteen Years On: …
Could AI’s Predictive Capability Be the Key to Counterterrorism?
In a new report from the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Kathleen McKendrick discusses the theoretical contributions of artificial intelligence (AI) in the realm of counterterrorism operations. In “Artificial Intelligence …
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