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The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organisation, think-tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members to help them better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries. The CFR defence and security thematic area offers several resources on various topics and regions relevant to CT.

The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) is a university-based research and education center comprised of an international network of scholars committed to the scientific study of the causes and human consequences of terrorism in the United States and worldwide.

For 65 years, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) has helped to shape the strategic agenda for governments, businesses, the media and experts across the world. We earn our revenue from the sale of our databases and publications, host-nation support for conferences, corporate sponsorship, research work, consultancy, and donations from private individuals and foundations.

Brookings brings together more than 300 leading experts in government and academia from all over the world who provide the highest quality research, policy recommendations, and analysis on a full range of public policy issues. The Brookings Institute explores issues of terrorism and extremism through reports, blogs and events.

CYTREC is an interdisciplinary centre. Its experts have backgrounds in law, criminology, political science, linguistics and psychology and work with partners to ask the research questions that matter, share findings, and produce policy recommendations. CYTREC projects and publications encompass both empirically grounded research and interdisciplinary methodologies to assess the threat of cyber-terrorism

The National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center (NCITE) is the Department of Homeland Security's Center of Excellence for terrorism prevention and research. They are the leading US academic centre for the study of emerging and novel terrorism threats. The NCITE consortium includes more than 50 expert researchers from 29 partner institutions across the U.S. and Europe. 

The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is an independent, bipartisan, non-profit organisation that develops strong, pragmatic, and principled national security and defence policies. CNAS engages policymakers, experts, and the public with innovative, fact-based research, ideas, and analysis to shape and elevate the national security debate, focusing on Middle East security and CT issues. 

Egmont Royal Institute for International Relations is an independent think-tank based in Brussels. Its interdisciplinary research is conducted in a spirit of total academic freedom. Drawing on the expertise of its own research fellows and that of external specialists, both Belgian and foreign, it provides analysis and
policy options that are meant to be as operational as possible. The Egmont Institute regularly publishes analyses on topics related to counter-terrorism.

Founded in 2015, the Program on Extremism at George Washington University has quickly become a leading research centre on all forms of extremism. The Program spearheads innovative and thoughtful academic inquiry, producing empirical work and developing pragmatic policy solutions that resonate with policymakers, civic leaders, and the general public.