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Innovation & Technology

To level the playing field against states that have more resources and hold much more power terrorists need to innovate and use technology in creative and enterprising ways. We have written reports and articles about terrorists’ use of encrypted communication tools, weaponization of commercially-available drones, and other topics. See below for details.

October 20, 2016

Remotely Piloted Innovation: Terrorism, Drones and Supportive Technology

Don Rassler

April 27, 2022

The Urgent Need for an Overhaul of Global Biorisk Management

Filippa Lentzos, Gregory D. Koblentz, Joseph Rodgers

A View from the CT Foxhole: Lawrence Kerr, Former Director, Office of Pandemics and Emerging Threats, Office of Global Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Paul Cruickshank, Don Rassler, Kristina Hummel

A New Age of Bioterror: Anticipating Exploitation of Tunable Viral Agents

Stephen Hummel, F. John Burpo, Jeremy Hershfield, Andrew Kick, Kevin J. O’Donovan, Jason Barnhill

March 31, 2022

Examining Digital Currency Usage by Terrorists in Syria

Audrey Alexander, Teddy MacDonald

February 9, 2017

Daily Beast republishes CTC analysis on Islamic State drone documents

January 31, 2017

New York Times features latest CTC analysis on Islamic State

October 24, 2016

CNBC features drones report in new article

October 20, 2016

CTC drones report featured in CNN article

November 30, 2012

LTC Brickey Co-authors Article on SWJ

Jonalan Brickey

December 1, 2008

The Globalization of Martyrdom

Assaf Moghadam

August 6, 2010

Dr. Moghadam Attends Conference at Naval Postgraduate School

Assaf Moghadam

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