NEWSWORTHY
25 January 2012
"Countering Violent Extremism" Remarks by Daniel Benjamin, Coordinator, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University. Director Alistair Millar also attended the talk and presented at the meeting.
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3 October 2011
"Swiss team up in counterterrorism offensive," Jessica Dacey, swissinfo.ch
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26 September 2011
"UN Official Urges Renewed Vigour in Counter-Terrorism Fight," UN News Centre
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22 September 2011
Global Counterterrorism Forum Launched in New York
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19 September 2011
“Ban Opens UN Forum with Call for Enhanced Global Cooperation Against Terrorism,” UN News Centre
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Recent Publications
| New Center Report Offers Recommendations and Options for Enhancing International Counterterrorism Calls for Changes to United Nations Counterterrorism Arrangements The Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation is pleased to announce the release of its new report on Reshaping United Nations Counterterrorism Efforts. The report provides concrete suggestions for strengthening international counterterrorism efforts over the next decade, including three specific, costed options for a single UN counterterrorism coordinator. The report details 22 recommendations aimed at helping the UN to better exploit its comparative advantages in countering terrorism and to enhance the productivity of its partnerships with other counterterrorism actors, including states, regional intergovernmental bodies, non-government, experts and civil society. Based on twelve months of research, interviews, and consultation with counterterrorism officials and experts from around the world, the report presents recommendations for reshaping UN counterterrorism efforts by:
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 Strategy to Reach, Empower, and Educate Teenagers (STREET): A Case Study in Government-Community Partnership and Direct Intervention to Counter Violent ExtremismDecember 2011 - By Jack Barclay Guest expert, Jack Barclay, profiles a community counterradicalization program in the United Kingdom known as STREET (Strategy to Reach, Empower, and Educate Teenagers) as a case study of that country’s Prevent strategy. The policy brief examines how STREET operates; why it appears to be so successful; and attempts to identify good-practice lessons that might be applicable in nascent counterradicalization strategies and programs in development by other states. Download PDF
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 Transnational Threats: The Criminalization of West Africa and the SahelDecember 2011 - By James Cockayne As part of the Center’s expanding work on transnational threats, Co-Director James Cockayne, examines the effects of dirty money on security and governance in West Africa and the Sahel. Illicit money, he argues, particularly from trafficking in drugs, is rapidly undermining the region’s political and economic governance, infecting legislatures, police forces, militaries, courts, and presidential offices, as well as chambers of commerce, in countries across the region. This policy brief considers the nature and provenance of these problems and some unorthodox ideas to tackle them. Download PDF |
Events |
| AML/CFT Training for Ethiopian Officials 18-20 January 2012 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia With the support of the Center and the Royal Danish Government, from 18 to 20 January 2012, 21 Ethiopian officials received three days of advanced training on anti-money laundering, countering the financing of terrorism and other economic crimes. The training was conducted on behalf of the Center by the Danish State Prosecutor for Serious Economic Crimes, Mr Jens Madsen, and the head of the Danish Financial Intelligence Unit, Mr Jens Kauffeld Andreasen...Read More |