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Weapons and Tactics

Title Sort ascending Investigators Project Period
Western Tools Short of War: Impact Assessment of Selected Use Cases in Ukraine Egle Murauskaite
Weapons Availability and Civil War Onset Barnett S. Koven -
Unifying Approaches to Adversarial Modeling H. Brinton Milward, Ronald Breiger -
Understanding and Combating Mass Casualty Terrorism (MCT) Gary Ackerman, Victor Asal -
Two to Tango: Government and Terrorist Group Actions in Colombia Barnett S. Koven -
Tracking Cartels: Exploiting Open Sources to Identify Trends Marcus A. Boyd, Samuel D. Henkin -
Terrorist Groups and Weapons of Mass Destruction Gary Ackerman, Jonathan Wilkenfeld, R. Karl Rethemeyer, Victor Asal -
Terrorist Behavior and Societal Tolerance of Violence Risa Brooks -
Terrorist and Extremist Organizations (TEO) Database Jonathan Wilkenfeld, R. Karl Rethemeyer -
Terrorism and Targeted Violence in the United States Erin Miller, Michael Jensen -
Program to Prepare Communities for Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks Erin Miller -
Profiles of Incidents Involving CBRN and Non-state Actors (POICN) Database Markus Binder -
More Bang for the Buck?: Examining the Effect of Technological Change on Terrorist Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction Gary Ackerman, Jeffrey Bale -
Modeling Risk of Future Terrorist Attacks Gary LaFree, Laura Dugan -
Key Dimensions in Understanding Terrorist Bomb Attacks Margaret Wilson -
Guerilla Insurgency: The Springboard to Terrorism? Mark Lichbach -
Global Terrorism Database (GTD) Acceleration Erin Miller -
Global Terrorism Database (GTD) Erin Miller, Gary LaFree, Laura Dugan -
Geospatial Analysis of Terror Finance Marcus A. Boyd -
Empirical Analysis of IED Attacks Gary LaFree, Richard Legault -
Dynamics of Terrorism and Counterterrorism Campaigns Gary Ackerman, Joseph Young, R. Karl Rethemeyer, Victor Asal -
Dissuading Adversaries and their Radiological/Nuclear Pathways: Integrating Deterrence Theory and Analytics in the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture (GNDA) Amy Pate, Brandon Behlendorf, Gary Ackerman, John Sawyer, Steve S. Sin, Ph.D., Hamid Mohtadi, Marcus A. Boyd -
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency SIGMA+ Thomas Guarrieri, Marcus A. Boyd, Steve S. Sin, Ph.D. -
Country Reports on Terrorism - Statistical Annex Gary LaFree, Erin Miller -
Anatomizing Radiological and Nuclear Non-State Adversaries Gary Ackerman, Jeffrey Bale, R. Karl Rethemeyer -
Advancing U.S. CWMD/CWMT Capabilities in Support of the SIGMA+ Program through Development of Anticipatory Human Social Systems Models and Adversary Weapon Selection Decision Processes Steve S. Sin, Ph.D., Thomas Guarrieri -
Project Title Sort ascending Publication Date Publication Type
When terrorists target schools: An exploratory analysis of attacks on educational institutions 2013-06-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Weapon Choice and American Political Violence: A Comparison of Terrorists and Other Felons in Federal Custody 2009-08-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
U.S. Military Training Assistance to Ukraine 2023-02-27T12:00:00 START Reports
U.S. Assistance to Ukraine in the Information Space: Intelligence, Cyber, and Signaling 2023-02-28T12:00:00 START Reports
U.S. Arms Transfers to Ukraine: Impact Assessment 2023-01-12T12:00:00 START Reports
Toward a Model of Terrorist Behavior in Hostage-Taking Incidents 2000-08-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
TOC as a Growing Threat to Regional, Global Security 2022-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Strategy of Terrorism: How it Works, and Why it Fails 2007-12-01T12:00:00 Book
The Softest of Targets: A Study on Terrorist Target Selection 2009-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Psychology of Terrorist Hostage-Taking 2003-03-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
The Provisional Irish Republican Army and the Development of Mortars 2016-03-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Palestinian Quest for Significance and Hamas Violence 2023-11-15T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Drone Debate: A Primer on the U.S. Use of Unmanned Aircraft Outside Conventional Battlefields 2015-12-01T12:00:00 Book
