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March 2014

PRIO: Erica Chenoweth Receives Karl Deutsch Award
NBC: Local terrorism expert weighs in on missing plane
ABC News: Malaysia - Relative Peace in Southeast Asia Terror Haven
Slate: Do Terrorists Usually Claim Responsibility for Their Attacks?
Washington Post: Montgomery County sees spate of killings, even as overall violent crime decreases
Georgia State University: What Causes Terrorist Attacks?
SPLC Intelligence Report: Why They Join

February 2014

Zee News: Pakistan world's most terror-hit nation: Report
Tech Page One: University-run database sheds light on terrorism
War on the Rocks: 5 Questions with William Braniff On the State of al-Qaeda
The Washington Times: The tangled web of words that 'al Qaeda' has become
The Diamondback: Terrorism is a realistic threat at Olympics, START report concludes
Homeland Security Today: Spotlight on Sochi: All Quiet on the Easter Front
DOHA Centre for Media Freedom: US Launches Social Media War Against IS
Digital Journal: Research, Data and Expertise Access Made Easy on New START Website, Designed by Baltimore Web Development Firm, The Canton Group
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
FierceHomelandSecurity: Olympic security neutralizes terrorist threat, data suggests
The Washington Times: Terrorist Attacks are on the rise in Russia as Winter Olympics near
C-SPAN: Global Security Threats
Washington Post: 40 more maps that explain the world
CNN: No burqa required-Muslim world weighs in on women's dress
New Straits Times: Global terrorist threat set to rise
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
TEDxTalks: The success of nonviolent civil resistance-Erica Chenoweth at TEDxBoulder
Homeland Security News Wire: Perspectives on terrorism and responses to it
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