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Hostage & Kidnapping

Our research on hostage-taking and kidnapping by terrorist groups provides insights into particular cases and strategic-level policy questions.

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May 4, 2017

Lessons Learned from the Police Response to the San Bernardino and Orlando Terrorist Attacks

Frank Straub, Jennifer Zeunik, Ben Gorban

A View from the CT Foxhole: James A. Gagliano, Former FBI Hostage Rescue Team Counterterrorist Operator

Paul Cruickshank

January 20, 2015

From Sydney to Paris: The Return of Terrorist Barricade Hostage Incidents?

Adam Dolnik

July 30, 2014

Boko Haram, the Chibok Abductions and Nigeria’s Counterterrorism Strategy

J.N.C. Hill

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