Testing a Rational Choice Model of Airline Hijackings 2005-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Terrorist behavior in hostage taking: Policy issues and research directions 2005-11-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Terrorist Attacks Targeting Critical Infrastructure in the United States, 1970-2015 2016-06-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Terrorist Attacks on US Coalition Supply Convoys and Bases in Iraq 2023-06-27T12:00:00 Research Brief
Terrorist Attacks Involving Package Bombs, 1970 — 2017 2018-10-01T12:00:00 Fact Sheet
Terrorism in Mali 2015-11-01T12:00:00 Fact Sheet
Terrorism in Belgium and Western Europe; Attacks against Transportation Targets; Coordinated Terrorist Attacks 2016-03-01T12:00:00 Background Report
Terrorism and the North Caucasus: An Overview 2013-04-01T12:00:00 Background Report
Temporal Sequencing, Incident Sophistication, and Terrorist Outcomes 2016-08-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Strategic Terrorism: The Framework and Its Fallacies 2007-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
START Annual Meeting 2016: Quick-Fire Presentation - Terrorism and Radicalization 2016-10-01T12:00:00 Presentation
Simultaneous Attacks by Terrorist Organisations 2013-12-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Ricin Letters Mailed to President and Senator 2013-04-01T12:00:00 Background Report
Research Highlight: Bombing and Arson Attacks by Environmental and Animal Rights Extremists in the United States, 1995-2010 2013-05-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Probabilistic Pathway Projection to Counter Foreign Fighters 2016-04-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Private Military Companies: Lessons from Wagnar 2023-10-12T12:00:00 Journal Article
Nuclear Weapons and Existential Threats: Insights from a Comparative Analysis of Nuclear-Armed States 2014-10-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
North Korean Media Reaction to Ulchi-Freedom Guardian Exercise 2008 2008-12-02T12:00:00 Report
Momin Khawaja: Mechanisms of Radicalization 2016-08-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Modelling Terrorist Technology Transfer 2019-04-01T12:00:00 White Paper
Modeling Costly Learning and Counter-Learning in a Defender-Attacker Game with Private Defender Information 2014-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Maritime Insurgency 2020-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Making the Wrong Connection: The Determinants of Terrorist Targeting of Airplanes and Airports 2010-02-01T12:00:00 Conference Paper
Jihadists and WMD: a re-evaluation of the future threat 2014-10-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Jihadists and Weapons of Mass Destruction 2008-11-01T12:00:00 Book
Islamic State Chemical Weapons: A Case Contained by its Context? 2018-03-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Investigating the Applicability of Situational Crime Prevention to the Public Mass Violence Context 2019-12-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Intersections of Illicit Trafficking and Counterfeit Parts Workshop 2022-01-01T12:00:00 Report
Integrated United States Security Database (IUSSD): Data on the Terrorist Attacks in the United States Homeland, 1970 to 2011 2012-12-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Human and Social Forces in the Spread of the IED Threat: Innovation, Diffusion and Adaptation 2009-04-01T12:00:00 START Reports
How Community Ties Influence Terrorist Targeting of Civilians 2013-11-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Disrupting Terrorist Assassinations Through Situational Crime Prevention 2017-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Developing An Empirical Understanding of Improvised Explosive Devices: A Social and Behavioral Science Perspective 2009-08-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Correcting the Record: Civilians, Proportionality and the Jus ad Vim 2017-06-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Contributing Factors to North Korea’s Different Treatment of 2006 and 2009 Missile Launches 2009-01-01T12:00:00 Report
