ICT’s World Summit on Counter-Terrorism 2025
Special interviews from the Shabtai Shavit World Summit on Counter-Terrorism – Israel in the eye of the Global Storm.
Live from ICT 2025, Unmasking the Threat features Dr. Michael Morgan of Teachout Security Solutions as he breaks down how terrorism risks reshape security strategies for private and public sectors, shares best practices for smarter threat assessments, weighs the promise and privacy trade-offs of new security tech, and highlights the critical role communities play in preventing radicalization.
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Live from ICT 2025, Unmasking the Threat features Israeli photographer Alon Gilboa, whose powerful October 7th Exhibition honors victims of the Hamas attacks, explores photography’s role in restoring dignity, preserving cultural memory, and challenging terrorism’s fear and division on a global stage.
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Live from ICT 2025, Unmasking the Threat sits down with counterterrorism veteran Mitchell Silber to revisit what his 2007 NYPD report on homegrown extremism nailed—and what hindsight would change—while exploring how Al Qaeda’s classic tactics still echo through today’s evolving terrorism landscape and influence community security strategies.
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Live from ICT 2025, Unmasking the Threat features Dr. Amira Halperin as she unpacks how extremist propaganda hijacks legitimate voices, examines the vulnerability and influence of diaspora media communities, and explores the media’s responsibility to combat misinformation without amplifying terrorist narratives.
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Live from ICT 2025, Unmasking the Threat features legendary terrorism expert and RAND Senior Advisor Brian Jenkins as he links counterterrorism to long-term stability in fragile states, unpacks the evolution of lone-actor radicalization and online jihadist networks.
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Live from ICT 2025, Unmasking the Threat sits down with Ambassador Roger D. Carstens to reveal lessons from high-stakes hostage negotiations, explore how the world can better confront authoritarian regimes’ wrongful detentions, and reflect on the powerful role families play in shaping these life-or-death missions.
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Live from ICT 2025, Unmasking the Threat spotlights researcher Dafna Lewinsky as she reveals how extremist groups’ migration to hidden platforms complicates detection, explores the strengths and limits of AI-human collaboration in tracking radicalization trends, and explains how surges in conflict fuel online propaganda and recruitment.
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Live from ICT 2025, Unmasking the Threat welcomes international law scholar Professor Gregory Rose to explore how ocean disputes influence global security, examine lawfare’s role in the Hamas–Israel conflict and what Israel could do better, and unpack Europe’s motivations and effectiveness in shaping the Arab–Israeli peace process.
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Live from ICT 2025, Unmasking the Threat welcomes Avital Leibovich of AJC Jerusalem to discuss Israel’s toughest communication challenges under global media scrutiny, share surprising lessons on how international audiences interpret its responses, and explore the ethics of telling stories of terror without sensationalism.
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Live from ICT 2025, Unmasking the Threat features international lawyer and barrister Natasha Hausdorff as she unpacks the weaponization of lawfare against Israel, clears up major misconceptions about the laws of armed conflict, and shares strategies for democracies to uphold the rule of law without handing their adversaries a strategic edge.
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