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Anti-State Terrorist Plots and Attacks in the United States

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START partnership with Protogetic, The Protective Design Marketplace

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Micro-learnings: Targeted Violence Prevention for the Veteran and Military Family Community

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Climate Security, Great Power Competition, and Adversarial Geopolitics in Southeast Asia

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Graduate Certificate in Insider Risk Management and Mitigation (Online)

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Government Responses to Asymmetric Threats: The State of the Literature on Counterinsurgency from 2002 to 2022 — The Military Lever of Power

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Global Responses to Asymmetric Threats (GRAT) Portal

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Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in Security and Terrorism Studies

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Terrorist Attacks on US Coalition Supply Convoys and Bases in Iraq

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Western Tools Short of War: Impact Assessment of Selected Use Cases in Ukraine

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Capitol Insurrection Network Map

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Extremism in the Ranks and After

Education & Training

START is an investment in the human capital of the homeland security enterprise. We bring cutting-edge research into undergraduate, graduate, and professional classrooms, and we incorporate students of all levels into our real-world, policy-relevant research agenda. Learn More

Data & Analysis

One of START’s unique contributions to the national security enterprise is our creation and dissemination of objective data and tools. These factual baselines provide a scientific foundation for knowledge building and formulating sound counterterrorism policy and practice. Learn More

Policy & Practice

Real-world problems rarely fit within any one academic discipline and cannot be addressed without insight from the field. START leverages multidisciplinary expertise and practitioner input to be of use in the real-world. Learn More

START names Thomas Guarrieri as new Director of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies

START names Thomas Guarrieri as new Director of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies

Annual Security Studies Program Enriches Macquarie University Post-Graduates with U.S.-Australia Insights

Major update to PIRUS dataset adds 955 U.S. subjects from 2019-2021

New data map illustrates connections between January 6th defendants and extremist groups

START Director to co-lead anti-hate discussions at the White House, worldwide summit

UMD Report: Conspiracy theories fueled more terror attacks in 2020

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Nov 13, 2024

Graduate Programs Informational Session

Dec 02, 2024

Graduate Programs Informational Session

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A first-of-its-kind database from START examines the characteristics, motivations, and behaviors of individuals who committed hate crimes in the United States. Check out the Bias Incidents and Actors Study (BIAS).

START's new podcast series, Terrorism 360, features scholars shaping the study of terrorism and the creation of counterterrorism policy. Listen now.

Terrorism 360 Podcast

Use the Influencing Violent Extremist Organizations Knowledge Matrix known as IVEO to see 83 different hypotheses.

Access and search START's Global Terrorism Database (GTD), which includes more than 150,000 terrorist events worldwide from 1970 through 2015.