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March 2017

The Guardian: The Westminster attack was not new. London has faced far worse
Newsweek: London Isn’t Burning: How Britain’s History With the IRA Made it Resilient in the Face of Attack
Foreign Affairs: Societal Resilience in Israel
Travel + Leisure: Do Electronics Bans on Flights Make the U.S. Safer?
Huffington Post: Weakening American National Security
WYPR-FM: The Challenges of Counterterrorism
Daily Times (Pakistan): Predicting terrorist events
Washington Post: Yes, the media do underreport some terrorist attacks. Just not the ones most people think of.
Saudi Gazette: The Gulf states and anarchy in the Middle East
Washington Times: Jeff Sessions says more than 300 refugees involved in active FBI terrorism-related investigations
The Cipher Brief: Trump Signs Revised Travel Ban, Excludes Iraq
Foreign Affairs: The Wrong Way to Stop Terrorism
WUWM-FM: National Security Adviser Reportedly Urged Trump To Soften Terrorism Language
The Guardian (UK): Research indicates Trump travel ban was based on misleading data

February 2017

Heat Street: Eco-Terrorist Breaks Silence, Says He Wanted Foes ‘to Live in Fear'
The Wall Street Journal: Philippines' Abu Sayyaf Militants Release Video Claiming to Show Beheading of German Hostage
London School of Economics: The geographic challenges of counterterrorism in Northeast India
The Washington Post: Domestic terrorists killed his son. He wants Trump to remember that America makes extremists, too.
The Diplomat: Is China's Counterterrorism Policy in Xinjiang Working?
Eurasia Review: Transatlantic Security Discourse: Lost In Translation?
The Washington Post: Trump's plan for Syria safe zones could put civilians at even more risk
The Conversation UK: Threats of violent Islamist and far-right extremism: What does the research say?
Lawfare: How local law enforcement uses community policing to combat terrorism
Carleton Newsroom: Carleton's Canadian Foreign Policy Journal Announces Winner of Best Paper Prize
The Logical Indian: Bomb Blast At Sufi Shrine In Pakistan Kills 88
Foreign Policy: How The Islamic State Indoctrinates Children With Math, Grammar, Tanks, and Guns
Quartz: Islamic terrorism and domestic mass shootings may be caused by the exact same psychological phenomenon
Newsweek: Inside the Black Bloc, the radical protest tactic that shut down Berkeley
International Journalists’ Network: Tips and resources for covering terrorism
Spyghana: Somaliland Writes to U.S. Secretary of State for Trump’s Immigration Order
The Intercept: 48 Questions the FBI Uses to Determine if Someone Is a Likely Terrorist
Khaleej Times: WGS 2017—Governments can counter extremism
Voices of America: Nonprofits React to Reports Trump Could Focus on Radical Islam
Just Security: Trump/Bannon Plan to Counter “Violent Islamic Extremism”
Institute for Security Studies: Boko Haram in 2016—a highly adaptable foe
Various Outlets: Media coverage of terrorism
Emergency Management Magazine: The Counterterrorism Efforts Need More Education and Less ‘Sloganeering'
Campus Safety Magazine: Why Do Terrorists Target Colleges and Universities?
The Islamic Monthly: American Muslims are Increasingly in the Crosshairs of Violent Militia Extremists
WTOP-FM: Is the west losing the anti-terror messaging battle?
Campus Safety Magazine: What Does Terrorism Look Like on a College Campus
Huffington Post: Trump's Islam-Focused Policies Are An Example Of How Not To Fight Terrorism
PolitiFact: Claim: Odds of fatal refugee terror attack 3.6 billion to 1

January 2017

Mother Jones: Is President Trump's Immigration Order a "Muslim Ban"?
Washington Post: The arbitrary nature of Trump's seven-country ban is clear from a look at the numbers
Boston Globe: Trump's executive order will make us less safe
Hit & Run: When the Left Glorifies Violence Against People It Dislikes, Trump Wins
Science Magazine: Challenges in researching terrorism from the field
CATO Institute at Liberty: Guide to Trump's Executive Order to Limit Migration for “National Security” Reasons
Patheos: Non-violence in the face of the alt-right