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START in the News

April 2013

Under Secretary Sonenshine Remarks Gains Media Attention

March 2013

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: The Thin Red Line
START: START report identifies new ways to train risk communication skills
Dawn: The roots of terrorism
Christian Science Monitor: Thomas Friedman, Iraq war booster
The Institute of Turkish Studies: Counter-Terrorism and Democracy, Civil-Military Relations in Turkey and the United States

February 2013

Right Side News: Fire, The Overlooked Threat
The Psychiatric Times: Psychiatric Times references START and START researcher
AntiWar: Why the War on Terror Endures, spawning Terror Over There
CSPAN: Congressional Testimony Before the House Armed Services Committee on the State of the Islamic Extremist Threat

January 2013

FierceHomelandSecurity: START, Al Shabaab mostly used Twitter to spin its narrative of events
CounterPunch says terrorism has grown since 2001
FierceHomelandSecurity: Americans form greatest percentage of known terrorists crossing U.S. border
Bloomberg Businessweek: Algeria Attack No Outlier as Oil Targeted 3 Times a Week
Awramba Times: FBI aware of TPLF’s terrorist activities, Genocide Watch (Abebe Gellaw)
Fierce Government: Social Media Use during Disasters, A Review of the Knowledge Base and Gaps
idisaster 2.0: New Study, Social Media Use During Disasters
Reliefweb: Social Media Use during Disasters, Review of the Knowledge Base and Gaps
Foreign Affairs: Jihad comes to Kenya
Idisaster 2.0: New Study: Social Media Use During Disasters

December 2012

Relief Web: Social Media Use during Disasters: A Review of the Knowledge Base and Gaps
Foreign Policy: Why Assad Won't Use His Chemical Weapons
Huffington Post: Pile of Skulls
Coverage of the Global Terrorism Index (GTI)
Various: Coverage of the Global Terrorism Index (GTI)
BSOS: START Research: Global Terrorism Increasing
UK Huffington Post: Terror Attacks '19 Times More Likely In Western Europe Than North America', Finds Global Terrorism Index
NBC: North America is region least likely to suffer from terror attack, researchers say
Newsweek: Ayaan Hirsi Ali, The Global War on Christians in the Muslim World
International Business Times: Iraq ranks first on Global Terrorism Index, US 43rd
Washington Times:
Huffington Post and Reuters: Terrorist Attacks More Than Quadrupled In Decade Since Sept. 11, 2001, Study Finds
CNN: Fighting terror takes more than drones

November 2012

HSToday.US: START Gets State Department Contract To Provide Terrorism Data, Analysis For Country Terrorism Report
Council on Foreign Relations: The Latest in Tracking Global Terrorism Data
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
Bloomberg Businessweek: News article released showing a shift in terrorism
Futurity: Most active terrorists linked to al-Qaida
Bloomberg Businessweek: Terrorism Has Shifted
Terp Magazine: Terp Magazine distinguishes START research and researchers
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
Mother Jones: The Truth About Attacks on Our Diplomats
Various: Iranian Cult Is No Longer Officially a Terrorist Group
Turkey Public Television: Dugan Interviewed about ASALA