Attend the VPAF103 Speaker Series on January 28, 2026 as Milovan Dakic talks about The Rise of Modern Terrorism

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The Rise of Modern Terrorism

Terrorism has conceptually changed drastically in the past century. Understanding the phenomenon through a historical and theoretical lens gives us insight into why a person chooses to become a terrorist, how terror groups operate, and how to best defeat them. In conjunction with a rapidly changing world, we will also examine some of the factors that will affect the rise of future forms of terrorism. 

Milovan Dakic is a native of Terre Haute, IN and graduated from Indiana State University with a B.S. in Political Science and a minor in Geographic Information Science (2020). He is currently an active-duty Captain in the United States Air Force and is pursuing a M.S. in Global Security Studies from Angelo State University. His previous research focused on Central Asia and Iran, and he has published research on Iranian international relations in the Journal of Military Sociology. Milovan studies Persian and is an alumnus of the Department of State Gilman Scholarship and Fulbright Hays program (2019). In his current capacity as an Air Advisor, Milovan has worked extensively with the Nigerian, Tunisian, Thai, and Colombian air forces and has spent time in both Tajikistan and Uzbekistan supporting Air Force security cooperation programs as a regional subject matter expert. He hopes to further work in this sector and intends on becoming a Foreign Area Officer.