A Department of Homeland Security Emeritus Center of Excellence led by the University of Maryland

Christian Leuprecht

Christian Leuprecht

Former Investigator

Lead Investigator on START Research Projects

Measuring Political Radicalization: Diaspora Support for Terrorism among Ottawa's Lebanese Muslim Community

August 2008 to May 2010

Selected Publications

New Opportunities in Common Security and Defence Policy: Joining PESCO (Journal Article)

Terrorists, Radicals, and Activists: Distinguishing between Countering Violent Extremism and Preventing Extremist Violence, and Why It Matters (Book Chapter)

Instruments and Arrangements against Online Terrorism Relating to International Cooperation (Book Chapter)

The Diffusion and Permeability of Political Violence in North and West Africa (Journal Article)

Paying it Forward: Canada's Renewed Commitment to NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence (Journal Article)

Public Security in Federal Polities (Book)

The Damoclean Sword of Offensive Cyber: Policy Uncertainty and Collective Insecurity (Journal Article)

Paying It Forward: Sustaining the Transatlantic Relationship with Canada’s Mission in the Baltics (Report)

Clustering Heterogeneous Semi-structured Social Science Datasets for Security Applications (Book Chapter)

Political Demography of Conflict in Mali (Report)

Applying Social Network Analysis to Terrorist Financing (Book Chapter)

North American Strategic Defense in the 21st Century: Security and Sovereignty in an Uncertain World (Book)

Political Fragmentation and Alliances among Armed Non-state Actors in North and Western Africa (1997–2014) (Journal Article)

The Puzzle of Nonviolence in Western Sahara (Journal Article)

Computing in Compromised Environments: Beyond the Castle Model of Cyber-Security (Book Chapter)

Scanning the Consequences of Demographic Change for the Emerging Landscape (Book Chapter)

Hezbollah's Global Tentacles: A Relational Approach to Convergence with Transnational Organised Crime (Journal Article)

Structural Differences of Violent Extremist Offenders in Correctional Settings (Journal Article)

Mapping and Deterring Violent Extremist Networks in North-West Africa (Journal Article)

Networks as strategic repertoires: Functional differentiation among Al-Shabaab terror cells (Journal Article)

Narratives and counter-narratives for global jihad: Opinion versus action (Book Chapter)

Containing the Narrative: Strategy and Tactics in Countering the Storyline of Global Jihad (Journal Article)

Winning the Battle but Losing the War? Narrative and Counter-Narratives Strategy (Journal Article)

News References

CBC: Reservist suspected of neo-Nazi ties prompts questions about whether signals missed by military (START in the News)

The Globe and Mail: If Jihadi Jack comes home, Canada has only itself to blame (START in the News)

Macdonald Laurier Institute: Do we really want to give the Christchurch killer what he wants? (START in the News)

National Post: 'It was textbook": How Edmonton Police masterfully prevented a mass casualty terrorist attack (START in the News)

National Post: Low-tech, lone-wolf terrorism like Edmonton's almost unstoppable, experts say (START in the News)

The Globe and Mail: RCMP shelved hundreds of organized-crime cases after terror attacks (START in the News)

National Post: Canada not 'at war' with ISIL, say Trudeau and Dion despite increased use of new anti-terror powers (START in the News)

The Globe and Mail: Extremist travelers aren't about to go away (START in the News)

Toronto Sun: Canada failing at tracking terrorist financing (START in the News)

La Razon: Young, radical and maladjusted (START in the News)

La Razon: The "plan B" of Hezbollah (START in the News)

National Post: 'Classic soft target': Alleged terrorist plot exposes vulnerability of Canada's rail system (START in the News)

The Globe and Mail: Lone-wolf bomber scenario poses special challnges for law agencies (START in the News)

Understanding conflict management in India (Featured Research)