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a collaborative project of the
University of Chicago Center for International Studies
and Argonne National Laboratory
University of Chicago Center for International Studies
and Argonne National Laboratory
Resources: Terrorism
Websites
- MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base - Covers the history, affiliations, locations, and tactics of terrorist groups operating across the world, with over 35 years of terrorism incident data and hundreds of group and leader profiles and trials. TKB also features interactive maps, statistical summaries, and analytical tools that can create custom graphs and tables. Providing in-depth information for researchers, policymakers, emergency responders, and the general public, the Terrorism Knowledge Base integrates data from the RAND Terrorism Chronology and RAND-MIPT Terrorism Incident databases; the Terrorism Indictment database; and DeticaDFI's research on terrorist organizations.
- Global Terrorism Database - Open-source database including information on terrorist events around the world since 1970 (currently updated through 2004). Hosted by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and the Response to Terrorism at the University of Maryland.
Publications
- Strategic Insights - produced by the Center for Contemporary Conflict at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Strategic Insights is a monthly electronic journal offering timely, concise assessments of U.S. and international security issues; intended especially for U.S. military personnel and defense policymakers, but also welcomes the interest of students and the public.
- Foreign Policy - Published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, FP's September/October 2006 issue contains several articles questioning usual assumptions about 9/11 and the War on Terror.
- Unconquerable Nation: Knowing Our Enemy, Strengthening Ourselves by Brian Michael Jenkins (published by the Rand Corporation) - "Brian Michael Jenkins presents a clear-sighted and sobering analysis of where we are today in the struggle against terrorism. Jenkins, an internationally renowned authority on terrorism, distills the jihadists’ operational code and suggests how they might assess their situation very differently from how we might do so... [He] outlines a ferociously pragmatic but principled approach that goes beyond attacking terrorist networks and operational capabilities to defeating their entire missionary enterprise by deterring recruitment and encouraging defections." (quote from the Rand Corporation's website)
- Princeton Project on National Security: Final Report - The Princeton Project, completed in 2006, on National Security was a three-year, bipartisan initiative to develop asustainable and effective national security strategy for the United States of America. Under the stewardship of honorary co-chairs George Shultz and Anthony Lake, the Princeton Project brought together leading thinkers on national security from government, academe, business, and the non-profit sector to analyze key issues and develop innovative responses to a range of national security threats.
- The Militant Ideology Atlas published by the Combatting Terrorism Center at West Point.
Audio/Video Presentations
- April 4, 2006: "Poverty, Inequality, and Terrorism" - Robert Townsend, Charles E. Merriam Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, University of Chicago
- April 4, 2006: "Regional Centers of Excellence - Academic Defense Against Bioterrorism" - Olaf Schneewind, Director, Great Lakes Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Disease Research (GLRCE)
- April 3, 2006: "Dying to Win: On the Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism" - Robert Pape, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Program on International Security Policy, University of Chicago
- April 27, 2004: "The Making of Chechen Terrorists: The Clash of Forces and Discourses" - Georgi Derlguian, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University
Government Documents
- National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terror (DOD, Feb. 2006)
- National Strategy for Combating Terrorism (White House, Sept. 2006)
- Final Report of The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
- Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities before and after the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001