Common Sense or Gun Control? Political Communication and News Media Framing of Firearm Sale Background Checks after Newtown 2015-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
CBRN Activity and Attacks by Insurgent Organizations 2015-10-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Catch Them Coming and Going: Probabilistic Pathway Projection to Counter Foreign Fighters 2016-03-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Bombings at the 2013 Boston Marathon 2013-04-01T12:00:00 Background Report
Application of a Profile Similarity Methodology for Identifying Terrorist Groups That Use or Pursue CBRN Weapons 2017-09-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Apparent intended lethality: Toward a model of intent to harm in terrorist bomb attacks 2013-04-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Apparent Intended Lethality: Toward a Behavioral Model of Intention to Harm in Single Issue Bombing Campaigns 2010-09-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Analyzing Catastrophic Terrorist Events with Applications to the Food Industry 2007-01-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
An Overview of Bombing and Arson Attacks by Environmental and Animal Rights Extremists in the United States, 1995-2010 2013-05-01T12:00:00 START Reports
A Strategic Analysis of Violent Extremist Organizations in the United States Central Command Area of Responsibility 2020-03-01T12:00:00 White Paper
A Quantitative Overview of Biological Weapons: Identification, Characterization, and Attribution 2008-05-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Title Sort ascending
Winter 2010 START Bulletin Now Available
UMD Report: Conspiracy theories fueled more terror attacks in 2020
Trends in terrorism in the U.S.: New report analyzes terrorist attack data 1970-2011
Terrorist attacks involving firearms more likely to be lethal than other types of attacks
Student researches ties between terrorism and the Olympics
START study leads to support for SLTT officials
START study assesses attacks by environmental and animal rights extremists
START seeking 2014 Outstanding Article Award nominations
START Researchers Present at American Political Science Association Annual Conference
START Researchers Featured in Journal of Homeland Security
START releases first Research Review
START Releases 2011 Research Review
START Newsletter: Violent hate crimes and lone-actor terrorism; Cultural values and terrorism; Al-Shabaab
START launches online course on terror-crime nexus and CBRN
START Investigators Participate in 2011 American Sociological Association Annual Conference
START director to lecture on contrasting nature of terrorism
START co-hosts workshop on the security of critical system supply chains
START Assesses Impact of 9/11
START Announces Fellowships for 2005-06
START Announces 2009-2010 Undergraduate Research Program Award Recipients
START adds third course to summer line-up
Scavenger hunt activity helps START team assess capability of mobile radiation detectors
Researcher analyzes how community ties impact terrorist groups’ targeting of civilians
Research Roundtable event features START researcher Brandon Behlendorf
Press Release: START Panel Addresses Key Questions in Terrorism
New START model forecasts the flow of foreign fighters
New Fall 2008 UMD Course: Innovation and Terrorist Tactics
Lone-actors fueled by grievance, personal crises, weapons use
Jeffrey Lewis discusses history and culture behind suicide bombings
Intern team authors peer-reviewed journal article on Hamas
Hegghammer explains variation in western jihadists
GRU team gives virtual talk on cartels for National Security Forum
Global Terrorism Database Data Files Now Available through Terrorism and Preparedness Data Resource Center
Exciting Winter Courses Now Offered ONLINE
Egle Murauskaite appears on virtual panel on military mobility in Europe
Discussion Point: The Prospective Military Power of Al Qaeda Affiliated Groups in the Syrian Conflict
Discussion Point: From the Caucasus to Boston and Beyond
Discussion Point: Black Swans and Burstiness—Countering Myths about Terrorism
Despite fewer attacks in Western world, global terrorism increasing
CALCE and START co-host Intersections of Illicit Trafficking and Counterfeit Parts Workshop
Background Information on Terrorism in India
