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   CTEC announces Skyler Stokes, MANPTS '22 as first Michael Donnelly Fellow

   by CTEC

   December 8, 2020

2. CTEC Director Jason Blazakis Authors Article for Talking Points Memo

   by CTEC

   June 19, 2020

   CTEC Director and Middlebury Institute of International Studies Professor Jason Blazakis recently wrote a piece for Talking Points Memo Regarding Steps the U.S. government can take to counter the transnational spread of white supremacy extremism. Full story at:https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/the-us-has-become-the-worlds-top-exporter-of-white-extremism

3. CTEC Director Jason Blazakis Speaks with KION CBS News About Boogaloo Movement

   by CTEC

   June 19, 2020

   Middlebury Institute Professor and CTEC Director Jason Blazakis recently chatted with Elisha Machado from KION CBS regarding the Boogaloo Movement in the wake of attacks carried out in Santa Cruz and Oakland. Transcript and Video at: https://kion546.com/news/2020/06/16/suspect-charged-in-oakland-federal-officer-shooting-believe-to-be-tied-to-boogaloo-movement/

4. CTEC Director Jason Blazakis Discusses Antifa with the Daily Dot

   by CTEC

   June 13, 2020

   CTEC Director Jason Blazakis recently chatted with the Daily Dot about the possibility of labeling Antifa as a terrorist group pursuant to U.S. law. Full story at: https://www.dailydot.com/debug/trump-antifa-terrorists/

5. CTEC Director Jason Blazakis Discusses ISIS in Africa with Nu Origins Magazine

   by CTEC

   June 13, 2020

   CTEC Director Jason Blazakis spoke about the rise of ISIS’s terrorist activities in Mozambique. Check out the full story by Nu Origins Magazine at: https://www.nuorigins.com/terrorist-attacks-by-ahlu-sunnah-wa-jama-in-mozambique-risk-leaving-its-citizens-in-the-dark-and-without-electricity/

6. CTEC Director Jason Blazakis Discusses Boogaloo Movement with Local TV NBC KSBW

   by CTEC

   June 13, 2020

   CTEC Director and Middlebury Institute Professor Jason Blazakis discussed with local TV Channel 8 the recent ambush of a Santa Cruz Deputy Police Officer and how the alleged may be connected to the Boogaloo Movement.
   
   Check out the TV spot at: https://www.ksbw.com/article/ben-lomond-shooter-could-be-connected-to-anti-government-group/32856178

7. CTEC Director Jason Blazakis Recently Quoted by Portugal based Press Outlet Regarding Antifa

   by CTEC

   June 8, 2020

   CTEC Director and Middlebury Institute Professor Jason Blazakis was recently quoted by Publico, a press outlet based in Portugal, regarding the possibility of President Trump sanctioning Antifa as terrorist group pursuant to U.S. law. Check out the full story at: 
   https://www.publico.pt/2020/06/07/mundo/noticia/combatem-extremadireita-trump-chamalhes-terroristas-sao-antifa-1919412

8. CTEC Director Jason Blazakis Publishes Story on Possible Antifa Terrorist Designation on Front Page of Slate Magazine

   by CTEC

   June 1, 2020

   MIIS Professor and CTEC Director Jason Blazakis co-wrote an article for Slate Magazine with Carnegie Mellon University Professor Colin Clarke regarding the issue of Trump’s possible designation of ANTIFA as a terrorist group. The bottom line - President Trump doesn’t have the legal tools to sanction the ANTIFA movement as a terrorist entity. Second, ANTIFA isn’t a group - it is a loose collection of individuals that form a movement. More at: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/06/antifa-terrorist-organization-designation-trump.html

9. Professor Blazakis and CTEC Director Jason Blazakis Publishes New Piece on Sanctions, Cuba, and Venezuela

   by CTEC

   May 31, 2020

   Prof. of Practice and CTEC Director Jason Blazakis publishes new piece with Lawfare on the consequences of a recent State Department decision related to Cuba and Venezuela. 

10. CTEC Director Jason Blazakis Quoted by Vice News

    by CTEC

    June 20, 2019

    Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC) Director Jason Blazakis was quoted in a Vice article entitled “The U.S. Doesn’t Prosecute Far Right Extremists as Terrorists. Here’s How it Could.”