Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies Library

2010 APCSS South Asia Alumni Symposium on Combating Terrorism
MALE, MALDIVES

Selected Information Resources

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Asia Security Initiative South Asia
In 2009, the MacArthur Foundation created the Asia Security Initiative (ASI) network of 27 institutions from around the world. With the Foundation’s support, over the next three years these institutions will develop their policy research capacity and recommend policies on the most important security challenges facing Asia-Pacific nations.

Brookings Institution -- South Asia
Research, commentary and reports on South Asia with links to related reports on Terrorism, Transnational Security Threats, Weapons of Mass Destruction other and issues relevant to the region.

CIA
Central Intelligence Agency. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an independent US Government agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior US policymakers.

Country Reports on Terrorism U.S. State Dept.
U.S. law requires the Secretary of State to provide Congress, by April 30 of each year, a full and complete report on terrorism with regard to those countries and groups meeting criteria set forth in the legislation. This annual report is entitled Country Reports on Terrorism. Beginning with the report for 2004, it replaced the previously published Patterns of Global Terrorism. U.S. law requires the Secretary of State to provide Congress, by April 30 of each year, a full and complete report on terrorism with regard to those countries and groups meeting criteria set forth in the legislation. This annual report is entitled Country Reports on Terrorism. Beginning with the report for 2004, it replaced the previously published Patterns of Global Terrorism.

Crisis Group
The International Crisis Group is now generally recognized as the world’s leading independent, non-partisan, source of analysis and advice to governments, and intergovernmental bodies like the United Nations, European Union and World Bank, on the prevention and resolution of deadly conflict.

CSIS South Asia Program
 Center for Strategic & International Studies. A nonpartisan organization dedicated to providing world leaders with strategic insights on, and policy solutions to, current and emerging global issues. Focus is on developing national and international public policy by assessing political risk, analyzing regional affairs, monitoring international security and stability, identifying longer range consequences of current practices and policies.

CSIS Transnational Threats Updates.
 The Transnational Threats Update is produced by the Transnational Threats Project and provides monthly reports and analysis on terrorism, drug trafficking, organized crime, money laundering, and arms trafficking. The newsletter draws on several U.S. and international media sources, including Associated Press, Agence France Presse, Reuters, Xinhua News Agency, World Tribune, Afghan News, and others.

CTC Sentinel
monthly online journal devoted to understanding and confronting contemporary threats posed by terrorism, insurgency and other forms of political violence.

Global Terrorism Database

The Global Terrorism Database (GTD) is an open-source database including information on terrorist events around the world from 1970 through 2007 (with annual updates planned for the future). Unlike many other event databases, the GTD includes systematic data on domestic as well as transnational and international terrorist incidents that have occurred during this time period and now includes more than 80,000 cases. For each GTD incident, information is available on the date and location of the incident, the weapons used and nature of the target, the number of casualties, and—when identifiable—the group or individual responsible. The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) is making the GTD available via this online interface in an effort to increase understanding of terrorist violence so that it can be more readily studied and defeated.

Index of State Weakness in the Developing World
Susan E. Rice and Stewart Patrick, The Brookings Institution and Center for Global Development, 2008
This paper presents the Index of State Weakness in the Developing World (hereafter, the Index), which ranks all 141 developing countries according to their relative performance in four critical spheres: economic, political, security, and social welfare.6 We define weak states as countries that lack the essential capacity and/or will to fulfill four sets of critical government responsibilities: fostering an environment conducive to sustainable and equitable economic growth; establishing and maintaining legitimate, transparent, and accountable political institutions; securing their populations from violent conflict and controlling their territory; and meeting the basic human needs of their population.

Institute for Conflict Management
The Institute for Conflict Management is a non-Profit Society set up in 1997 in New Delhi, and is committed to the continuous evaluation and resolution of problems of internal security in South Asia. The Institute was set up on the initiative of, and is presently headed by, its President, Mr. K.P.S. Gill, IPS (Retd).
South Asia Assessment 2010

Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (Terrorism and Internal Security)
The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses is a non-partisan, autonomous body dedicated to objective research and policy relevant studies on all aspects of defence and security.

Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Centre
Provides a complete profile of the world’s significant terrorist, guerrilla and insurgent groups. You can analyse activity by a wide range of criteria, including by group, country of origin, tactics, targets, political, religious or other affiliations. APCSS Alumni have password controlled access to the Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Centre at http://merln.ndu.edu/otherLinks/merlnNetLogin.cfm To renew or establish your account send a request to library@apcss.org
 

National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)
In August 2004, the President established the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) to serve as the primary organization in the United States Government (USG) for integrating and analyzing all intelligence pertaining to terrorism and counterterrorism (CT) and to conduct strategic operational planning by integrating all instruments of national power. In December 2004, Congress codified the NCTC in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (IRTPA) and placed the NCTC in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Located at the Liberty Crossing Building in Northern Virginia, the NCTC is a multi-agency organization dedicated to eliminating the terrorist threat to US interests at home and abroad.

- US National Counterterrorism Center 2010 Counterterrorism Calendar
The US National Counterterrorism Center is pleased to present an interactive version of the 2010 Counterterrorism Calendar. This version of the Calendar contains many features across the full range of terrorism-related issues: terrorist groups, wanted terrorists, and technical pages on various threat-related issues. The Calendar timeline marks dates according to the Gregorian and Islamic calendars, and contains significant dates in terrorism history as well as dates that terrorists may believe are important when planning “commemoration-style” attacks.

- Worldwide Incidents Tracking System (WITS)
The Worldwide Incidents Tracking System is the National Counterterrorism Center's database of terrorist incidents.

MERLN National Defense University (NDU) Regional Policy Overviews for South and Central Asia
MERLN (the Military Education Research Library Network) is a comprehensive website devoted to international military education outreach.  It represents a consortium of military education research libraries that work together to provide access to a variety of unique electronic resources for the use of researchers and scholars.

Rand Reports Terrorism and Homeland Security
For over 30 years, RAND has been a world leader in terrorism research and analysis. As a public service, RAND disseminates all unclassified research as printed documents or online.

U.S. Department of State - Counterterrorism Office
Coordinates all U.S. Government efforts to improve counterterrorism cooperation with foreign governments. Develops, coordinates, and implements American counterterrorism policy.