Department of Defense 2014 Minerva grant awards have been announced. UMass Lowell’s Center for Terrorism & Security Studies have received two of them – outstanding! Here is the formal UMass Lowell CTSS Press Release See the full list at: http://minerva.dtic.mil/funded.html
Countering the al-Shabaab Insurgency in Somalia
JSOU Report: Countering the al-Shabaab Insurgency in Somalia: Lessons for U.S. Special Operations Forces by Graham Turbiville, Josh Meservey, and James Forest In this report, the authors argue that al-Shabaab’s current prospects have probably never been so low. Â This work provides a meaningful context to al-Shabaab and the Somali milieu. Continue Reading
Review of The Terrorism Lectures
A favorable review of my book The Terrorism Lectures was recently published in the international scholarly journal Democracy and Security. Click here to download a copy of the review. Here’s a link to the publisher’s website, for more info on the book. http://www.nortiapress.com/shop/nonfiction/forest-terrorism-lectures/
New: Rand report on Terrorist Learning
Breaching the Fortress Wall: Understanding Terrorist Efforts to Overcome Defensive Technologies by Brian A. Jackson, Peter Chalk, Kim Cragin et al. Available online at: http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG481.html
CTSS Audio Brief, No. 1: Terrorist Disengagement
Short primer on terrorist disengagement, by Dr. John Horgan. The first of the new Center for Terrorism and Security Studies audio briefs! http://blogs.uml.edu/ctss/Â (Â also hosted via http://www.terroristbehavior.com/blog/Â Â )
Perspectives on Terrorism vol. 7, no. 5
The newest issue of the internationally-acclaimed scholarly journal Perspectives on Terrorism is now available online. Research and analysis by Jeffrey M Bale, Benjamin S. Eveslage, Alexandra Lewis, Paul Kamolnick, and Ely Karmon, along with book reviews, literature search resources, and much more . . .
Video and Shapiro’s book The Terrorist’s Dilemma
Here’s a great 90 minute video of Jake Shapiro, Bruce Hoffman and Will McCants speaking at an event announcing the release of Jake’s new book, The Terrorist’s Dilemma: Managing Violent Covert Organizations. http://www.newamerica.net/events/2013/the_terrorists_dilemma His book systematically examines the structural differences between terrorist groups, discusses the core managerial challenges these groups Continue Reading
Launch Event Sept 24: Center for Terrorism & Security Studies
See the following link for details on the formal launch of the UML Center for Terrorism and Security Studies. Participants include: Boston Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis III Former National Security Council Deputy for Counterterrorism Roger Cressey ‘87 National Counter Terrorism Center Deputy Director Nicholas Rasmussen FBI Boston Division Special Continue Reading
New PoT Issue: Terrorist Financing
Check out the August issue of Perspectives on Terrorism for several articles on Terrorist Financing and an extensive guide to conducting literature reviews. URL: http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/issue/view/41
Reflections on Terrorism Studies
On this anniversary of 9/11 it seems appropriate to reflect on how Terrorism Studies has evolved as a field of interdisciplinary research and education. A recent article raises a number of good points for consideration: Terrorism Experts Are Sought by the Public but Not by Academe (Chronicle of Higher Education, Continue Reading