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This guide brings together a wide range of resources related to national security issues including intelligence gathering and government response to terrorism
- Canadian Global Affairs Institute - publications on foreign affairs, defence and security from a Canadian point of view
- Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society - see virtual library and working papers
- Canadian Incident Database (CIDB) - incidents of terrorism and violent extremism in Canada since 1960
- Canadian Security Guide Book (Senate Standing Committee on National Security and Defence)
- Canadian Security Intelligence Service
- Communications Security Establishment
- Country Indicators for Foreign Policy (Carleton University) - risk assessment
- Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) - deterrence of financing of terrorist activities
- Historical Data Review of Radicalization and the Economy in Canada
- Human Security Report Project (Simon Fraser University)
- Library of Parliament
- Counter-Terrorism Framework in Canada
- Intelligence: Definitions, Concepts and Governance
- The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and the International Response
- Metadata, National Security and Law Enforcement Agencies
- SOMNIA Spotlight on military news and international affairs (Canadian Forces College)
- Public Safety Canada
- United Nations Association in Canada
- Views of Canadian Scholars on the Impact of the Anti Terrorism Act (Dept. of Justice)
- Policy Commons
Think Tanks subject guide
Global Studies Custom Search - Center of Global Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Australia
Europe
- Combatting Terrorism (Council of Europe)
- Committee of Experts on Terrorism - country profiles database
- Crisis & Terrorism (European Union)
- EU fight against terrorism
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
India
Institute for Conflict Management - South Asia Terrorism Portal
Israel
- International Institute for Counter-Terrorism - publications
- Mossad
Sweden
- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
- Uppsala Conflict Data Program (Department of Peace and Conflict Research Uppsala University)
Switzerland
United Kingdom
- Chatham House (Royal Institute for International Affairs)
- Eldis - Conflict and security
- Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (University of St. Andrews) - Journal of Terrorism Research
- Policy: Counter-Terrorism
- RUSI (Royal United Services Institute)
- Secret Intelligence Service MI6
United States
- Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence (Brookings Institution) - research on key issues connected with security policy
- Center for Counterintelligence and Security Studies - 8 interactive maps - including a Global Threat Assessment Map
- Center for the Study of Intelligence (CIA) - also provides a guide to intelligence literature
- Combating Terrorism Center at West Point - publications including a journal, CTC sentinel and resources on ISIL
- Congressional Research Service - CRS reports on Homeland Security, Intelligence and Terrorism
- Council on Foreign Relations - Cybersecurity and Defense and Security
- Federation of American Scientists. Intelligence Resource Program - intelligence budget data, worldwide intelligence agencies, official documents
- Homeland Security Digital Library (Center for Homeland Defence and Security Naval Postgraduate School)
- Library of Congress - subject guides
- MERLN (Military Education Research Library Network)
- NTI building a safer world Nuclear Threat Initiative
- National Intelligence University - NI Press publications
- National Security (Rand Corporation)
- National Security Affairs also its Terrorism guide (Naval Postgraduate School, Dudly Knox Library)
- RAND Database of Worldwide Terrorism Incidents - compilation of data from 1968 to 2009 and Rand Corporation - Terrorism and Homeland Security
- START: National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism - has a collection of data and tools including the Global Terrorism Database
- Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (George Mason University) - extensive list of resources on these subjects
- U.S. Army Combined Arms Center Combined Arms Research Library (CARL) Digital Library
- U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute
- U.S. Army War College. Strategic Studies Institute. Key strategic issues
- U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
- U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency
- U.S. Dept. of Defense
- U.S. Dept of Defense. Defense Technical Information Center
- U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security
- U.S. Dept. of State - World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers
- U.S. Dept. of State. Bureau of Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism - Country Reports on Terrorism
- U.S. Dept. of State. Bureau of Diplomatic Security - incidents and country reports
- U.S. Dept. of State. Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation
- U.S. Dept. of the Treasury - Terrorism and Illicit Finance
- U.S. Government Accountability Office
- U.S. National Counterterrorism Center - Counter Terrorism Guide
- U.S. National Institute of Justice - Terrorism
- U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
- U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence - reports and publications
- United States Institute of Peace - Justice, Security and the Rule of Law; Violent Extremism
- Alertamerica.org: OAS Hemispheric Security Observatory
- Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures (Council of Europe)
- Global Firepower (GFP) - world military strength rankings
- Interpol - Terrorism
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization - Countering Terrorism
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe - Countering Terrorism
- United Nations: UN and Counter-Terrorism
- United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Library - research guide - Counter-Terrorism: quick guide
- United Nations Library (Vienna) - Terrorism Prevention
- United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs - United Nations Report on Military Expenditures
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
- United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee
- United Nations Security Council - Sanctions List Materials - ISIL (Da'esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List
- Vision of Humanity includes Global Terrorism Index; Global Peace Index, US Peace Index; UK Peace Index; Mexico Peace Index
- World Economic Forum - issues Global Risks Report part of which is The Security Outlook 2030
- General resource - WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources (Elizabethtown College)
