The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is the lead U.S. government agency responsible for administering economic sanctions designed to combat terrorism. These sanctions entail the blocking of assets in order to target international terrorist organizations and their supporters. OFAC has released its Twenty-ninth Annual Report...
The “Boogaloo Bois/Boys” are a group of anti-government extremists, rooted in anti-authority and anti-police ideology. The Boogaloo movement arose in 2019, gaining increased attention in 2020 during the Black Lives Matter protests following the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, and for their response to COVID-19 lockdown measures. The...
The White House has released the first ever National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism. A related White House Fact Sheet is also available. Informed by a comprehensive assessment of the domestic terror threat that President Biden requested on his first full day in office, this Strategy is predicated on the idea that the...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published their most recent National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin. This updated bulletin builds on a previous bulletin released in January 2021 and summarizes the types of current terrorist threats that are being monitored and for which our nation is most at risk. Some...
The Association of the United States Army recently published The Role of Drones in Future Terrorist Attacks, which investigates the relationship between technological advancements and terrorism. More specifically, the paper focuses on how terrorists can use drones to benefit their cause by increasing the effectiveness of their operations. Drones have...
The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) has released their latest report, Conspiracy Theories, Radicalisation and Digital Media, discussing the role of social media in inducing radicalization and terrorism through the spread of conspiracy theories. In the wake of violent incidents spurred by disinformation, many believe more should be...
The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) has recently published a special edition release, Evolutions in Counter-Terrorism. This special edition is separated into two volumes featuring a variety of publications that explore the past and present in counter-terrorism research. Volume I: Reflections from the Last Decade presents five counter-terrorism publications selected from...
In September 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the Strategic Framework for Countering Terrorism and Targeted Violence (CTTV Framework) outlining the Department’s approach to address increasing threats of targeted violence and terrorism. Now in September 2020, they have released the corresponding Public Action Plan which represents the public...
The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) at the University of Maryland released the latest Global Terrorism Overview: Terrorism in 2019 report in July. According to the report, 2019 which saw nearly 8,500 attacks that killed more than 20,300 people, was the 5th consecutive year of declining global terrorism, since the peak in...
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 of the United States Code, Section 2656f. Additionally, the report details on Foreign Terrorist Organizations across the globe and identifies...
