Nichols College Adjunct Professor of Counterterrorism Studies Ardian Shajkovci, Ph.D., director of research and a senior research fellow at the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism (ICSVE) in Washington, D.C., attended a United Nations conference in February at one the hotels that was bombed on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka. Below, he offers his perspective […]
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Nichols College Counterterrorism Professor, National Guard Commander During Boston Marathon Bombing Response, Shares Statement on Pipe Bomb Discoveries
Updated: Oct. 26, 2018 By BRIGADIER GENERAL (ret.) PAUL GREGORY SMITH Although the motivation behind the recent distribution of numerous pipe bombs won’t be certain until the perpetrators are apprehended, it is likely that this is an act of violent extremism. The FBI defines violent extremism as, “encouraging, condoning, justifying, or supporting the commission […]
Mass. Legislature’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee Members Meet with Nichols Counterterrorism Experts
Members of the Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security (PSHS) were on “The Hill” Tuesday, Jan. 30 — but on Dudley Hill, not Beacon Hill. They met Nichols College Graduate and Professional Studies (GPS) Adjunct Professor Colonel Tom Stewart and Executive Director Kerry Calnan, state Sen. Michael O. Moore, Nichols President […]