Christian Leuprecht

Former Investigator

Selected Publications

Applying Social Network Analysis to Terrorist Financing (Book Chapter)
Clustering Heterogeneous Semi-structured Social Science Datasets for Security Applications (Book Chapter)
Computing in Compromised Environments: Beyond the Castle Model of Cyber-Security (Book Chapter)
Containing the Narrative: Strategy and Tactics in Countering the Storyline of Global Jihad (Journal Article)
Hezbollah's Global Tentacles: A Relational Approach to Convergence with Transnational Organised Crime (Journal Article)
Instruments and Arrangements against Online Terrorism Relating to International Cooperation (Book Chapter)
Mapping and Deterring Violent Extremist Networks in North-West Africa (Journal Article)
Narratives and counter-narratives for global jihad: Opinion versus action (Book Chapter)
Networks as strategic repertoires: Functional differentiation among Al-Shabaab terror cells (Journal Article)
New Opportunities in Common Security and Defence Policy: Joining PESCO (Journal Article)
North American Strategic Defense in the 21st Century: Security and Sovereignty in an Uncertain World (Book)
Paying it Forward: Canada's Renewed Commitment to NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence (Journal Article)
Paying It Forward: Sustaining the Transatlantic Relationship with Canada’s Mission in the Baltics (Report)
Political Demography of Conflict in Mali (Report)
Political Fragmentation and Alliances among Armed Non-state Actors in North and Western Africa (1997–2014) (Journal Article)
Public Security in Federal Polities (Book)
Scanning the Consequences of Demographic Change for the Emerging Landscape (Book Chapter)
Structural Differences of Violent Extremist Offenders in Correctional Settings (Journal Article)
Terrorists, Radicals, and Activists: Distinguishing between Countering Violent Extremism and Preventing Extremist Violence, and Why It Matters (Book Chapter)
The Damoclean Sword of Offensive Cyber: Policy Uncertainty and Collective Insecurity (Journal Article)
The Diffusion and Permeability of Political Violence in North and West Africa (Journal Article)
The Puzzle of Nonviolence in Western Sahara (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
The Globe and Mail: If Jihadi Jack comes home, Canada has only itself to blame
Macdonald Laurier Institute: Do we really want to give the Christchurch killer what he wants?
National Post: 'It was textbook": How Edmonton Police masterfully prevented a mass casualty terrorist attack
National Post: Low-tech, lone-wolf terrorism like Edmonton's almost unstoppable, experts say
The Globe and Mail: RCMP shelved hundreds of organized-crime cases after terror attacks
National Post: Canada not 'at war' with ISIL, say Trudeau and Dion despite increased use of new anti-terror powers
The Globe and Mail: Extremist travelers aren't about to go away
Toronto Sun: Canada failing at tracking terrorist financing
La Razon: Young, radical and maladjusted
La Razon: The "plan B" of Hezbollah
National Post: 'Classic soft target': Alleged terrorist plot exposes vulnerability of Canada's rail system
The Globe and Mail: Lone-wolf bomber scenario poses special challnges for law agencies
Understanding conflict management in India (Featured Research)