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Think like a terrorist.

START offers a fully online, open enrollment Graduate Certificate in Terrorism Studies through the University of Maryland. The yearlong program provides participants – both scholars and practitioners – with advanced education on the causes, dynamics and impacts of international and domestic terrorism. Apply by Feb. 15.

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ICSR/START Report on Prison Radicalisation
July 2, 2010

At the recent Peace and Security Summit in New York, ICSR launched its latest report, Prisons and Terrorism: Radicalisation and De-radicalisation in 15 Countries ...

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Introduction to START

START researcher invited to discuss terrorists’ motivations

1/27/2012

START students study abroad down under

1/5/2012

DHS renews support for START terrorism research for next five years

12/20/2011

LaFree Comments on Terrorist Imprisonment

12/12/2011

Violent Extremism in the U.S.

12/9/2011

START seminar lecturer receives top honors

12/1/2011

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Project Manager/Senior Researcher for Special Projects

10/31/2011

Background Report: ETA Ceasefires by the Numbers

10/21/2011

Background Report: Al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Anwar al-Awlaki, and Samir Khan

9/30/2011

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Director of Administrative Services

9/22/2011

JOB OPPORTUNITY: START Executive Director

9/20/2011

START Releases 2011 Research Review

9/19/2011

Summer 2011 START Bulletin Now Available

9/19/2011

START Affiliate Releases Report on Al-Awlaki

9/13/2011

START Assesses Impact of 9/11

9/6/2011

START Researchers Present at American Political Science Association Annual Conference

9/5/2011

START Researchers Participate in Session on Psychology of Terrorism

9/5/2011

START Investigators Participate in 2011 American Sociological Association Annual Conference

8/20/2011

START Research Team to Develop Risk Communication Training Program

8/18/2011

START Announces 2011-2012 Terrorism Research Award Participants

8/4/2011

START Responds to White House Report on Preventing Violent Extremism

8/3/2011

START Director Gary LaFree Comments on Terrorism Research Before and After 9/11

7/14/2011

START Affiliate Offers Master's Degree in Counter Terrorism and Security Studies

7/11/2011

START Researchers Featured in Journal of Homeland Security

7/7/2011

Background Report: Suicide Attack on Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan

6/29/2011

START Releases New Data Collections

6/23/2011

START Congratulates its Graduating Seniors

5/19/2011

START Response to Death of bin Laden

5/4/2011

Spring 2011 START Bulletin Now Available

4/29/2011

Background Report: Suicide Attack at Moscow Airport

1/25/2011

Background Report: Incendiary Devices in Packages

1/7/2011

Fall 2010 START Bulletin Now Available

12/2/2010

Background Report on Package Bombs on Cargo Planes

11/1/2010

Materials Available from START Seminar, "The Role of Academia in Homeland Security"

10/25/2010

Follow the START Seminar, "The Role of Academia in Homeland Security" Live on Twitter

9/15/2010

START Releases First Research Review

10/21/2009

Understanding the Threat: Perspectives on Violent Extremism

9/2/2011

Catastrophe & Catalyst: 10 Years since 9/11

8/16/2011

DHS Brown Bag with Bean and Mileti

7/29/2011

Inaugural START Research Webinar Featuring the Global Terrorism Database

6/23/2011

Preventing Violent Radicalization in America - Bipartisan Policy Center

6/21/2011

Hearing on the Threat of Muslim-American Radicalization in U.S. Prisons

6/16/2011

DHS Brown Bag: Moving Beyond Deterrence - Laura Dugan

6/15/2011

As American as Apple Pie: Awlaki’s Jihad Against the West

6/14/2011

Radicalization in Friction: Why Osama is Not Dead

5/19/2011

Friction: How Radicalization Happens to Them & Us

4/29/2011

International Studies Association Annual Conference 2011

2/28/2011

Fifth Annual DHS University Network Summit Catastrophies & Complex Systems: Transportation

2/14/2011

Technology, Crime, & Terrorism Symposium - October 6

9/24/2010

START Seminar, "The Role of Academia in Homeland Security"

9/15/2010

Presentation Materials Available from the 2010 International Studies Association Convention

5/11/2010

2008/2009 DHS Summit Presentations Now Available

3/11/2010

START Researcher Martha Crenshaw to Testify before House Subcommittee

11/13/2009

START Briefs House Homeland Security Committee

10/23/2009

When Things Break Down: Myth and Reality in International Politics

10/22/2009

Presentation Materials from START/CIDCM Event on Global Conflict and Terrorism Trends

9/14/2009

Global Conflict & Terrorism Trends

8/27/2009

Arie Kruglanski Discusses START Research on C-Span

5/26/2009

Human and Social Forces in the Spread of the IED Threat: Innovation, Diffusion and Adaptation

5/8/2009

START Co-sponsored Event: The Inner World of Suicide Bombers and Their Dispatchers

3/27/2009

The Future Course of Terrorism: START Seminar with Brian Jenkins

3/6/2009

START Seminar with Steve Coll: Video Available

1/27/2009

START Seminar with Steve Coll: Audio Available

12/19/2008

National Press Club Event : Public Response to Terrorism **Materials Available Online**

12/16/2008

START Seminar: Osama Bin Laden and the Globalization of Terror

10/21/2008

NCA-F/START Conference on Emergency Pre-Event Communication

9/26/2008

START Seminar with Dr. John Horgan

4/10/2008

Research Director Ackerman Testifies on Nuclear Terrorism for Senate Committee

4/3/2008

START Seminar with Ambassador Henry Crumpton

9/17/2007

Congressional Briefing on Evidence-Based Counterterrorism Policy

8/28/2007

International Survey Data from Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Morrocco: Tuesday, April 24

4/18/2007

START Research featured at DHS Research and Education Summit

3/18/2007

U.S. Department of Homeland Security University Network Announces Event on Capitol Hill

2/13/2007

DHS University Network announces Research & Education Summit

1/18/2007

START Co-sponsors Presentation with Mark Juergensmeyer, Author of "Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence."

11/7/2006

START Hosts "Framing Counterterrorism: Comparing Perspectives and Goals" at National Press Club in Washington DC

11/3/2006

START Co-hosts Capitol Hill Reception

10/2/2006

START Co-sponsors Conference on Mathematical Models in Counterterrorism

9/28/2006

From Science...Security. The DHS Research & Education Centers Invite You to a Presentation & Reception

8/30/2006

MP3 Recording of START Research Symposium Available

8/1/2006

Center for Biosecurity convenves meeting on Disease, Disaster, and Democracy: The Public's Stake in Health Emergency Planning

6/23/2006

START Seminar Series with Martha Crenshaw

4/13/2006

Dr. Margaret Wilson Speaks at START Offices

2/28/2006

START Seminar with Marc Sageman: Understanding Global Terrorists: The Case of the Salafi Jihad

2/28/2006

Researcher for START briefs U.S. House of Representatives

1/4/2006