Research Guides: International Affairs: Terrorism &amp; WMDs

Weapons of Mass Destruction data

Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction

Congressional Research Service Reports:

CBR

Nuclear

Data on Nuclear Security

Recommended Nuclear & Armament Sources

Military Balance
is the "annual assessment of global military capabilities and defence economics" from the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
World Defence Almanac
Special issue called World Defence Almanac - this links to articles in the 2019 issue.

Data on Terrorism

ITERATE Dataset This link opens in a new window
**Note: This link will connect you to a zip file which contains the data.**
The ITERATE dataset is a particularly valuable research tool for dissecting the dynamics of international terrorism. Each of its four files can be used separately, or in conjunction with one another. Incident codes for each event enable immediate cross reference, with data from the Fate, Hostage and Skyjack Files, expanding incident information found in the Common File. This dataset is designed with a high degree of functionality so that it is compatible for use with other non-terrorism related data.
Alternate titles: ITERATE numeric database and codebooks
Published by: Vinyard Software, Inc.

Global Terrorism Database
Information on terrorist events around the world from 1970 through 2013 including systematic data on domestic as well as international terrorist incidents that have occurred during this time period and now includes more than 125,000 cases.
Suicide Attack Database (1974-2016)
Data on all suicide attacks from 1982 through November 2014 including information about the location of attacks, the target type, the weapon used, and systematic information on the demographic and general biographical characteristics of suicide attackers.
Terrorism and Extremist Violence in the United States (TEVUS) Database
Integrates existing and new open-source data sets to facilitate more robust and sophisticated analyses of the behaviors, operations, and activities of violent extremists within the United States.
United States Extremist Crime Database (ECDB), 1990-2010
project involves systematic collection of open-source data on non-violent and violent criminal behavior associated with far right-wing extremist groups, including data on event, perpetrator, and victim.
American Terrorism Study, 1980-2002
Dataset that includes information on nearly 500 terrorists from about 60 terrorist groups indicted for more than 6,700 Federal criminal counts.
Profiles of Perpetrators of Terrorism in the United States
Detailed information on organizations known to have engaged in terrorist activity against targets on the U.S. homeland between 1970 and 2010. Data included are its terrorist attacks, its history and base of operations, its ideology and goals, its engagement in political and criminal activities (other than terrorism), its alliances, its network and structure, and its financial resources.
RAND Database of Worldwide Terrorism Incidents
Compilation of data from 1968 through 2009 With over 40,000 incidents of terrorism coded and detailed.