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June 2017

Reddiff News: Global jihad does indeed threaten India
New Yorker: How Different and Dangerous Is Terrorism Today?
Bustle: Why Ariana Grande’s Benefit Concert in Manchester Is The Right Response To Terrorism
Salon: How biased coverage of terrorist attacks drives us apart
KPCC (NPR Los Angeles): Al Qaeda 2.0: The rise of bin Laden’s son and his quest to remake the terrorist group

May 2017

Public Radio International: Suicide attacks are rare in the West – but part of a growing global trend
Washington Post: How Saudi Arabia played Donald Trump
University of Arkansas: Smith Named Inaugural Distinguished scholar by Division of American Society of Criminology
The Scotsman: New security measures will become a way of life
The Intercept: Reactions to Manchester Bombing Show How Anti-Muslim Bigots are “Useful Idiots” for ISIS
Elite Daily: Our Generation Is Apparently Way Less Racist Than Older People, So There’s Hope
The Independent: The Army on the streets of Britain – a rare response to a rare horror
India Today: Manchester blast: Worst terror attack in Britain since 2005
Sinclair Broadcast Group: Manchester attack underscores ISIS’ willingness to use children as tools of terrorism
Psych Central: Study Shows Street Gangs Don’t Breed Extremism
Business Insider: Startling maps show every terrorist attack worldwide for the last 20 years
The Conversation: 6 reasons why stopping worldwide terrorism is so challenging
Vice: The war you’ve never heard of
ISA Conference Series: Understanding Fidayin Attacks with Herbert Tinsley
International Press Institute: Fifth Foreign Editor’s Circle Meeting
Huffington Post: Terrorism In Southeast Asia: Is Singapore In the Crosshairs?
Forward: Trump Focuses on Islamist Extremism – Guts Programs Countering White Supremacy
Los Angeles Times: North Korea is building mysterious artificial islands that would be perfect for missile launches
Security Management: Terrorists Check In

April 2017

Weekly Standard: State Department Report Sheds More Light on Syria's Chemical Weapons
Small Wars Journal: Lessons Learned from Countering Violent Extremism Development Interventions
Sinclair Broadcast Group: From France to the U.S. terrorists 'known to authorities' carry out deadly attacks
Associated Press: Bosnia to Pakistan to prison: Ex-fighter reflects on life
Sinclair Broadcast Group: Terror worries, nearly one week after Egypt church bombings
WXXI-TV Online: America Abroad: Civil Resistance: The Power of the People
Homeland Security News Wire: New training course on understanding, preventing radicalization, violent extremism
Human Rights Watch: Pakistan Should Protect Students from Militant Attacks
Small Wars Journal: Reclaiming Strategic Initiative in the Not-So-Gray Zone: Winning Big Conflicts Inside Small Ones
Middle East Policy Council: Jihadism in the Arab World after 2011: Explaining Its Expansion
BBC: From Eta to Stockholm: Is terror more of a threat to Europe than before?
The Diamondback: UMD Libraries' dialogue forum focuses on immigration under Trump
Eurasia Review: Terrorism In Southeast Asia: Singapore In The Crosshairs?
The Toronto Sun: Humiliation drives radicals to terrorism
Daily Mail: The key reason why some people with radicalized views become terrorists is humiliation, expert claims
American Psychological Association: Why do some with radical views become terrorists yet others don't?
The Straits Times: New dangers for Putin in fallout from St Petersburg attack
Dawn: Attacks on schools
Security Management: Perception versus Reality

March 2017

Pulse: UK to conduct major counter-terrorism exercise in October
Human Rights Watch: Attacks on Schools Devestate Education in Pakistan
Human Rights Watch: Dreams Turned into Nightmares
Daily Gazette: Local Muslim center hosts discussion on perceptions, realty of terrorism
Africa News: Why do we mourn for Britain -but not Nigeria or Yemen?
Newsweek: London Isn’t Burning: How Britain’s History With the IRA Made it Resilient in the Face of Attack
The Guardian: The Westminster attack was not new. London has faced far worse