Al-Qaida's fatal terrorism under Osama bin Laden
A closer look at the 2,600 terrorist attacks in US, 1970-2012
**START Releases 2010 Update to the Global Terrorism Database**
**Far-Right Attacks on U.S. Law Enforcement and Security Guards**
***Terrorist Attacks on Religious Figures, Religious Institutions, and Military Targets***
***Background on Terrorism and Public Opinion in Indonesia***
***Background Info: Moscow Subway Bombing***
Title Sort ascending Job Title Institution
Asal_Victor Victor Asal Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of Public Administration University at Albany, State University of New York
Clark tyler Tyler A. Clark Data Scientist, Doctoral Student University of Maryland
Guarrieri Thomas Guarrieri Director of Undergraduate Studies
Assistant Research Scientist, Unconventional Weapons &
Technology (UWT) Division, START
University of Maryland
Steve Sin Steve S. Sin, Ph.D. Associate Research Scientist & Director, Unconventional Weapons & Technology Division
Adjunct Professorial Lecturer, School of International Service, American University
Adjunct Instructor for Forensic Sciences, Oklahoma State University
Chief Academic Officer, Platinum East
University of Maryland
person-default Rhyner Washburn Research Affiliate University of Maryland
person-default Rebecca (Becca) Earnhardt PhD student
Research Associate, Stimson Center
University of Maryland
Prabhakar misra Prabhakar Misra Professor of Physics Howard University
person-default Nathan Meehan Director of Research and Development, Second Sight Training Systems, LLC Second Sight Training Systems, LLC
Laura Dugan Laura Dugan Ralph Mershon Professor of Human Security and Professor of Sociology The Ohio State University
Sawyer John John Sawyer Director of Strategic Corporate Research Relationships University of Maryland
Jeff Jeff Gruenewald Associate Professor and Director of the Terrorism Research Center, University of Arkansas University of Arkansas
Tinsley_Herbert Herbert Tinsley Analyst, Government Accountability Office
Gary Ackerman Gary Ackerman Associate Professor, SUNY Albany University at Albany, State University of New York
Miller Erin Erin Miller GTD Program Manager, START University of Maryland
Brandon Behlendorf Brandon Behlendorf Assistant Professor, College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity, SUNY Albany University at Albany, State University of New York
Koven Barnett S. Koven Data Science Manager, Deloitte Government & Public Services
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Western Tools Short of War: Impact Assessment of Selected Use Cases in Ukraine
Weapons Availability and Civil War Onset
Unifying Approaches to Adversarial Modeling
Understanding and Combating Mass Casualty Terrorism (MCT)
Two to Tango: Government and Terrorist Group Actions in Colombia
Tracking Cartels: Exploiting Open Sources to Identify Trends
Terrorist Groups and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Terrorist Behavior and Societal Tolerance of Violence
Terrorist and Extremist Organizations (TEO) Database
Terrorism and Targeted Violence in the United States
Program to Prepare Communities for Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks
Profiles of Incidents Involving CBRN and Non-state Actors (POICN) Database
More Bang for the Buck?: Examining the Effect of Technological Change on Terrorist Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Modeling Risk of Future Terrorist Attacks
Key Dimensions in Understanding Terrorist Bomb Attacks
Guerilla Insurgency: The Springboard to Terrorism?
Global Terrorism Database (GTD) Acceleration
Global Terrorism Database (GTD)
Geospatial Analysis of Terror Finance
Empirical Analysis of IED Attacks
Dynamics of Terrorism and Counterterrorism Campaigns
Dissuading Adversaries and their Radiological/Nuclear Pathways: Integrating Deterrence Theory and Analytics in the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture (GNDA)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency SIGMA+
Country Reports on Terrorism - Statistical Annex
Anatomizing Radiological and Nuclear Non-State Adversaries
Advancing U.S. CWMD/CWMT Capabilities in Support of the SIGMA+ Program through Development of Anticipatory Human Social Systems Models and Adversary Weapon Selection Decision Processes