Publications

The Jebsen Center encourages professionals affiliated with the Center to actively publish on the general topic of counter-terrorism and more specifically on the prediction and prevention of terrorist attacks. Below is a growing list of such publications organized by author. Please return to this site regularly to review new works by our current authors and new ideas from a growing number of Center partners.

Integrated Operations and Training Branch (IOTB) Quarterly Newsletter, April 2008 here

Research Briefing Series

Launched in December 2006, the Jebsen Center's Research Briefing Series is an online periodical that features brief pieces by cutting-edge counter-terrorism experts, available on the Jebsen Center's website. The series aims to promote dialogue and new thinking on current issues in terrorism studies.

Vol. 3, No. 3 (February 2008)
Zachary Abuza, “The Philippine Peace Process: Too Soon to Claim a Settlement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front?”
JCCTS Senior Fellow Zachary Abuza, a specialist in Southeast Asian politics and security issues, ponders the latest developments in the peace process between the government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). This briefing outlines what is at stake in the Philippine peace process and its implications for regional stability, international security, and counter-terrorism. To download the paper as a PDF file, please click here.

Vol. 3, No. 2 (February 2008)
Rohan Gunaratna, “Terrorist Threat in 2008”
In this brief piece, global terrorism expert and JCCTS Senior Fellow Rohan Gunaratna takes a bird’s eye view of terrorism in the coming year. Gunaratna outlines the key developments in the global security landscape and threat trends of 2008, and suggests that strategic projects will be crucial to the success of future counter-terrorism efforts. To download the paper as a PDF file, please click here.

Vol. 3, No. 1 (January 2008)
Rohan Gunaratna, "Strategic Counter-Terrorism: Part III, Mass Media Response to Terrorism"
Jebsen Center Senior Fellow for Counter-Terrorism Studies Dr. Rohan Gunaratna continues his series on strategic counter-terrorism with a third piece exploring the role of mass media in responding to extremism and terrorism. To download the paper as a PDF file, please click here.

Vol. 2, No. 2 (November 2007)
Rohan Gunaratna, "Strategic Counter-Terrorism: Part II The Ideological Response"
Jebsen Center Senior Fellow for Counter-Terrorism Studies Dr. Rohan Gunaratna continues his series on strategic counter-terrorism with a piece exploring the ideological response to extremism and terrorism. To download the paper as a PDF file, please click here.

Vol. 2, No. 1 (November 2007)
Zachary Abuza, "The State of Jemmaah Islamiyah: Terrorism and Insurgency in Southeast Asia Five Years After Bali"
Jebsen Center Senior Fellow for Counter-Terrorism Studies Dr. Zachary Abuza provides an overview of Jemaah Islamiyah's activities in Southeast Asia and its future in a post-9/11 environment. To download the paper as a PDF file, please click here.

Vol.1, No. 1 (December 2006)
Rohan Gunaratna, "Strategic Counter-Terrorism: Part 1 Understanding the Threat"
The inaugural edition of the Research Briefing Series was written by Dr. Rohan Gunaratna, Jebsen Center Senior Fellow and Head of the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Dr. Gunaratna's piece is the first in a series of articles exploring strategic counter-terrorism. To download the paper as a PDF file, please click here.

Special Releases

Jebsen Center Releases are one-time publications contributed by special guest commentators. These are available online as PDF files and are free of charge.

JCCTS Special Release: Intelligence Fusion Conference Summary Report
On October 16, 2007, the Jebsen Center for Counter-Terrorism Studies hosted a conference entitled “State and Regional Intelligence Fusion: Experiences and Best Practices in Interdisciplinary Collaboration.” A full summary report of the three panel discussions featured during the conference—exploring the current state of intelligence fusion among public and private entities; communications challenges in information-sharing operations; and domestic and international best practices—is now available as a Jebsen Center Special Release. The full paper is available for download here.

JCCTS Special Release: Martin Murphy of the Corbett Centre for Maritime Studies Explores the Role of Public-Private Maritime Security Partnerships
As a panelist for the Jebsen Center's October 16, 2007 conference on "State and Regional Intelligence Fusion: Experiences and Best Practices in Interdisciplinary Collaboration," Martin Murphy, a research fellow at the Corbett Centre for Maritime Studies at Kings College London, contributed a working paper. Entitled "The Role of 'Public-Private Partnership' in Maritime Awareness and Security," the full paper is available for download here.

JCCTS Special Release: The Hon. Amedee Turner Compiles Western Muslim Opinions on Democracy
The Jebsen Center for Counter-Terrorism Studies is pleased to provide a study compiled by the Honorable Amedee Turner, Queen's Counsel and Honorary Member of European Parliament. The document, entitled "Muslim Grassroots in the West Discuss Democracy," was compiled with the objective to offer opinion-formers in the media, universities and politics, as well as mosques and churches, previously unavailable responses from the grassroots to questions relevant to an alleged “clash of civilizations” between Islam and the West.

Amedee Turner will be providing the keynote address at the private dinner following the Jebsen Center's April 27, 2007 conference, "Islam in Democratic Societies." To download the paper as a PDF file, please click here.

JCCTS Special Release: Bruce Hoffman Chapter from Forthcoming McGraw-Hill Book, Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism The Jebsen Center for Counter-Terrorism Studies is pleased to provide an advance look at an article in the forthcoming book, Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism, edited by Jebsen Center Director BG (ret.) Russell D. Howard and Dr. James J.F. Forest of the Combating Terrorism Center at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point. The book will be published in early 2007 by McGraw-Hill.

In this excerpt—an original piece written exclusively for Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism—leading counter-terrorism expert Dr. Bruce Hoffman of Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service explores the threats of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear terrorism in a post-9/11 world. To download the full chapter, click here. To download the paper as a PDF file, please click here.