Domestic Terrorism

Catalog description

This course examines U.S. domestic terrorism, focusing on its roots, the contemporary threat landscape, responses to it by law enforcement and policymakers, and the nature and form of extremist violence perpetrated by U.S. domestic actors and movements. Topics include how U.S.-based terrorism is defined; the historical roots of U.S. domestic terrorism; the current domestic terrorism threat landscape; organizational versus individual terrorist activities; the relationship between violent and non-violent extremist groups/movements; pathways of radicalization in the U.S. context; counterterrorism tools for domestic actors; and policy responses to domestic radicalization. A series of case studies provide for an in-depth examination of key domestic extremist movements.