The Munich Olympics. The Lockerbie bombing. Oklahoma City. 9/11. London, Madrid, Mumbai. Terrorism is by no means a localized or recent phenomenon. Similarly, efforts to both catalog and counter terrorism, both at home and around the world, have been a key focus of RAND research since the early 1970s.
With over 36,000 incidents of terrorism coded and detailed, the quality and completeness of the RDWTI is unparalleled, as it is built from the research of RAND staff with regional expertise, relevant language skills, and in-country field work experience.
Commentary
The tragic events on Moscow's Metro system highlight several issues of relevance to an increasing number of countries in the world, writes Lindsay Clutterbuck.
Report
Is prison a training ground for extremists? RAND Europe explores radicalisation and recruitment in European prisons.
Commentary
High-ranking officials in Washington tell Americans that the threat from terrorists—principally self-radicalized homegrown terrorists—is high. Do terrorists pose a threat to Los Angeles? asks Brian Michael Jenkins.
Project
The Homeland Security and Defense Center conducts analysis to prepare and protect communities and critical infrastructure from natural disasters and terrorism and is a joint effort of the RAND National Security Research Division and RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment.
Media Advisory
RAND experts are available to discuss a variety of policy topics President Obama is expected to discuss during Wednesday's State of the Union Address.
Commentary
Americans should understand that preventing every attack is simply an unattainable goal, writes Gregory F. Treverton.
Journal Article
This article reviews and synthesizes social science knowledge on the connections between popular support and terrorist/insurgent sustainment.
Journal Article
This paper attempts to fill this gap by linking novel micro-level data on house demolitions(a policy used by the Israeli Defense Forces [IDF] to combat and deter terrorism) and suicideattacks, empirically documenting the effects of house demolitions on future suicide attacks
Journal Article
The literature on conflict and terrorism has paid little attention to the economic costs of terrorism for the perpetrators.
Journal Article
This paper analyses the impact of terrorism on Israeli companies related to the defence, security or antiterrorism industries, relative to its impact on other companies.
Report
Testimony presented before the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment on December 15, 2009.
Report
Deterrence -- a central feature of counterterrorism security systems -- is not well understood or measured. This paper offers a framework for understanding how security affects terrorist planning and for measuring these systems' deterrent value.
Report
Testimony presented before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on November 19, 2009.
Research Brief
Theoretical models and survey and administrative data show that deployment during the war on terrorism has had positive or no effects on military reenlistment but a negative effect for Army personnel deployed for a high cumulative number of months.
Report
Presents assessments that test five critical elements of state and local health departments' capability to deliver countermeasures to the population under rapid timeframes.
Report
Presents a methodology to design strategies for detecting terrorist weapon development and shows how it might be used to detect development of improvised explosive devices and radiological dispersal devices.
Commentary
The rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan is now President Barack Obama's war, one he pledged to win during his election campaign. One of the biggest problems, however, is that since late 2001, the United States has crafted its Afghanistan strategy on a fatally flawed assumption, writes Seth Jones.
Report
The U.S. government listed the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MeK), a cult and designated foreign terrorist organization, as an enemy in Iraq, then classified its members as protected persons. A RAND study recommends that most MeK members be repatriated to Iran.
Report
This paper argues that the success or failure of terrorist operations can be best understood by thinking about the match or mismatch between key sets of characteristics of the group, its plans, and the security measures facing them.
Report
Discusses the role of public health agencies in emergency preparedness for and response to chemical and radiological incidents.
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