Organizations
The Anti-Defamation League was founded in 1913 “to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.” Now the nation’s premier civil rights/human relations agency, ADL fights anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry, defends democratic ideals and protects civil rights for all. The organization provides research and information about extremist groups (motivated by diverse ideologies) in the United States to policy makers, law enforcement professionals and the public.
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Founded in 1962, at the height of the Cold War, as a nonprofit organization dedicated to finding ways for America to sustain its prominence and prosperity in the world. Today, the center is one of the most prominent think tanks in the world. It provides strategic insights and policy solutions to decisionmakers in government, international institutions, the private sector, and the greater public.
Founded in 1921, The Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, nonpartisan think tank, membership organization and publisher. It maintains an online library of scholarly research and analysis, and educates government officials, business executives, journalists and the greater public on some of the most pressing foreign policy issues of our time.
The American Islamic Congress (AIC) is a non-religious civic initiative working to promote moderation, interfaith understanding, gender equality and peace. Founded after September 11, 2001, it runs numerous programs around the world designed to challenge widely held stereotypes and promote non-violence.
Foundation for the Defense of Democracy (FDD)
The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD) is a nonpartisan policy institute dedicated to promoting pluralism, defending democratic values, and fighting the ideologies that drive terrorism. It was founded shortly after September 11, 2001 by a group of philanthropists and policy makers. It maintains an online library of research and reports on many of the issues affecting democracies in their fight against terrorism.
Established in 1964, RAND is an international think tank working to improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis of both domestic and international issues. It provides world-class analysis and information in the areas of national security, public safety, and terrorism and homeland security.
The Jamestown Foundation is a nonpartisan organization designed to educate policy makers and the broader policy community about events and trends in countries around the world that are strategically important to the United States and frequently restrict access to such information. It provides news and analysis about the threat of global terrorism.
Federation of American Scientists (FAS)
Scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project to develop the first atomic bombs founded the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) in 1945. These scientists recognized science had become central to many key public policy questions. FAS provides scholarly research and analysis for policy makers and the general public about the potential dangers and benefits from new scientific knowledge and technical advances in multiple fields.
Founded in 2000, GlobalSecurity.org provides background information and developing news stories in the fields of defense, space, intelligence, weapons of mass destruction (WMD), and homeland security.
International Institute for Counter-Terrorism
Founded in 1996, the International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) is a leading academic institution. It is an independent think tank providing expertise in terrorism, counter-terrorism, homeland security, threat vulnerability and risk assessment, intelligence analysis and national security and defense policy. ICT also serves as a joint forum for international policymakers and scholars to share information and expertise through research papers, situation reports and academic publications for worldwide distribution.
The Movement for a Tolerant World (TMTW)
The Movement for a Tolerant World strives to offer young people in Asia, the Middle East and around the world the ability to join an international network and become a leader in a movement working to establish peaceful and positive alternatives to the evil ideologies offered by terror organizations, fascism and bigotry. All programs initiated by the movement revolve around this objective.
Intute: Social Sciences is a subject group of Intute, an online service providing access to web resources for educational and research purposes. It was created to offer an easy to use and powerful tool for discovering the best Internet resources on this important range of subjects affecting our world today.
The Southern Law Poverty Center
The Southern Poverty Law Center was founded in 1971 as a small civil rights law firm. Today, SPLC is internationally known for its tolerance education programs, its legal victories against white supremacists and its tracking of hate groups. It runs the Teaching Tolerance Program, which is dedicated to reducing prejudice, improving intergroup relations and supporting equitable school experiences for children. Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) <span>The Center for Democracy and Technology works to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital age. With expertise in law, technology, and policy, CDT seeks practical solutions to enhance free expression and privacy in global communications technologies. CDT is dedicated to building consensus among all parties interested in the future of the Internet and other new communications media.
SourceWatch is a free encyclopedia of people, issues, and groups shaping our world today. It is written collaboratively. Users can access and edit information about terrorism and counterterrorism.
South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP)
SATP is one of the largest websites providing statistics and analysis on terrorism and low intensity warfare throughout South Asia. It maintains a database of all extremist movements in the region. SATP has been set-up to counter the progressive distortions regarding the wide range of terrorist movements across thr region, and particularly in India.
Terrorism Research Center, Inc. (TRC)
Founded in 1996, the Terrorism Research Center, Inc. (TRC) is an independent institute dedicated to the research of terrorism, information warfare and security, critical infrastructure protection, homeland security, and other issues of low-intensity political violence. It provides new and analysis of various terrorist organizations and hosts educational training conferences throughout the year.
The Investigative Project (IPT)
The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) is a non-profit research group. For more than a decade, IPT has investigated the operations, funding, activities and front groups of Islamic terrorist and extremist groups in the United States and around the world. It has become a principal source of critical evidence to a wide variety of government offices and law enforcement agencies, as well as the United States Congress and numerous public policy forums.
The Debka File is an Israeli run website that provides news and analysis of security issues throughout the Middle East. Through regularly reporting, weekly email updates and RSS feeds, it provides information about international terrorist organizations and government efforts to combat them.
