Former CIA terrorism analyst's blog
http://jarretbrachman.net/
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About
DR JARRET BRACHMAN is an internationally recognized al-Qa`ida specialist. The Associated Press has called him an “information warrior.” Al-Qaida’s supporters have called him the “excrement from Satan’s butt.” Even Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, the deputy director of al-Qaida, has cursed him by name on multiple occassions.
Brachman routinely advises local, state and federal law enforcement, intelligence, military agencies and the private sector on al-Qa`ida. Brachman has testified before the House Armed Services Committee and the British House of Lords and his research is regularly covered in the press. After spending four years as the Director of Research of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, Brachman returned to the Midwest where he directs NDSU’s Center for Transportation Security (UGPTI) and advises clients on terrorism challenges.
Jarret’s recent book, Global Jihadism: Theory and Practice, is now available through Routledge Press.
Pakistani Inst. for Peace Studies
Found just: http://san-pips.com/index.php and they are:
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The Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) is an independent, not-for-profit non governmental research and advocacy think-tank. An initiative of leading Pakistani scholars, researchers and journalists, PIPS conducts wide-ranging research and analysis of political, social and religious conflicts that have a direct bearing on both national and international security.
Not read any product yet.
davidbfpo
For those with an Afghan specific bent
Not mentioned so far but ones I keep a watching brief on are:
Afghan NGO Security Organisation - the situation according to the non-military actors.
UN Assistance Mission Afghanistan - blindingly obvious, but a good source of reports.
International Council on Security and Development - on the ground reporting and looks specifically at the intersections of security, development, counter-narcotics and public health issues.
RR
New European think tank on Afghanistan
Formed in Berlin in May 2009 and just id'd (hat tip to 'Red Rat'), The Afghanistan Analysts Network: http://www.aan-afghanistan.org/index.asp?id=1
davidbfpo