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July 2020 July News: New global terrorism data to be shared during July 9 webinar; Series depicts cartel violence; START & the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism
June 2020 June News: New infographic series explores cartel operations in Mexico; Radicalization data & analysis; Earn your Graduate Certificate in Terrorism Analysis
May 2020 START releases new data on radicalization in the United States
April 2020 April News: New analysis of terrorist group leaders, organizational structure; Webinar Series starts today; Online education opportunities
March 2020 March News: CBRN use by violent non-state actors; Online simulations to enhance distance learning; Thank you, Donors
February 2020 February News: Support START on March 4; GTD leveraged for military and UN reports; A month remains for free CVE courses
January 2020 January News: NIJ awards START $1.5M for two new projects; Job opportunities; GTD informs new graphic novel
December 2019 December News: Cyberattacks against critical infrastructure; Limited time remains for free CVE training opportunities; Job opportunity
November 2019 November News: Search tool to combat cartels; Global terrorism trends infographic
September 2019 September News: START Director provides expert testimony to Congress on domestic terrorism; ‘From Freedom Fighters to Jihadist’ book talk event Oct. 15
August 2019 August News: Considerations for successful negotiations with Afghan Taliban; UMD researchers win $1.5M Minerva Grant; Recidivism among US extremists
July 2019 July News: New data shows risk of recidivism high among extremists; START to conduct training for fire intel officers
June 2019 June News: How to build programs to prevent violent extremism; START-Oxford collaboration launches first book; Free, online CVE course
May 2019 May News: Hands-on opportunity to design CVE program; ‘Three Pillars of Radicalization’ book launch event June 5; New Handbook of Terrorism
April 2019 April News: New education/training leadership at START; Understanding New Zealand manifesto and Poway open letter; We’re hiring
March 2019 March News: New CBRN incident database; START names new executive director; Will terrorism continue to decline?
February 2019 February News: GTD funded through 2019; Resources for veterans; Career opportunities
January 2019 January News: DoD awards START nearly $3M to enhance critical terrorism datasets
December 2018 December News: New international collaboration; Graduate Certificate in Terrorism Analysis
November 2018 November 2018 Newsletter: START develops model to thwart RN attacks; Analysis of attacks by far-right extremists
October 2018 Oct. News: Background information on far-right homicides, attacks on religious institutions, radicalization, package bombs
September 2018 Sept. News: START launches Terrorism 360 podcast; New data on American deaths in terrorist attacks; Has society lost grip on truth?
July 2018 July News: New data & analysis of social media use by U.S. extremists; Report on radicalization of Syrian refugees; Job opportunities
June 2018 June Newsletter: Integrating mental health and education approaches into CVE; Students innovate against hate
May 2018 Register now for the 2018 COE Summit!
April 2018 April Newsletter: Education and Career Opportunities
March 2018 University R&D to protect the homeland; START names new UWT director
January 2018 Jan. News: Researchers identify strongest predictor of post-radicalization violent extremism; New cyber threat mitigation course
December 2017 Dec. News: Analysis of jihadist-linked US plots; New database about financing terrorism; LaFree tapped to lead UMD Criminology and Criminal Justice
November 2017 November News: Spatial and ideological analysis of US terrorist attacks; Marginalization: Recasting CVE as a grand strategic response to terrorism
October 2017 Oct. News: Technology transfers to terrorists; US Foreign fighters; Explosive detection technology adoption
September 2017 September News: New data on radicalization in the US; Profiles of chem/bio adversaries; Risk communication during tornadoes
August 2017 August News: GTD reveals fewer terrorist attacks in 2016; Protecting communities at risk for radicalization; Negative feelings & radical opinion
July 2017 July News: Benchmarking the ‘Jihadi Industry;’ GTD 2016 dataset released; New tool for event-based research
June 2017 June News: Comparing gang members and domestic extremists; Attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan; START launches book series with Oxford University Press
May 2017 May Newsletter: Intra-Salafi Muslim debates on violence; Data integration tools to debut this summer; New summer course offerings
April 2017 April News: Key concepts to understand violent White supremacy; Separating radical opinion and radical behavior; New online training course
March 2017 March News: Grazy Zone crises in MENA and Easter Europe; Terrorist threats to US infrastructure; CVE across all ideologies
February 2017 Far-right and Islamist violence; Jihadist plots; U.S. Muslim reactions to war on terrorism
January 2017 January News: Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States (PIRUS); Terrorist assassinations
December 2016 December news: Gray Zone conflicts explained; Global Terrorism Index released; CVE principles for local government
November 2016 November News: Far-right terrorist recruitment & radicalization; Law enforcement homicides committed by extremists; FARC and the failed peace process
October 2016 New tools and trainings for security practitioners and scholars
October 2016 October Newsletter: Maryland Academy for Innovation in National Security, GTD Training Series
September 2016 Terrorist planning and success rates; Case study in radicalization; Strategies to limit groups’ lethality
August 2016 START News: New analysis of Islamic State Attacks; Jujitsu Politics; Traumatic Stress and CVE
July 2016 July News: 2015 GTD data released; Authority-community partnerships; Framework for public-private CVE
June 2016 START News: 2015 Country Reports on Terror; The hate crime/terrorism relationship; Shame and masculinity in recruitment narratives
May 2016 START News: Forecasting the flow of foreign fighters; Equipping educators to understand mass violence and extremism
April 2016 Special Edition: New data on foreign fighters

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