The Centre of Excellence Defense Against Terrorism (COE-DAT) remains committed to its vital mission of providing key decision makers with a comprehensive understanding of Terrorism and Counter Terrorism in order to support NATO’s and Partners’ transformation to meet future security challenges. Terrorism remains a persistent and evolving threat to NATO and our partners, demanding collective vigilance and innovative solutions.
COE-DAT proudly serves as a hub for exchange of knowledge, collaboration, and the development of strategies in the fight against terrorism. In this ever-shifting landscape of global challenges, the centre recognizes that terrorism continues to transform, presenting us with new complexities and dangers.
Understanding how other countries perceive and fight terrorism, as well as the context in which terrorism emerges, will produce new and comprehensive ideas for combating, preventing, and responding to terror.
COE-DAT provides key decision-makers with a comprehensive understanding to Terrorism and Counter Terrorism challenges, in order to support NATO’s and Nations of interest transformation to meet future security challenges. This transformation is embedded into NATO’s three declared core tasks of deterrence and defence, crisis prevention and management, and cooperative security.
Who we are / What we do
COE-DAT is a NATO accredited multi-national sponsored entity currently comprised of eight NATO nations (Albania, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, and the United States). COE-DAT is NATO’s hub for Counter Terrorism (CT) expertise, a status that explicitly flows from its unique role as an independent organization outside the NATO Command Structure, which empowers COE-DAT to interact with universities, think tanks, researchers, international organizations, global partners, and other COEs in a massive community of interest.
Based on the broad swath of CT-focused knowledge, created through deliberate interaction and collaboration with the Centre’s wide-reaching network, the COE-DAT is able to provide subject-matter expertise and advice to NATO and Allies on all Defence Against Terrorism (DAT)/CT matters and support NATO’s Long Term Military Transformation efforts.