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November 2014

The Daily Star: Lebanon leaps to 14th place on global terror index
International Business Times: Global Terror Attacks Hit Record High in 2013, Five-Fold Increase In Deaths Since 2000: Report
The Express Tribune: Pakistan ranks third on Global Terrorism Index: report
Slate: Does the World Have a Terrorism Problem or a Civil War Problem?
BBC News: Global terror attack deaths rose sharply in 2013, says report
Saudi-US Relations Information Service (Susris): Analysis: Gulf Security, Stability and Terrorism
Williamette Live: KMUZ Program Feature- Quintessential KMUZ Energy and Innovation
War on the Rocks: Terrorism and Counterterrorism in America’s “Me” Decade
North Country Now: St. Lawrence University’s Department of History to Host Guest Lecturer in Canton
HuffPost Politics: Drivers of Deradicalization: Needs, Narratives, Networks
SourceSecurity.com: IB Consultancy Calls For Papers To Be Presented At NCT CBRNe USA 2015 Conference
Business Day Live: Intelligence agencies thwarted by secure data
The National: Inside the world of deradicalising extremists
The Daily Star Lebanon: Silicon Valley privacy push sets up arms race with world’s spies
Today Online: Tech firms under pressure to ease access to information
The Vancouver Sun: Facebook and Twitter taken to task on terrorism
Vail Daily: Vail Symposium Unveils Winter 2015 Programs
Reuters: The 3-step guide to de-radicalizing jihadists
Public Discourse: Austria’s Troubling Quran Law
Foreign Policy: Remember What They Died for on the Maidan
Fierce Homeland Security: ‘Lone Wolves’ responsible for disproportionate number of terrorist acts, research finds

October 2014

E-International Relations: Psychology Not Theology: Overcoming ISIS’ Secret Appeal
Al Jazeera America: Canadian Shootings: Terrorism/Copy Cats
PJ Media: The Legend of the Lone Wolf Terrorist
Guampdn.com: The threat of Christian terrorists
Al Jazeera America: Lone Actors and Radicalization
The Florida Times-Union: Judge must decide how much wannabe terrorist from Jacksonville is a threat; 20-year-old to be sentenced Jan. 9
Psychology Today: Ottawa Parliament Shooter Michael Zehaf-Bibeau
Newsbusters: Exquisite Timing: USAT Runs Op-Ed on Christian Extremists
The Baxter Bulletin: Mary Zeiss Stange: Christian Extremists Pose Threat
PRWeb: Georgia State University Hosts Symposium
The Daily Journal: Christian extremists pose threat
Fdlreporter.com: Christian Extremists Post Threat
USA Today: Sovereign Citizens Pose Threat
teleSUR: Pew: Middle Easterners See Religious and Ethnic Hatred as Top Global Threat
Reuters: Joining Islamic State is about 'sex and aggression,' not religion
Task & Purpose: The Psychology of Why People Join Terror Movements
Good Times: Melt the Guns
OpenDemocracy: Resistance, repression, and the cycle of violence in the Uyghur Struggle
The Washington Times: Senate candidates trade shots over Islamic State recruiting in Minnesota
Foreign Policy: You Should Still Be Scared of Pyongyang
Huffington Post: America’s Never-Ending Wars in the Middle East
Tampa Bay Times: Steinem: More women killed by partners since 9/11 than deaths from attacks, ensuing wars
Gulfnews.com: How Somali-American fights militant recruiters
Corriere della Sera: Piombo Italiano a Bassa Densità
Foreign Policy: How the Hong Kong Protesters Can Win
Buenos Aires Herald: IS Online Strategy and Its Unprecedented Challenges
Public Asian: Al Qaeda’s new branch in India
The Los Angeles Times: Somali American fights militant Islamist recruiters in U.S. heartland
Vox: What Instagram tells us about the Hong Kong protests, in one map