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January 2017

Daily Illini, University of Illinois: Protests shouldn't escalate into violence
Inside Higher Ed: The Psychology of Radicalization
Huffington Post: Possibilities of peace-building in Iraq: Questions of deradicalization and reintegration amidst sectarian conflicts
Business Insider: A huge portion of the news we read is about terrorism - and it has consequences for how we live our lives
Bloomberg: Trump inauguration security on alert for lone-wolf terrorism
Bloomberg Quint: Urjit Patel: The Five-Year Twist
Good Times: Inauguration Sparks Women's Marches and Strikes Across the Country
Djibouti Nation: Minneapolis men facing ISIL-linked terrorism charges belie stereotypes
ETH Zurich: Women in Nonviolent Movements
Homeland Security News Wire: Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States (PIRUS) database released
American Library Association: RUSA's Emerging Technologies Section selects 18th annual list of Best Free Reference Websites
War on the Rocks: ISIL’s virtual planners: A critical terrorist innovation
Huffington Post: GOP bill would slash diplomatic security funds unless Trump moves U.S. embassy to Jerusalem
Washington Post: Trump has properties all over the world. They’re now major terrorism targets.
CBS Baltimore: Delaware man injured in deadly Istanbul attack heads home
Long War Journal: Islamic State claims historically high number of suicide attacks in 2016
Daily Mail: Why air travel is safer than ever: Number of fatal accidents in 2016 down on previous years

December 2016

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: IS’s looming death could be hiding bad news
New Yorker: The remaking of the world order
Boston Globe: Trump and ISIS - bosom enemies?
Yahoo News: Does Donald Trump have a plan to prevent homegrown terror attacks?
The Atlantic: The terrifying simplicity of the Berlin attack
Washington Post: 45 years of terrorist attacks in Europe, visualized
WUSA TV: Where deadly incidents in Germany and Turkey acts of terror?
The Huffington Post: America's elite troops partner with African forces but pursue U.S. aims
Business Insider: Facebook is tapping college students to fight trolls and extremists
World Economic Forum: Terrorists want to destroy our cities. We can't let them.
Washington Post: Fact checking Obama's claim that no foreign terror organization 'successfully' attacked the homeland on his watch
Agence France-Presse: Turning point as social media tackles online 'terror'
Jerusalem Post: The mind of the attacker - What happened at Ohio State?

November 2016

Pacific Standard: Why Are Ambush Killings of Police on the Rise?
Al-Madina Institute: Advancing the Conversation on CVE
UMD Right Now: UMD Biological Sciences Senior Aaron Solomon Named Marshall Scholar
Just Earth News: Enduring Vulnerabilities
PBS NewsHour: Reverse Course
Homeland Security News Wire: Overall number of terrorism deaths falls, but increases in some countries
DAWN (Pakistan): Global index records drop in terrorist activities in Pakistan during 2015
Sputnik: Extremism Expert Claims Media Coverage Only Fuels Terrorism in West
Pakistan Express Tribune: Pakistan among top five countries most hit by terrorism
PR Newswire: 2016 Global Terrorism Index: 650% Increase in Deaths from Terrorism Amongst OECD Member Countries
Reuters: Global terrorism deaths fall, but rise 650 percent in OECD countries
Defense One: How Special Operators Trained for Psychological Warfare Before the Mosul Fight
Reuters: The psychology behind voters' choices - and election madness
Long War Journal: Islamic State defends Mosul with dozens of suicide bombers
Tribal Tribune: Two tribal members selected as ’40 under 40’ recipients
Associated Press: Risk experts: Candidates not focusing on biggest threats
Patheos: What is CVE (Countering Violent Extremism)?
Washington Post: Will next week's U.S. elections lead to violence? Here's what environmental extremists can teach us.
New York Times: The Price of Certainty

October 2016

Wall Street Journal: How Islamic State Weaponized the Chat App to Direct Attacks on the West