Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence

Mission Statement: The Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV) was established in 1994. It aims to investigate the roots of political violence, to develop a body of theory spanning its various disparate elements, and to study the impact of violence, and responses to it, at societal, governmental, and international levels.


 * Director - Alex Schmid
 * Former Director - Magnus Ranstorp

Advisory Council
Accessed January 2011:


 * Paul Wilkinson - Chairman of CSTPV Advsory Board
 * Carl Bildt - former Swedish Prime Minister and UN Envoy for the Balkans
 * Scott L.Campbell - CEO, Washington Policy and Analysis
 * Jayantha Dhanapala - Former UN Under Secretary General for Disarmament, now Senior Advisor to the President of Sri Lanka
 * Giandomenico Picco - former UN Assistant to Secretary General, now CEO of GDP Associates
 * Ali Watson, Head of School of International Relations
 * Martha Crenshaw - Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
 * Brian Jenkins - Senior Consultant to President of Rand Corporation, Santa Monica
 * Magnus Ranstorp - Research Director of the Centre for Asymmetric Threat Studies at the Swedish National Defence College
 * Guy Sanan - Richemont International
 * M.J. Gohel - CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation, London

Contact
URL: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~wwwir

Related Sourcewatch

 * Powerbase article
 * Research Institute for the Study of Conflict and Terrorism
 * Janusian Security Risk Management Ltd.
 * Rohan Gunaratna