Welcome to the website for the Center for Applied Counterterrorism Studies in the Political Science Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

The missions of the Center are to better understand the causes and consequences of terrorism and political violence, and to devise and evaluate public policies that minimize such violence while respecting human rights and the principles of democratic rule. Click the links to the left to find out more about our activities, the people involved in the Center, or to read the Center’s blog.