Resources

International Research Centres

• Combating Terrorism Centre, West Point, New York, United States of America
• International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
• International Institute for Counter-Terrorism – Interdisciplinary Center – Herzliya – Israel
• RAND Corporation – Santa Monica – United States of America
• Centre for Social Cohesion – London – United Kingdom
• European Muslim Research Centre – University of Exeter – United Kingdom
• International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation – partnership of five academic institutions: King’s College London, the University of Pennsylvania, the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, the Jordan Institute of Diplomacy and Georgetown University

Australian Research Centres

• Australian Strategic Policy Institute – Canberra
• Lowy Institute for International Policy – Sydney
• Kokoda Foundation – Canberra
• United States Studies Centre – University of Sydney
• Centre for Transnational Crime Prevention – University of Wollongong
• Strategic and Defence Studies Centre – Australian National University – Canberra
• Centre for Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism – Macquarie University – Sydney
• Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law – University of New South Wales – Sydney
• Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security – Griffith University and collaborating partners – Brisbane

Australian Government Websites

• Australian Federal Police
• Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
• Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security
• Australian National Security – hosted by Attorney General’s Department
• Resilient Communities – hosted by Attorney General’s Department
• Internet Resource Guide on Australia Terrorism Law – hosted by Australian Parliamentary Library

Australian Government Reports

• Transnational Terrorism: The Threat to Australia – Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade – 2004
• National Counter-Terrorism Plan – Attorney General’s Department – 2005
• National Guidelines for the Protection of Places of Mass Gathering from Terrorism – Attorney General’s Department – 2006
• Protecting Australia Against Terrorism – Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet – 2006
• Defending Australia in the Asia Pacific Century: Force 2030 – Defence White Paper – Department of Defence – 2009
• Securing Australia: Protecting our Community (Counter-Terrorism White Paper) – Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet – 2010

International Government Reports

• NCTC 2010 Report on Terrorism – National Counterterrorism Center – United States of America – 2011
• The 9/11 Commission Report – National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States – United States of America – 2004
• Who Becomes a Terrorist and Why? – Federal Research Division, Library of Congress – United States of America – 1999
• Empowering Local Partners to Prevent Violent Extremism in the United States – White House – United States of America – 2011
• Country Reports on Terrorism – Department of State – United States of America – 2004 to 2010
• CONTEST: The United Kingdom’s Strategy for Countering Terrorism – Home Office – United Kingdom – 2011

Open Access Periodicals

• Jamestown Terrorism Monitor
• Perspectives on Terrorism
• CTC Sentinel

Subscription Only Periodicals

• Studies in Conflict & Terrorism
• Terrorism & Political Violence
• Critical Studies on Terrorism
• Islam & Muslim-Christian Relations

Blogs and private websites

• All Things Counter-Terrorism – ‘a blog focussing on all things terrorism and counter terrorism with an occasional foray into the world of insurgency’
• Jihadology – ‘a clearing house for jihadi primary source material’
• Jihadica – ‘documenting the global jihad’
• Jihadism Studies – private website run by Brynjar Lia, dedicated to present past and ongoing research by Lia and his colleagues at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment’s terrorism

Datasets on terrorism

• Suicide Attack Database – Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism
• Global Terrorism Database – National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Reponses to Terrorism
• EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Reports – available at Europol Annual Publications
• To be added: http://www.lawandsecurity.org/Publications/Terrorism-Trial-Report-Card

