Heather J. Williams

Defining Second Generation Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) for the Defense Enterprise

"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."...

Mapping White Identity Terrorism and Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremism

A Social Network Analysis of Online Activity

The authors reviewed literature on White identity terrorism and racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism (REMVE) and analyzed social media d...

Trends in the Draw of Americans to Foreign Terrorist Organizations from 9/11 to Today

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has recently been more successful than al Qaeda in gaining U.S. terrorist recruits. The authors undert...

Could the Houthis Be the Next Hizballah?

Iranian Proxy Development in Yemen and the Future of the Houthi Movement

The authors analyze the prospect that Iran will further invest in Yemen's Houthis and develop them into an enduring proxy group. The authors examine t...

HOW EXTREMISM OPERATES ONLINE

A Primer

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ONLINE EXTREMIST ECOSYSTEM

Its Evolution and a Framework for Separating Extreme from Mainstream

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