The Global Jihadi Threat
Islam is a faith of richness and complexity that has manifested itself over time in a broad variety of ways. Unfortunately, it is also used as the basis for the […]
Self-study Courses
Understanding Terrorism: A Social Science View on Terrorism
Over the last 25 years, much of the research on terrorism has been accomplished without rigorous adherence to analytical frameworks. This series of three, self-study modules will trace the history
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Research Process and Methods
The goals of these self-study lectures are to explore the practices and modalities of good research, to learn a set of research steps or phases required to conduct thesis research
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Critical Infrastructure Protection – Transportation Security
This self-study course is comprised of three lecture modules developed by Kip Hawley, former Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), focusing on risk-based solutions for airport and freight rail
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Terrorist Financing and State Response
This self-study course examines exactly how far we have come in our understanding of the ways in which terrorists raise, store, and transfer funds. It also evaluates challenges facing the
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Intelligence for Homeland Security: Organizational and Policy Challenges
The 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon and the ensuing War on Terror have focused the nation’s attention on homeland security. This self-study course
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