International Institute for Counter-Terrorism
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| Formation | 1996 |
| Founders | Shabtai Shavit, Uriel Reichman, Aharon Scherf, Avner Tal, Hans Kahn, Boaz Ganor |
| Interests | terrorism |
The International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism is an Israeli institute which is based in the Interdisciplinary Center, a private educational institution in Herzliya, Israel. The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (IICT) is the shortened and most common name for the institute.
Official narrative
The Centre was founded in 1996, and claims to be "the leading academic institute for counter-terrorism in the world, facilitating international cooperation in the global struggle against terrorism." It also claims to be "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."
Concerns
The Institute is fully signed up to the ideology of the "war on terror".[1] The Center runs the World Summit on Counter-Terrorism which was held for the eighth time on 8-11 September 2008.[2]
People
Board of Directors/Founders
- Shabtai Shavit Chairman, co-founder | Uriel Reichman – co-founder | Rafi Melnick | Aharon Scherf – co-founder | Dan Mirkin | Avner Tal – co-founder | Hans Kahn – co-founder | Boaz Ganor – co-founder[3]
Management
Dr. Boaz Ganor - Executive Director | Dr. Eitan Azani - Deputy Executive Director | Ms. Ela Kandel - Office Manager[4]
Senior Researchers
Dr. Ely Karmon | Col. (Res.) Adv. Lior Lotan | Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Fighel | Ms. Yael Shahar | Dr. Isaac Kfir[5]
Researchers
Brig. General (ret.) Amnon Sofrin and Col. (res.) Shlomo Mofaz[6]
Program Managers & Researchers
Dr. Gil Ariely - Chief Knowledge Officer Ms. Orit Shamash-Wieksza Mr. Noam Rahamim Mr. Artem Kroupenev Ms. Naomi Cronin Mr. Moshe Covo Mr. Michael Barak Adv. Elad Popovich Ms. Sophie Vardy Mr. Gilad Zahavi[7]
Advisory Board
Prof. Jeffrey F. Addicott | Prof. William C. Banks | Mr. Alain Bauer | Dr. Josef Bollag | Dr. Leonard A. Cole | Mr. Jacques Duchesneau | Prof. Robert Friedmann | Dr. Rohan Gunaratna | Dr. Markus Hellenthal | Prof. Bruce Hoffman | Dr. Matthew Levitt | Mr. Peter S. Probst | Prof. Mitchel B. Wallerstein
Experts
Zachary Abuza[8] | Col. (res.) Adv. Lior Lotan [9] | Richard John Warnes[10]
Editing & Translation
Ms. Pnina Yarden | Mr. Arik Rodetzky | Mr. Yuval Sofer | Adv. Tal Yekutiel[11]
References
- ↑ ICT About Us, accessed 7 January 2007
- ↑ http://portal.idc.ac.il/en/main/research/InstituteforCounterTerrorism/Pages/Terrorisms_Global_Impact.aspx
- ↑ Founders and Board of Directors, IICT (Accessed: 3 February 2008 and 23 May 2009)
- ↑ ICT Staff, accessed 23 May 2009
- ↑ ICT Staff, accessed 23 May 2009
- ↑ IDC The Threat of Terrorism to the Stability in the Middle East Second ICT – Italian bilateral Conference, 04/12/2008
- ↑ ICT Staff, accessed 23 May 2009
- ↑ IICT Dr. Zachary Abuza, accessed 19 August 2009
- ↑ IICT Col. (res.) Adv. Lior Lotan, accessed 19 August 2009
- ↑ IICT Detective Constable Richard John Warnes, accessed 19 August 2009
- ↑ ICT Staff, accessed 23 May 2009