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August 2018

Aug 15
Washington Post: Were the American cyclists killed in Tajikistan naive for traveling there?
Aug 9
Quartz: Terrorist attacks in the Middle East and North Africa fell by almost 40% last year
Aug 3
Human Rights Watch: Pakistan: Surge in Militant Attacks on Schools
Aug 3
CBC: Vegas police close investigation into Strip shooting, with FBI report to come
Aug 1
Small Wars Journal: Terrorism is Still a Problem. It Has Not Gone Away.
Aug 1
Quartz: New data shows terror attacks are becoming less frequent and much less deadly
Aug 1
Washington Times: Terrorist attacks are down worldwide, new data shows

July 2018

Jul 26
CBC: ISIS claims of responsibility for Toronto shooting raise questions of credibility
Jul 25
The Star: Is U.S.-style gun violence really ‘new’ to Canada? Experts say our problems are not that different
Jul 20
Feminist Current: Why don't we consider violence against women and girls terrorism?
Jul 20
The Guardian: Terror attacks by Muslims receive 357% more press attention, study finds
Jul 19
Crucial Steps Forward: the National Academies of Science’s 2018 Study, “Enhancing Global Health Security through International Biosecurity and Health Engagement Programs”
Jul 11
Mother Jones: Inside the Radical, Uncomfortable Movement to Reform White Supremacists
Jul 11
AEI: The terrorists' war on education
Jul 5
Washington Times: Americans charged with ISIS support served in military more than 10 percent of time, study finds
Jul 3
Small Wars Journal: Rational Choice and How Erdogan Keeps Winning

June 2018

Jun 22
Christian Science Monitor: A nonviolent movement challenges Pakistan's military
Jun 20
Deutschlandfunk: Extremismusforschung
Jun 20
Washington Post: Separating children isn't just immoral. It also threatens our national security.
Jun 14
SOL: O "Novo" Terrorismo na Europa
Jun 13
Malta Today: Terrorism costs Malta €26.5 million in economic losses
Jun 12
Oxfam Blogs: Violence v Non Violence: which is more effective as a driver of change?
Jun 7
Omaha World-Herald: $92 million contract with the military is NU's biggest research grant yet

May 2018

May 31
New York Times: What Is Terrorism? Attacks in Canada and Belgium Reflect Uncertain Definition
May 23
Small Wars Journal: The Tricky Business of Counting the Costs of Armed Conflict in Cities
May 22
War on the Rocks: Doing More with Less: How to Optimize US Counterterrorism
May 21
CBS: How Investigating Bombings And Threats Has Evolved Since The 1950's
May 19
Washington Post: Insurgents have waged a war on education in her home country. But she died in a Texas school shooting.
May 16
The Washington Times: Justice Department: No ISIS charges in months as U.S. recruitment dries up
May 11
Politico: It’s always infrastructure week
May 8
WalletHub: 2018’s Best & Worst States to Be a Police Officer
May 8
GQ: How Free Speech Warriors Mainstreamed White Supremacists
May 2
Washington Post: Did bin Laden's death help the Islamic State?

April 2018

Apr 30
VICE: How The Gun Lobby Uses Van and Knife Attacks To Shut Down Gun Control
Apr 30
Pulitzer Center: Colombia: After the Violence
Apr 29
Lawfare: Preventing, Not Just Countering, Violent Extremism
Apr 27
Il Lametino: Calabria a basso rischio d'infiltrazione terroristica
Apr 27
Salon: Why cops kill black people: Research suggests a troubling pattern of “retaliatory violence”
Apr 26
VICE: Why Vehicles Are on the Rise as Weapons of Mass Killing
Apr 24
Cato Institute: The Toronto “Van Incident” and Terrorism in Canada
Apr 22
USA Today: Waffle House suspect Travis Reinking deemed himself a 'sovereign citizen,' part of anti-government group
Apr 17
Washington Post: How to make sense of our collapsing global order
Apr 13
Psychology Today: The Cycle of Violence
Apr 7
9 News: The evolution of terror: From anarchists to Al-Qaeda
Apr 6
Toronto Star: My friend ended up in jail, I ended up at Yale: Toronto lawyer and activist Jamil Jivani explores the destructive ideas that can influence young men
Apr 3
Der Tagesspiegel: Held über Nacht

March 2018

Mar 27
The National Post: Is Sikh extremism really active in Canada?
Mar 23
The New York Times: Were the Austin Bombings Acts of Terrorism? Why Law Enforcement Says No
Mar 23
National Public Radio: Is The Austin Serial Bomber A 'Terrorist'? Not Legally – Yet.
Mar 21
Crime Report: Three Universities Launch National Database to Track School Shootings

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