Active Intelligence Database

About Active Intelligence Database

Accessibility:

While the pursuit of academic and research analysis on global terrorism is critical to policymaking and the pursuit of peace, Rise To Peace has always believed that peace is built from the ground up, and everyday individuals should, therefore, be able to understand and engage with news on global terrorism. Therefore, our data collection and organizational presentation is focused more on offering information pertinent to everyday users and allowing them to feel plugged into global events. We understand that this may trade-off with data stringency or higher-level analysis, but we see this as a worthy goal.

Recency:

The huge levels of stringency and analysis utilized by most databases mean that they serve as a strong point of analysis on trends in the past rather than phenomena in the present. The automatically updating nature of the AID web application Airtable ensures that users have recent information and news. While the R2P AID team understands that a rapid updating philosophy disrupts the finer points of data collection, we see this as a worthy goal.

Credit:

While many higher-level analyses undoubtedly give citations for their source of global terrorism, the R2P AID team believes that connecting individuals to the sources around the world on the front lines of the fight against global terrorism serves a dual purpose. First, it gives individuals a clearer picture of the struggle itself. Secondly, it gives the credit and attention to frontline sources that ensure continued coverage of violence and extremism around the world. Thus, while the AID Source Archives provide users with the notes, hyperlinks, and PDFs of each source used to code the database, the names, and PDFs of each source are also embedded directly into the database for the reading of anyone traversing the database

Latest Articles

The State of Terrorism in the United Kingdom

By Chris Ynclan Jr / January 17, 2022

Terrorism within the United Kingdom, over the past decade, has encountered many critical threats that have challenged its security. While...

On the Brink of Collapse: Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Crisis

By Rise to Peace / January 17, 2022

“A full blown humanitarian catastrophe looms,” said Martin Griffiths, the United Nations’ emergency aid coordinator, describing the humanitarian crisis in...

R2P Afghanistan - Active Intelligence Database

Difficulties in Defining Terrorism: The Case of the Mapuche in Chile and Argentina

By Rise to Peace / January 16, 2022

The Mapuche conflict in Chile and Argentina has generated diverse reactions by the authorities of both countries. Some of the...

R2P Mapuche - Active Intelligence Database

ISWAP’s Impact on Nigeria’s National Interests

By Joan McDappa / January 16, 2022

More than half a decade ago, the now dominant faction in Nigeria’s conflict, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), split...

R2P ISWAP - Active Intelligence Database

The Rising Threat of Cyberterrorism

By Rise to Peace / January 14, 2022

The newest form of terrorism is cyberterrorism, which has been a rising threat in the last several years. The fusion...

R2P Cyber - Active Intelligence Database

A Fight for the Border: Clashes Between the ELN and the FARC in Arauca

By Rise to Peace / January 12, 2022

At least 27 people have been killed over the previous days in Arauca, Colombia. The authorities indicate that the deaths...

R2P FARC ELN.png - Active Intelligence Database

The Misuse of Counter-Terrorism: How Authoritarian States Repress Dissent

By Chris Ynclan Jr / January 11, 2022

Within the past two decades, governments across the world have worked diligently to prevent large-scale terrorist attacks. Furthermore, when examining...