National Responses to Transnational Terrorism: Intelligence and Counterterrorism Provision

Terrorism Early Warning and Co-Production of Counterterrorism Intelligence

Contemporary terrorism is a complex phenomenon involving a range of non-state actors linked in networked organizations. These organizations, exemplified by the global jihadi movement known as al-Qaeda, are complex non-state actors operating as transnational networks within a galaxy of like-minded networks. These entities pose security threats to nation states and the collective global security....

Rethinking Transnational Counterterrorism: Beyond a National Framework - Autumn 2007

Terrorism, Security, and the Threat of Counterterrorism

In America, Britain and Australia the threat of terrorism has been used to justify radical new legislation that gives police and intelligence agencies unprecedented powers to detain and question people believed to have information connected to terrorism. In this paper I explore the nature of the threat of non-state terrorism—threat to national security and the well-being of citizens. I argue th...

Combating Transnational Terrorism in Kenya

Novel information discovery for intelligence and counterterrorism

Intelligence analysts construct hypotheses from large volumes of data, but are often limited by social and organizational norms and their own preconceptions and biases. The use of exploratory data-mining technology can mitigate these limitations by requiring fewer assumptions. We present the design of the Athens system, which discovers novel information, relative to a specified set of existing ...