TRAC (Terrorism Research and Analysis Consortium)

The Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium (TRAC) is a subscription-based, open source intelligence (OSINT) repository offering academic and news coverage of topics related to international and domestic terrorism. In addition to original, expert analysis of the ideology, targets, and tactics of politically violent groups and individuals from over 2,800 consortium members described as “researchers in the fields of terrorism studies, political science, international relations, sociology, criminal justice, philosophy, and history,” TRAC provides profiles of geographic regions and cities vulnerable to terrorist activity as well as images, videos, and links to outside resources dedicated to the documentation and study of terrorism. Operating within the sphere of fast-paced OSINT, TRAC cannot be evaluated by the same criteria as traditional databases that index library-acquired, print, and electronically published materials, but this review will attempt to fairly critique the quality and usability of the product.