Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism
The Center on Terrorism, Extremism, Counterterrorism collaborates with world-renowned faculty and their graduate students in the Middlebury Institute’s Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies degree program
Our research informs private, government, and multilateral institutional understanding of and responses to terrorism threats.
Mixed-Methods Research
CTEC is a mixed-methods research center, meaning that our experts and students use analytic tradecraft, data science, and linguistics. We train our students and the wider MIIS community on skills that are in demand from government agencies, international organizations, technology companies, and financial institutions.
Education
CTEC is integrated into the curriculum of several Middlebury Institute degree and certificate programs, giving students opportunities to gain real-world work experience as paid research assistants:
Areas of Focus
Online Extremism
Threat Finance and Sanctions
Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism
Emerging Technologies
Featured Publications
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Katharine Petrich Announced as CTEC’s New Interim Director
Dr. Petrich is a faculty member at the Middlebury Institute and an established expert on transnational violent extremism and terrorism threats, violent criminal networks, and insurgency.
Prejudicial Publishing
Implicit bias in media coverage of terrorism impacts the ways in which we understand, analyze, and seek to subsequently mitigate violent extremism
The Wagner Group's Rebellion and the Drastic Evolution of its Social Media Since June 24th, 2023
| by Taylor Chin
Events and Expertise
Events
CTEC hosts and supports numerous events, including a speaker series.
Upcoming EventsResearch 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.
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Faculty and staff provide CTEC leadership and expertise.
Meet the ExpertsRemembering Mike Donnelly
CTEC honors and remembers our friend and colleague, Mike Donnelly. His contributions to the Center and to MIIS will never be forgotten. If you would like to learn more about the Michael Donnelly CTEC Research Fellowship.