International Centre for Counter-Terrorism
 International Centre for Counter-Terrorism     | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | ICCT |
| Formation | 2010 |
| Headquarters | The Hague, Netherlands |
| Type | Think-tank |
| Interests | Counterterrorism, “War on Terror” |
| A think tank set up by Clingendael, the Netherlands/Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Leiden University aiming to "instruct and organize counterterrorism plans". | |
The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism receives assistance from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Research findings
In 2013, a background note by the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism in The Hague conceded that, despite some important improvements in the gathering of empirical data: “A lack of research based on primary sources has been one of the major impediments to progress in the field of (counter-) terrorism studies… As numerous leading experts have warned, the consequences of an overreliance on secondary sources of information, such as newspapers, has led to a great amount of theorising based on a perilously small empirical foundation.”[1]
In 2014, Alex Schmid, a Visiting Research Fellow at the ICCT, published a research paper on "Islamist terrorism" that argued that the distinction between “violent extremism” and “non-violent extremism” is not a valid one.[2]
Staff
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, former Secretary General of NATO, was an "adviser"[citation needed] of the ICCT. As of 2020 he was listed on their website.[3]
Employees on Wikispooks
| Employee | Job |
|---|---|
| Richard Barrett | Advisor |
| Cherif Bassiouni | Advisor |
| Rohan Gunaratna | Advisor |
| Jaap de Hoop Scheffer | Advisor |
| Martin Scheinin | Advisor |
| Mike Smith | Advisor |
