by Anne Speckhard | Mar 6, 2019 | Commentary, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Terrorism, Conflict and War
By Anne Speckhard*, Ardian Shajkovci** Unmanned and remote-controlled aircrafts, i.e. drones, continue to change the character of contemporary warfare.[i] It was satellites and drones, alongside a good deal of human intelligence, that located Osama bin Laden...
by Anant Mishra* | Feb 21, 2019 | Commentary, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Terrorism, Conflict and War
Introduction Post 9/11 world, exposed intelligence agencies to an age old tradition of channelling funds across the globe using mordern international financial system. In this, the transnational organized criminal networks used the digital world to carry out money...
by Craig Whiteside** | Jan 15, 2019 | Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Research, Terrorism, Conflict and War
The Islamic State is infamous for its sophisticated media campaigns, such as the one that inspired a large-scale migration of supporters to its so-called caliphate. Much less attention has been paid to its propaganda targeting local audiences, which tends to be more...
by BEYOND THE HORIZON | Jan 12, 2018 | Commentary, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Terrorism, Conflict and War
By Fatih Celenay, Brandon Rapoza, Ratna Gamage The purpose of this paper is to design a toolkit to decrease the violence and terrorism in Somalia. What are the practical solutions to increase the efficiency of military campaigns against Al Shabaab? We will conduct our...
by Craig Cornfield | Sep 24, 2017 | Commentary, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Terrorism, Conflict and War
Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) has declared to hold a non-binding referendum on September 25. As the date comes closer, more elements add to the great puzzle unfolding in the Levant. Great powers like US and UK that set the scene for the fragmentation of the...
by Alexander Jr. Ross | Jun 12, 2017 | Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Research, Terrorism, Conflict and War
Terrorism is a never-ending phenomenon with its roots going back to the beginning of humanity on earth and will most likely continue until the end of it. Although the patterns and the spikes vary, it is sufficing to say that there has never been a period without...