Tunisia became a top ISIS militant producer although the country is known as the leader of the Arab spring and has little to no terrorist activity prior to 2011. In Your Sons Are at Your Service, Dr. Aaron Y. Zelin uncovers the long history of Tunisian involvement in the jihadi movement and offers an in-depth […]
ProVeros is a crowd sourced project that aims to disrupt and combat counterfeiting and illicit trade. The nexus of illicit trade networks and terrorism is an intersection that we cannot afford to ignore. In past posts, we highlighted some of the most prolific and interesting issues in illicit trade and how these trade networks intersect […]
This past Friday, we had the pleasure of meeting with the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) to present GTTAC’s terrorism research and showcase our database, methodology and discuss the challenges and opportunities of this project. In 2004, NCTC began collecting open source information on global terrorism incidents to generate a database of terrorism […]
Omar Mohammed’s talk today for George Washington University’s Program on Extremism provided an intricately detailed account on the conditions in Mosul and the atrocities committed by ISIS. His harrowing accounts of these atrocities were contrasted by his discussions of the work currently being done to repair Mosul’s civil society and cultural heritage sites. His stories […]
An insightful, extensive analysis by the BBC of the effects of terrorism in the Sahel. Only 14 days into the new year has seen 89 soldiers from Niger killed and 14 civilians slain and another 19 wounded in Burkina Faso due to terrorism. The article links the expansion of terrorism in the region to 3 […]
It’s been an interesting day here in Washington D.C. The Wilson Center today discussed the growth of Venezuela’s illegal economies and its impact on peace and regional stability. Also, George Washington University’s (GWU) Program on Extremism today presented on domestic terrorism. Their presentation addressed both contemporary knowledge in understanding domestic terrorism and the domestic terrorism […]
As a new member of the Board of POLCYB, it was a great opportunity to exchange ideas and learning with dedicated professions. The title of the conference was “MANAGING TOMORROW’S PUBLIC SAFETY WITH YESTERDAY’S RESOURCES.” These are some of the wicked problems that I have been working on for many years now, delighted to be […]
The #GTTAC team was excited to host Russel Travers, acting director of the National Counterterrorism Center, at George Mason University for a discussion on the complexities and challenges of open source research, the history of the NCTC, and the history of initiatives to track global terrorism incidents and trends. The roots of the project we […]
It was a pleasure to be invited back to exchange views with the Master’s class at the Inter American Defense College (#IADC) this past Monday. These are the next generation of military and civilian leaders from across the America’s. Thanks to Prof Mark Hamilton these sessions are always a dynamic exchange with lots to learn. […]
I had the pleasure of attending and presenting the GTTAC project presentation alongside DSG’s Senior Research Scientist Eoin Healy at the American Society of Criminologists conference in San Francisco on Thursday. With the State Department’s release of the Statistical Annex and the Country Reports on Terrorism two weeks ago, the timing of this presentation that […]
