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START in the News

November 2012

Council on Foreign Relations: The Latest in Tracking Global Terrorism Data
Las Vegas Sun: Lessons from Libya
UAPI: Graduate certificate program at START
Fierce Homeland Security: 11 of 20 most active terrorist groups in 2011 linked to al Qaeda

October 2012

Combating Terrorism Center Sentinel: The Evidence of Al-Qa`ida’s Role in the 2004 Madrid Attack
Futurity: Most active terrorists linked to al-Qaida
Bloomberg Businessweek: Terrorism Has Shifted
Terp Magazine: Terp Magazine distinguishes START research and researchers
Bloomberg Businessweek: News article released showing a shift in terrorism
University of Maryland: New Data Reveals al-Qaida-Linked Groups Among Most Active Terrorist Groups in the World
Philadelphia News: University of Maryland Excels at Teaching Criminology Research
Various: Black Swans and Burstiness: Countering Myths about Terrorism
Various: Iranian Cult Is No Longer Officially a Terrorist Group
Mother Jones: The Truth About Attacks on Our Diplomats
Turkey Public Television: Dugan Interviewed about ASALA

September 2012

The National Interest: Learning from Sri Lanka
Global Security Monitor:
Comminique: Researchers awarded nearly $1 million to improve effectiveness of emergency alert text messaging
Washington Examiner: Mayhem in Africa, incompetence in Washington
Yahoo News: Homegrown terrorism
Recovery Diva: Two New Reports on Risk Communication – From START at Univ. of MD
The Daily Beast: FEAR Plot to Overthrow U.S. Government Part of Rising Domestic Extremism

August 2012

Los Angeles Times: The nonthreatening path of a future mass murderer
CNN: Understanding America’s domestic extremist threat
Bostonglobe: A Culture of hate
University World News: Understanding Lone Wolf Terrorism: Global patterns, motivations and prevention
Various: Coverage of Far-right Violence Fact Sheet
GTD cited in new book on lone wolf terrorists
Security Management: One-Stop Shop for Counterterrorists
Newstrack India: US study says no clear pattern on true risk of terrorism at Olympic Games
GlobeNewswire and Homeland Security Today: Moving Beyond Deterrence: The Effectiveness of Raising the Expected Utility of Abstaining from Terrorism in Israel
Medill NATIONAL SECURITY ZONE: Why is ‘terrorism’ so hard to define?
NPR: Temple gunman said military experience drove him to hate
MS News Now: Researchers examine new implementations for emergencies

July 2012

The Takeaway: Was the Colorado Shooter a Terrorist?
Huffington Post: 'Dark Knight' Shooting: Mass Murder Up, Even While Gun Violence Down
Washington Times: Hot Spots of Terrorism and Other Crimes in the United States, 1970 to 2008
Inside Indonesia: Why Civil Resistance Works
Foreign Policy magazine: Think Again: Al Qaeda

June 2012

AFP: Al-Libi ran Al-Qaeda central’s propaganda machine
UMD: DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR TEACHER Gary LaFree
NYTimes: Choosing From the Many Lessons of Sept. 11
Middle East Online: Libi loss is serious blow for Al-Qaeda
MSNBC.com, The Daily Beast: Why Did Crime Decline?
AFP: US drones 'could destabilize Pakistan'
Science Magazine: Parsing Terrorism

May 2012

AFP: A year after bin Laden's death, is Al Qaeda deterred?
CNN: Alleged 9/11 Plotters Facing Justice; Obama's Campaign Kickoff; Bin Laden's Secret Letters
BSOS News: Career Symposium
Oxford University Press: A cause for celebration?