The US National Efforts to Counter Domestic Terrorism: Progress and Controversy

The Jurisprudential Foundations of the Fight against Terrorism and Iran's Efforts in this Regard

Terrorism is an act whose nature and outcome is violence and fear. Regardless of the different forms of the realization of this act in the past, it has taken new forms in the contemporary era due to the advancement of sciences and technologies. To face this phenomenon, then, it is necessary to foresee and apply appropriate and favorable measures. As a victim of internal and external terrorism, ...

A Soft Computing Model to Counter Terrorism

In the aftermath of September 11, the experts concluded that data mining could help it prevent future terrorist attacks. Experts are also concerned that in its zeal to apply technology to antiterrorism, the government could disrupt the crime-fighting processes of the agencies that are charged with finding and stopping terrorists before they act. The entire information or the evidence about a te...

Pakistan’s Counter-terrorism strategy and its Implications for domestic, regional and international security

Cette étude porte un regard critique sur la stratégie contre-terroriste du Pakistan adoptée après les attentats du 11 septembre, dans la mesure où elle a été inefficace, voire contre-productive. Elle n’a pu déloger les réseaux terroristes des groups jihadistes et extrémistes basés au Pakistan, qui ont aussi des liens avec al Qaeda. L’évaluation de la stratégie contre-terroriste pakistanaise por...

Progress, frustration and controversy.

Data Mining for Counter-Terrorism

Data mining is becoming a useful tool for detecting and preventing terrorism. This paper first discusses some technical challenges for data mining as applied for counterterrorism applications. Next it provides an overview of the various types of terrorist threats and describes how data mining techniques could provide solutions to counterterrorism. Finally some privacy concerns and potential sol...