CTEC Director Jason Blazakis quoted in The Washington Post article on Yemen
Jason Blazakis weighs in on the Trump administration’s potential consideration for naming Yemen’s Houthi rebels as terrorist group.
Research Notes
CTEC appreciates the work done by other scholars to address the causes and consequences of a variety of extremism. Here, our researchers and analysts share their thoughts on new research, studies that have had a lasting influence on our field, and other impactful issues while drawing from their own expertise to help contextualize findings.
Students Quiz FBI Agents About Career Paths
| by Jason Warburg
Turning the tables, a group of students curious about careers in the FBI quizzed two visiting special agents from the Bureau’s San Francisco Field Office.
CTEC Speaker Series Launched with Discussion on Countering Illicit Trafficking of People and Wildlife
| by Mary Chen MANPTS '19
The Middlebury Institute’s Center on Terrorism, Extremism and Counterterrorism (CTEC) launched its first speaker series with Duncan Jepson of Liberty Global | Asia who talked about measures to counter illicit trafficking of people and wildlife.
Jason Blazakis to Lead New Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir and Mary Chen MANPTS '19
Jason Blazakis will head the newly revitalized center dedicated to terrorism research at the Middlebury Institute, renamed the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC).
Avatars of the Earth: Radical Environmentalism and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Terrorism
Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Zachary Kallenborn NPTS ’15 and Philipp C. Bleek
This research was born out of Zach’s coursework as a student in the Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies program and is also featured in the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness podcast.Pakistan raises military budget as India faces squeeze
Arab News, Sharad Joshi
Excerpt: “New Delhi should be concerned,” said Sharad Joshi, assistant professor at Middlebury Institute of International Studies in California, “especially when the increased focus by Islamabad is on its nuclear program, its quest for a sea-based deterrent capability, including the expansion of its nuclear-capable cruise missile fleet.”
Army Vet / Language Nerd, Seeking Peace
United States Army veteran and Middlebury Institute student Andrew Meador reflects on the path he’s followed from enlisting after 9/11 to pursuing a degree in nonproliferation and terrorism studies with a Chinese language focus.