CRITICA
Critica is non-partisan research center with multidisciplinary expertise drawn from international institutions and contexts. We provide insight on issues of conflict, security, and human rights.
Our analysis meets the highest standard of scholarship. Our research is published in peer reviewed journals aimed at policy makers and academia.
Nadia Al-Dayel, PhD
Executive Director
Aaron Anfinson, PhD
Director of Analysis
Research
Areas
Publications
Current
Landmines and Improvised Explosive Devices:
The Lingering Terror of the Islamic State
Studies in Conflict & Terrorism
Not Yet Dead: The Establishment and Regulation of Slavery by the Islamic State
Studies on Conflict & Terrorism
Identity Construction Through Discourse: A Case Study of ISIS’s No Respite Video
Studies in Conflict & Terrorism
"Now is the Time to Wake Up": narratives of political awareness
Terrorism and Political Violence
The treachery of images: visualising "statehood" as a tactic for the legitimization of non-state actors
Terrorism and Political Violence
Sexual Suppression and Political Agency:
evoking a woman's support for the Islamic State
Studies in Conflict & Terrorism
"In the Words of the Enemy":
the Islamic State’s reflexive projection of statehood
Critical Studies on Terrorism
Forthcoming
Detained: corruption and enslavement in Libya after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi
EVENTS
Thu, Jun 20
University of Oslo
Terrorist Imagery in Propaganda
Aaron Anfinson will be presenting at the 2019 Society for Terrorism Research International Conference in Oslo, Norway. Developing an innovative method for examining imagery, this paper is published in the journal of Terrorism and Political Violence.
