The NORDIC COUNTER TERRORISM NETWORK is a non-partisan and not-for-profit think-tank based in Helsinki, Finland. The NCTN is a leading specialist centre in Islamist terrorism cum training centre dedicated in contributing to deepen the emerging understanding and providing real-world responses to terrorism, radicalization and violent extremism. It is affiliated with the International Association for Counterterrorism and Security Professionals. The NCTN is a network of experts, researchers, consultants, governments agencies, security agencies, institutions and non-government organizations in the field to research, study, educate and train in the field of Political Violence and Terrorism in countering the threats of radicalization, violent extremism and terrorism. Its operations are independent of any governments and strives to address the realism of Political Violence and Terrorism. The NCTN also houses its own expert team who are both academic and operational in their expertise in research, policy development, training and the development of counter narratives educational programs.
Expertise
The Nordic Counter Terrorism Network of experts come from diverse backgrounds such as the academia, think tanks, security, law enforcement and intelligence agencies, security professionals, government and operational field experts working in conflict regions and working along-side security forces and are knowledgeable in the academic, theoretical approaches and field operations in countering terrorism. Many of our experts have been deployed in field operations, field research, consulted and trained security forces and governments and the private sectors in counter terrorism.
Aim
The aim of Nordic Counter Terrorism Network is to promote and provide a platform for collective discussion and immersion through a multidisciplinary, international network of experts, researchers, institutions and training center’s in the field of political violence, terrorism and extremism. We are a learning organization and our critical engines for growth and viability in the current, turbulent and unconventional environment is to be innovative-conscious, to develop, re-design, react and modify ideas collectively.
Mission
The Nordic Counter Terrorism Network will strive to create a climate of intellectual clarity where we can discuss, create and educate others on highly complex topics, facilitate the exchange of perspectives and contribute applicable information and methods on global and regional issues of security, defense, and public policy making. The need for multidisciplinary approach, international cooperation, specialization and professionalism is imperative in this environment of rapid globalization and the Nordic Counter Terrorism Network will meet this need through its initiatives.
