CTEC Partners with Meta to Support White House Initiative to Combat Violent Extremism
| by Sierra Abukins
The partnership was announced during President Biden’s United We Stand summit at the White House.
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CTEC is Working on First-of-its-Kind Social Media Database on Far-Right Movements
| by Stephen Diehl
With funding from Logically, the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC) will create a major new social media data resource to better understand how extremists organize, form narratives, and advance disinformation in the radicalization process.
Professor Philipp Bleek Appointed to National Academy of Sciences Study on Preventing WMD Terrorism
| by Jason Warburg
Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies professor Philipp Bleek will serve as an expert on a forthcoming National Academy of Sciences study on assessing and improving strategies for countering the threat of WMD (weapons of mass destruction) terrorism.
Students Advance to Finals in Anti-Extremism Competition
Students representing the Institute have advanced to the finals of Invent2Prevent, a national competition where students build solutions that combat hate, bias, and extremism.
CTEC Expert Philipp Bleek Recently Presented on the Threat of Far-Right CBRN Terrorism
| by CTEC Staff
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CTEC’s Alex Newhouse Offers Analysis on Rittenhouse Verdict
| by Stephen Diehl and Andrew Cassel
Alex Newhouse, deputy director of the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC), says the not-guilty verdicts of Kyle Rittenhouse could energize far right extremists who view him as a hero.
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Middlebury Institute Team Will Develop Game to Counter Extremist Recruitment in Schools
| by Stephen Diehl
Researchers at the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism will partner with the game company iThrive Games Foundation on a two-year project funded by the Department of Homeland Security.
Warning on Domestic Terrorism
Professor Jason Blazakis, director of the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, recently wrote a piece for the Washington Post warning that the next 9/11-scale event in the United States is likely to stem from domestic terrorism.
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CTEC announces Skyler Stokes, MANPTS '22 as first Michael Donnelly Fellow
| by CTEC
Skyler Stokes Picked First Michael Donnelly CTEC Research Fellow
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
The Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism has chosen Middlebury Institute student Skyler Stokes as the first recipient of a new research fellowship named in honor of Michael Donnelly.