awesome-counter-terrorism

A curated list of awesome resources related to counter terrorism

Counter-terrorism is the field concerned with the management and strategies aimed to combat terrorism. This happens through intensive research, information gathering, and multi-agency efforts.

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• awesome-counter-terrorism
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  • Data Sources
  • Projects & Organizations
  • Papers

Data Sources

• The Terrorism and Extremist Violence in the United States: A synthesis of several open source databases

• Global Terrorism Database: A compilation of over 200,000 terror-related incidents from 1970-2020

• RAND Database of Worldwide Terrorism Incidents: Over 40,000 incidents from 1968-2009

• International Terrorism: Attributes of Terrorist Events: Contains several datasets covering 1968-2020

• The American Terrorism Study: A database formed from court cases in the United States

• US Extremist Crime Database: Contains data about far right extremist groups and victims from acts of violence

• Profiles of Perpetrators of Terrorism in the US: A database of extremists linked to terrorist attacks, their idealogies, and activities

Projects & Organizations

• United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism: The UN's office of counter-terrorism

• National Counter Terrorism Center: United States based research center on counter-terrorism

• OSCE: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe: Human rights organization with over 40 European member states involved in counter-terrorism activities

• International Center for Counter-Terrorism: A global think tank with research output and policy advice

• Global Counterterrorism Forum: A global forum for members to share experiences with counter-terrorism and develop targeted solutions

• The Organization of American States: A forum of American countries that discuss a number of topics, including the fight against terrorism

• The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism: An international non profit forum dedicated to sharing information related to counter-terrorism

• The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism: An independent think tank focused on understanding and combating global terrorism

• Tech Against Terrorism: Works with organizations to protect users from terrorist threats

• The Commonwealth of Independent States Anti-Terrorism Center: Organization made up of post-soviet states, with the goal of preventing terrorism in the area

• The National Counterterrorism Center - Kenya: A multi-agency response to combat terrorism in Kenya

• African Centre for the Study & Research on Terrorism: A coalition of African countries dedicated to researching and preventing terrorism on the African continent

• Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre: A Ghana based counter-terrorism training center for civilians and professions

• Africa Center for Strategic Studies: A research forum centered around conflict on the African continent

Papers

Highly cited and influential papers in the field

• Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War

• Psychological sequelae of the September ll terrorist attacks in New York City

• A national survey of stress react¡ons after the September 71,,200L, terrorist attacks

• The strategic logic of suicide terrorism

• Psychological reactions to terrorist attacks: findings from the National Study of Americans' Reactions to September 11

• What good are positive emotions in crisis? A prospective study of resilience and emotions following the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11th, 2001

• Insurgency of the powerless: Farm worker movements (1946 -1972)

• The causes of terrorism

• Public health assessment of potential biological terrorism agents

• Effects of Fear and Anger on Perceived Risks of Terrorism A National Field Experiment

• Genesis of suicide terrorism

• Citizen and the Terrorist, The

• Tactical innovation and the pace of insurgency

• Delicate Balance of Terror, the.