International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research

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Group.png International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research
(Terrorism industryPowerbase WebsiteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
AbbreviationICPVTR
Parent organizationS. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
LeaderInternational Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research/Head
Type• think tank
• research
Interests“terrorism”
Membership• Barry Desker
• Jose Ramos-Horta
• Richard Dearlove
• Josef Bollag
• Gerard Chaliand
• Michael Chandler
• Boaz Ganor
• Bruce Hoffman
• David Veness
• Jusuf Wanandi
• Tan Sri Haniff Omar
• Brigadier General Russell Howard
• Phil Williams
• Matthew Levitt
• Rohan Gunaratna
• R Subramaniyan
• Dr John Harrison
• Arabinda Acharya

The International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR) is the first centre to be established at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, and is part of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. It is run by Rohan Gunaratna and is advised by a veritable who's who of the terrorism industry and intelligence officials from the US, UK and Israel. It states that:

The Centre seeks to integrate academic theory with practical knowledge, essential for a complete and comprehensive understanding of the threats from politically motivated violence and terrorism.The ICPVTR conducts cutting-edge action-oriented research on mitigating conflict and political violence. The Centre’s objective is to integrate academic research with practical knowledge, essential for a complete and comprehensive understanding of the threats from politically motivated violence and terrorism, and for developing appropriate counter-measures against the same.[1]

People

Board as of 2007[2].

 

Employee on Wikispooks

EmployeeJobAppointedEnd
Maria RessaAuthor-in-ResidenceFebruary 20112012

 

Known members

4 of the 18 of the members already have pages here:

MemberDescription
Richard DearloveHead of MI6 from 1999 to 2004. Publicly announced in 2020 that he believed Covid-19 came from a laboratory.
Rohan Gunaratna
Bruce Hoffman
David VenessThe UK senior policeman/ "counter terrorist" who sat on the Mishcon Note.
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References

  1. PVTR Profile, accessed 27 December 2007
  2. PVTR People, accessed 27 December 2007.