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START in the News

February 2014

Armed Services Committee: Claims of Al Qaeda’s Demise Are Premature
USA Today: Russian FSB has poor record against terrorists
La Razon: Young, radical and maladjusted

January 2014

UTSA: UTSA College of Public Policy hosts terrorism expert Laura Dugan Feb. 4
The Washington Times: Terrorist Attacks are on the rise in Russia as Winter Olympics near
FierceHomelandSecurity: Olympic security neutralizes terrorist threat, data suggests
C-SPAN: Global Security Threats
Washington Post: 40 more maps that explain the world
New Straits Times: Global terrorist threat set to rise
CNN: No burqa required-Muslim world weighs in on women's dress
Huffington Post: Huffington Post World Brief
Emergency Management: Global Terrorism Database Shows Increase in Terrorist Incidents, Fatalities
FierceGovernmentIT: Study-Warning messages deter hackers

December 2013

The Guardian: Russian terrorist attacks since 1991-what's changed?
La Razon: The "plan B" of Hezbollah
National Journal: Brunt of Global Terrorist Attacks Born By Three Countries
allAfrica: Cameroon-Terrorism and the Threat Radical Islam Poses to Cameroon
Political Studies Association: Why Kenya? Understanding the Nairobi Westgate Attack
HSToday.US: Mexico has Problem Tracking Medical, Industrial Radiological Materials
CATO Institute: More Terrorism Isn’t Necessarily More Danger
FierceHomelandSecurity: Radioactive material thieves in Mexico likely unwitting - UPDATED
Ozy Magazine: Al-Qaeda’s Management Shuffle

November 2013

NPS: Dahl Analyzes Intelligence Failures, Successes
FierceHomelandSecurity: Boston Marathon bombings altered views on terrorism
HSToday.US: US Attitudes Before, After Boston Bombings Pose Policy Implications
Washington Post: Hyping the number of deaths from terrorism
The Washington Post: Peaceful protest is much more effective than violence for toppling dictators
Homeland Security News Wire: Perspectives on terrorism and responses to it
TEDxTalks: The success of nonviolent civil resistance-Erica Chenoweth at TEDxBoulder
San Francisco Gate: NSA call-records program is prudence, not prying

October 2013

CNN: Terrorist attacks and deaths hit record high, report shows
FierceHomelandSecurity: Q&A-START's Gary LaFree on the evolving study of terrorism
MSNBC: Al Qaeda and its offshoots: The terror network now
LSE: Book Review-Divided We Stand, The Strategy and Psychology of Ireland’s Dissident Terrorists

September 2013

START: Researchers from START’s Training in Risk and Crisis Communication (TRACC) Program earn Top Paper Awards
Think Progress: Five Things The Kenya Mall Attack Tells Us About Global Terrorism
USA Today: Print Version, Front Page
AJC: Protecting kids with advanced non-lethal weapons – because not every school has Antoinette Tuff
FierceHomelandSecurity: Study, Far-right extremists behind loner attacks were younger, had more military experience

August 2013

CNA: US urged to recognize Nigerian extremist group as terrorists
The InfoGram: Emergency Communications Tower Security
FierceHomelandSecurity: Violent ideological groups more hierarchical, tied to local greivances
Psychology Today: "Friction" Mechanisms at Work-More about Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
START: START researcher comments on military interventions in civil wars
Student Pulse: The Military-Industrial Complex in the United States-Evolution and Expansion from World War II to the War on Terror
Nigeria: U.S. Urged to Recognize Boko Haram as Terrorists
CNA: US urged to recognize Nigerian extremist group as terrorists
KGOU (NPR Oklahoma): World Views
PRI: Violence Across the Mideast-Are Islamic Radicals Stronger than Ever? PRI's The World
FierceHomelandSecurity: Attacks on U.S. diplomatic posts have killed hundreds since 1970