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Joseph Young
Joseph Young
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Dynamics of Terrorism and Counterterrorism Campaigns
July 2014
to
December 2017
Selected Publications
Choosing to Fight, Choosing to Die: Examining How ISIS Foreign Fighters Select Their Operational Roles
(Journal Article)
Tortured Logic: Why Some Americans Support the Use of Torture in Counterterrorism
(Book)
Transnational Volunteers: American Foreign Fighters Combating the Islamic State
(Journal Article)
Protestors, Terrorists or Something Else? How to Think about Dissident Groups
(Journal Article)
Geographical Approaches in the Study of Terrorism
(Book Chapter)
Carrots, Sticks, and Insurgent Targeting of Civilians
(Journal Article)
Morality, Efficacy, and Targeted Assassination as a Policy Tool
(Journal Article)
Options to Facilitate Socio-Political Stability in Syria and Iraq
(White Paper)
Repression, Education, and Politically Motivated Cyberattacks
(Journal Article)
An Analysis of Violent Nonstate Actor Organizational Lethality and Network Co-Evoluation in the Middle East and North Africa
(START Reports)
Insurgency BAAD: Dynamics of Terrorism and Counterterrorism Campaigns
(Research Brief)
Tyrants and Terrorism: Why Some Autocrats are Terrorized While Others are Not
(Journal Article)
State Capacity and Terrorism: A Two-Dimensional Approach
(Journal Article)
Survival of the Fittest: Why Terrorist Groups Endure
(Journal Article)
Lying About Terrorism
(Journal Article)
Games Rivals Play: International Terrorism in Rivalries
(Journal Article)
Veto Players and Terror
(Journal Article)
News References
Fox 42: Targeted violence increases around presidential elections, research shows
(START in the News)
The Washington Times: Seeing red: Trump opponents say the MAGA hat is much more ominous than a show of support
(START in the News)
TIME Online: This Week's Attempted Bombings Raise Alarms. But Experts Say It Doesn't Mean the Country Is More Violent
(START in the News)
Vox: Is America descending into political violence again? I asked 12 experts.
(START in the News)
WUSA TV: Where deadly incidents in Germany and Turkey acts of terror?
(START in the News)
Conciliatory counterterrorism strategies could limit terrorist groups’ lethality
(Featured Research)
Mic: Here’s the Truth About Whether Orlando Shooting Was Terrorism or a Hate Crime
(START in the News)
McClatchy: Why the Orlando massacre is more likely to divide than unite America
(START in the News)
McClatchy: Trump and Clinton on Orlando: A study in contrast
(START in the News)
START to offer Massive Open Online Course
(News)
START Announces 2009-10 Terrorism Research Awards
(News)