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START in the News

June 2016

U.S. Department of State: Country Reports on Terrorism 2015
Associated Press: Global terror attacks dip; Iran still main state sponsor
Business Insider: Five countries faced 55% terror attacks in 2015, and India is one of them
Los Angeles Times: Terrorist attacks show biggest decline in a decade; but let's wait before celebrating

May 2016

Duluth News-Tribune: Breaking things, hurting people not best way to solve global problems
Brookings Institution: The U.S.-Saudi Arabia counterterrorism relationship
Newsweek (Reuters): Will the Drone Killing of Mansur Bring Peace Closer?
Times Union Online: Spying on Muslims is bad policy
Ethiopian Review: Does Ethiopia Need a Constitution?
New York Times: A Drumbeat of Multiple Shootings, but America Isn't Listening
Sinclair Broadcast Group: ISIS propaganda department creates new app targeting kids
Small Wars Journal: The Exhausted Insurgency
Jamestown Foundation: The Impact of Islamic State on Tunisia
Bloomberg News: Terror stalks commuters as foiled plots show U.S. transit is target
Martinsville Bulletin Online: Prospects of attacks topic of discussion
Open Magazine: The Myth of Hindu Terror
Christian Science Monitor: Is the appeal of ISIS waning in the United States?
Ethiopian Review: The "Law" as State Terrorism in Apartheid Ethiopia
WKXW-FM: Experts meet in NJ to address domestic terrorism - nation's greatest threat
The Hill: Three things terrorism experts want you to know about countering terrorism
Oxford University Press: Counterterrorism
Emirates News Agency: TRENDS Research & Advisory organises conference on Daesh's Challenge to Global Security

April 2016

IRIN News: Can de-radicalisation be taught in school?
Huffington Post: Why Fight the 'Long War'?
Vox: From Occupy to Black Lives Matter; how nonviolent resistance is shaping the 2016 elections
NBC News: When Sheriffs Won't Obey the Law
Foreign Policy: America's Biggest Challenge in Africa
NPR: If We Could #BringBackOurGirls, They Might Not be Welcomed With Open Arms
Slate: Do Terror Attacks Really Happen in Bunches?
Homeland Security News Wire: Non-state actors exploiting emerging technologies, complex engineering
Gawker: Friendly Fire in the American Patriot Death Cult
National Catholic Reporter: Why is the Catholic church moving away from just war theory?
World Economic Forum: Terrorism is on the rise – but there’s a bigger threat we’re not talking about
CNN: Who are the Abu Sayyaf?
Patheos: Moving Past the Condemnations: Recognizing Muslims' Contributions to Our Public Safety
War on the Rocks: The Threat of Terrorists Acquiring Nuclear Materials is Still Serious
The Diamondback: American University professor discusses evolution of Islam at START lecture
Foriegn Policy: Why are Disproportionate Numbers of Islamic Extremists Engineers?
Ethiopian Review: The Bantustanization (Kililistanization) of Ethiopia

March 2016

Sinclair Broadcast Group: Summit focuses on keeping nuclear materials out of hte wrong hands
Telegraph: The Boko Haram suicide bomber who survived her deadly mission
War on the Rocks: Apple, the FBI, Extremists and Strategic Soft Targeting
Apple, the FBI, Extremists and and Strategic Soft Targeting
Politico: Why Belgium is not Europe's jihadi base
New Straits Times: Unanswered questions on the Brussels attacks
Daily Dot: Why ISIS is winning the online propaganda war
Sinclair Broadcast Group: Terror expert talks possibility of future attacks in Europe
Fox News: Terror deaths increased 8-fold since 2010, says study
Huffington Post: Responding to the Brussels Bombings and Terrorism
New York Times: Who Will Become a Terrorist? Research Yields Few Clues