International Open Access Datasets on jihadists

• Bakker, Edwin (2006) Jihadi Terrorists in Europe Clingendael: Netherlends Institute of International Relations.
• Gambetta, Diego and Hertog, Stephen (2007) Engineers of Jihad London: University of Oxford.
• Felter, Joseph and Fishman , Brian (2007) Al Qa’ida’s Foreign Fighters in Iraq: A First Look at the Sinjar RecordsNew York: Combating Terrorism Centre at West Point.
• Fishman , Brian, ed. (2008) Bombers, Bank Accounts, and Bleedout: al-Qa`ida’s Road in and Out of Iraq New York: Combating Terrorism Centre at West Point.
• Nesser, Petter (2008) “Chronology of Jihadism in Western Europe 1994–2007: Planned, Prepared, and Executed Terrorist Attacks“, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism.
• Gartenstein-Ross, Daveed & Grossman, Laura (2009) Homegrown Terrorists in the U.S. and U.K.: An Empirical Examination of the Radicalization Process Washington DC: Federation for Defense of Democracies.
• Altunbas, Yener and Thornton, John (2009) Human Capital and the Supply of Homegrown Islamic Terrorists in the UK Social Science Research Network.
• Sageman, Marc (2009) “Confronting al-Qaeda: Understanding the Threat in Afghanistan“, Perspectives on Terrorism vol. 3, no. 4.
• Jenkins, Brian (2010) Would be Warriors: Instances of Jihadist Radicalisation in the United States Since September 11, 2001 Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation.
• MPA Workshop (2010) Jihadi Terrorist Prosecutions Since 9/11 Database New America Foundation. A more recently updated and accessible version of the data is available here
• John Jay & Artis Transnational Terrorism Database – Website developed by Scott Atran and sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
• To be added: http://www.sanford.duke.edu/news/Schanzer_Kurzman_Moosa_Anti-Terror_Lessons.pdf

International Subscription Only Datasets on jihadists

• Stenersen, Anne “Al Qaeda’s Foot Soldiers: A Study of the Biographies of Foreign Fighters Killed in Afghanistan and Pakistan Between 2002 and 2006“, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 34 (3) (March 2011), pp. 171 – 198.
• Haddad, Simon (2010) “Fatah al-Islam: Anatomy of a Terrorist Organisation” in Studies in Conflict and Terrorism vol. 33, iss. 6, pp. 548-569.
• Leikin, Robert (2006) “The Quantitative Analysis of Terrorism and Immigration: An Initial Exploration“, Terrorism and Political Violence iss. 18, pp. 503-521.
• Simcox, Robin, Stuart, Hannah and Ahmed, Houriya (2010) Islamist Terrorism: the British Connections London: The Centre for Social Cohesion.

Australian Subscription Only Datasets on jihadists

• Porter, Louise and Kebbell, Mark (2010) “Radicalisation in Australia: Examining Australia’s Convicted Terrorists” in Psychiatry, Psychology and Law June.
• Mullins, Sam (2011) “Islamist Terrorism and Australia: An Empirical Examination of the ‘Home-Grown’ Threat” in Terrorism and Political Violence vol.23, iss. 2, pp. 254-285.
• Also see GTReC Publications

Prisons

• Hamm, Mark (2007) Terrorist Recruitment in American Correctional Institutions: An Exploratory Study of Non-Traditional Faith Groups Final Report Washington: National Institute of Justice.
• Neumann, Peter (2010) Prisons and Terrorism: Radicalisation and De-radicalisation in 15 Countries London: International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence.

Disengagement and De-radicalisation

• P4Peace web portal – International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research – Singapore

Research on terrorism and political violence in Australia

• Bergin, Anthony (2009) Contest Two and counter extremism: Lessons for Australia Canberra: Australian Strategic Policy Institute, June.
• Bergin, Anthony and Ungerer, Carl (2010) Homeward bound: Australia’s new Counter-Terrorism White PaperCanberra: Australian Strategic Policy Institute, February.
• Bergin, Anthony et al (2007) Beyond belief: Islamism, radicalisation and the counter-terrorism responseCanberra: Australian Strategic Policy Institute, September.
• Koschade, Stuart (2006) “An Assessment of Terrorism Studies in Australia: Recommendations and Future Directions” Proceedings Research Network for a Secure Australia- Closed Counter-terrorism Workshop University of Melbourne.
• Koschade, Stuart (2007) The internal dynamics of terrorist cells: a social network analysis of terrorist cells in an Australian context PhD thesis, Queensland University of Technology.
• McAllister, Ian et al (2008) Public opinion in Australia towards defence, security and terrorism Canberra: Australian Strategic Policy Institute, August.
• Michaelsen, Chris (2010) “Terrorism in Australia: An Inflated Threat” in Security Challenges Vol. 6, Iss. 2, Winter.
• Rees, David (2010) Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Risks Posed by Alternative Remittance in Australia Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, April.
• Smith, Russell et al (2010) Financing of Terrorism: Risks for Australia Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, May.
• Also see GTReC Publications