Special Reports, Seminar Proceedings and More Help Provide Context, Knowledge on Many Aspects of Terrorism

The pervasive nature of terrorism and the growing efforts to combat it are central topics in the recently published Volume Three of "Terrorism: An Electronic Journal & Knowledge Base."  It is available online here.

Two special reports are available through the Journal.  One is titled "International Cooperation in Combating Terrorism: The Next Phase," while the other has a regional focus - "Terrorism in North Africa and the Sahel in 2013."

The Journal also provides proceedings from four seminars in the fall, co-hosted by the Potomac Institute of Policy Studies, and the reports can be downloaded:

• Tehran's Bomb Challenge:  Crossroads, Roadblocks, and Roadmaps to Rapprochement?
• The Lone Wolf Challenge:  Past Experience and Future Outlook
• Can Counterterrorism Strategies and Democracy Co-Exist?
• Reassessing the WMD Challenges:  The Next Phase?

A peer reviewed article - "Combating Hate Crimes through Civil Litigation," by Prof. Dean C. Alexander - discusses federal law and expanded protection and how it relates to combat extremist groups.

Another feature in the Terrorism Journal is an archived "Daily Terrorism Weather" report, which highlights headlines linked to articles about terrorism-related events from a variety of national and international news sites.

In its current form, Terrorism: An Electronic Journal & Knowledge Base was launched again in August 2012 in order to provide continuity to earlier studies on the “Age of Terrorism” and to close research gaps in the growing literature on the manifold aspects of the emerging disciplinary subject. The journal's focus is on identifying warning signals on conventional and unconventional terrorism in the post 9/11 era and recommending national, regional, and global strategies to confront potential security challenges to all societies.

Seminars featured in the report were co-sponsored by the International Center for Terrorism Studies at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies and the Inter-University Center for Legal Studies at the International Law Institute.

Terrorism: An Electronic Journal and Knowledge Base was initially developed in 1998 as an on-line follow-up to Terrorism: An International Journal published in 1977 by Crane, Russak and subsequently by Taylor and Francis. Yonah Alexander, Professor and Director, State University of New York’s Institute for Studies in International Terrorism, founded these two publications and served as their Editor-in-Chief.

Mike S. Swetnam, CEO of The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies is the Senior Advisor; Prof. Yonah Alexander, Director, Inter University for Terrorism Studies is Editor-in-Chief; and Prof. Don Wallace, Jr. Chairman, International Law Institute, is the Academic Advisor. Members of the International Advisory Board and the Editorial Staff consist of academics, former government officials, journalists, and young researchers.