On Thursday, Nov. 19th 2020, GTTAC hosted it’s latest speaker series event, this time featuring Dr. Rohan Gunaratna on the topic of Terrorism in time of the Pandemic. Rohan gave an amazing presentation, and also what happened to be one of the most interesting q&a sessions we have had so far! His insight in the […]
On Nov. 6, 2020, the Global Terrorism Trends and Analysis Center (GTTAC) hosted its third Speaker Series event, featuring Anne Speckhard, who discussed “Breaking the ISIS Brand,” her series of findings from interviews of hundreds of terrorists from all over the world. We are pleased to announce that our fourth Speaker Series event will begin […]
The Global Terrorism Trends and Analysis Center on Nov. 6 hosted its third Speaker Series event, featuring Anne Speckhard (pictured below, at left), who discussed her research while interviewing hundreds of ISIS fighters in Iraq and Syria, as well as other terrorists across the world. Dr. Speckhard described some of her findings, particularly with what […]
The Global Terrorism Trends and Analysis Center on Oct. 22 hosted its second Speaker Series event, featuring Jacob Zenn (pictured below, at left), who discussed Boko Haram and other jihadist movements in sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Zenn described the origins of Boko Haram in Nigeria and its roots in al-Qa’ida. He also laid out several differences […]
On Thursday, GTTAC hosted the first of this year’s Speaker Series events, featuring Arie Perliger, author of the recently published book “American Zealots”. Arie gave an in-depth overview of the complex themes around domestic terrorism, in particular, the right-wing terrorism in the United States. GTTAC will be hosting more of these events in the future, […]
This past Thursday, GTTAC had the opportunity to hear from Bassam Haddad on the topic of the Syrian uprising in 2011, as well as the prospects for future stability, which is bleaker than most will imagine. Bassam Haddad is Director of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Program and Associate Professor at the Schar School […]
Last week, I had the fantastic opportunity to present the Global Terrorism Trends and Analysis Center’s database of terrorism incidents worldwide to the c0c0n – Hacking & Cyber Security Briefing Conference. The Conference is organised by a conglomerate of government and private institutions, led by ISRA – (a registered non-profit organization in the area of […]
COVID-19 and Prisons in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. Today, Latin America Advisor published an article that I was fortunate enough to be a part of. I was one of several experts that were interviewed in how capable the Northern Triangle countries are at containing a prison pandemic. “I would argue that there are at […]
U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and the Department of State’s Bureau of Counterterrorism have released the congressionally mandated Country Reports on Terrorism 2019 and the accompanying Annex of Statistical Information, with analytical and editorial help for the second straight year from Adam Blackwell’s team at DSG. The Country Reports are an annual report […]
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 […]
