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ICONS simulations help professors move instruction online quickly

Moving Instruction Online? ICONS Simulations Available

START team develops dataset on cyberattacks against critical infrastructure

Global terrorism decreases in 2018 as recent uptick in U.S. terrorist attacks was sustained

New data shows risk of recidivism is high among extremists, highlights barriers and enablers

New online course offers interactive, hands-on opportunity to design CVE program

DoD awards START nearly $3 million to enhance critical terrorism datasets

Fact Sheet: Far-Right Fatal Ideological Violence against Religious Institutions and Individuals in the United States: 1990-2018

New data, updated analysis of Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States

Fact Sheet: Terrorist Attacks against Religious Targets in the United States, 1970 — 2017

START launches Terrorism 360 podcast

Terrorist violence decreases worldwide in 2017, but remains historically high

Pre-radicalization criminal activity is strongest predictor of post-radicalization violent extremism

Recasting and Repositioning CVE as a Grand Strategic Response to Terrorism

Iconic website gets a refresh

U.S. perpetrators tend to attack close to home

Fact Sheet: American Deaths in Terrorist Attacks, 1995-2016

From Kosovo to College Park

Exploring factors in successful vs. unsuccessful terrorist assassinations

Terrorist attack deaths increase in Iraq, the West, despite decrease worldwide

US Muslims with radical opinions feel more alienated and depressed

MELTT tool aims to aid event-based quantitative research

In his second year at START, Justin Mayes continues to impress

START team selected as finalists in national competition

START inks new book series with Oxford University Press

Six reasons why stopping terrorism is so challenging

Rachel Gabriel awarded for app to assess education programs for Syrian refugees

START launches new training course on understanding and preventing radicalization to violence and violent extremism

Experts explain the complexities of counterterrorism

Threats of violent Islamist and far-right extremism: What does the research say?

ICONS Gray Zone work gets international attention

Advanced Radioactive Threat Detection System completes first large-scale citywide test

CVE Field Principles for Local Government Agencies

The fascinating puzzle of the GTD

START data informs 2016 Global Terrorism Index

Background Report: Criminal Justice & Military Deaths at the Hands of Extremists

Recruitment and Radicalization among U.S. Far-Right Terrorists

“Give Peace a Chance”? Explaining Colombia’s (Failed) Peace Process with the FARC

‘The Price of Certainty’

Patterns of Islamic State-Related Terrorism, 2002-2015

Mental Illness and Terrorism

Liberty Day sits down with NJOHSP

Extreme Hatred: Revisiting the Hate Crime and Terrorism Relationship

From WWI to ISIS, Using Shame and Masculinity in Recruitment Narratives

New START model forecasts the flow of foreign fighters

Wilkenfeld Discusses “International Negotiation in a Complex World”

How Public Health Can Improve Initiatives to Counter Violent Extremism

Designing Danger: Complex Engineering by Violent Non-State Actors

ISIL in Libya: A Bayesian Approach to Mapping At-Risk Regions

News media affects how Muslims are perceived, treated

New research finds important lessons for CVE in fields of mental health, education

Is This Terrorism? / Why Does It Matter?

START teams up with UMD’s ICONS Project

Studying grievances with information science to understand contentious actions

New study examines factors contributing to CBRN pursuit

Resources to better understand the Islamic State, global terrorism, foreign fighters

Be careful what you ask for: 10 Years at START

New NOAA project aims to improve all hazards risk communication

START internship, DHS support inspire alumna's career track

Study shows longer emergency text alerts improve safety

START expands study abroad opportunities

Terrorist attacks involving firearms more likely to be lethal than other types of attacks

100 miles in Singapore brings students steps closer to understanding CVE

Research finds probable pathways and chokepoints for human smuggling along U.S.-Mexico border

START recognized for expanding access for underrepresented students

Discussion Point: Insider Threat in the Aviation Industry

No Hate USA Campaign Launch

Congressman Ruppersberger visits START

A trip to Tohoku inspires new START study abroad program

Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Slight

CVE Fellows develop social media campaign to combat violent extremism

START Participates in White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism

New study abroad program in Singapore to focus on CVE and deradicalization

Amy Pate Completes Research on Nigeria-based Terrorism Group Boko Haram

L.E.A.D.I.R. study report finds ISIL is no “flash-in-the pan”

START Researchers on Canadian Parliament Shooter Michael Zahaf-Bibeau

START researchers earn $2.6 million NSF grant to investigate social media’s ability to predict political instability

Majority of 2013 terrorist attacks occurred in just a few countries

Sovereign citizen movement perceived as top terrorist threat

New brief analyzes terrorist groups in the United States

Graphic design, the Navy and geospatial coding

AQAM’s fatal attacks and violent plots in the US

Background Report: Boko Haram Recent Attacks

Discussion Point: Kansas City shootings constitute terrorism

Discussion Point: Why isn't anyone calling this terrorism, still?

START Director's China visit opens door for future scholarly collaboration

START students embark on international opportunity

Research identifies most likely non-state chem-bio threats

New study evaluates English-language jihadist magazine

Terrorism and the Olympics: Sochi, Russia 2014

Despite fewer attacks in Western world, global terrorism increasing

Study finds that warning banners deter hackers

START aims to strengthen defense capabilities against WMD-seeking terrorists

Rigid cultural values related to greater number of terrorist attacks

START Symposium showcases impactful research, datasets

Researchers identify characteristics of groups poised for violence

Lone actors significantly less involved in extremism

UMD football player maps his future at START

March 2020

Mar 26

ICONS simulations help professors move instruction online quickly

Mar 13

Moving Instruction Online? ICONS Simulations Available

Mar 10

Researchers Study Characteristics of Extremists Who Pursue Chemical, Biological Weapons

Mar 2

START pulls out all the stops for UMD Giving Day 2020

February 2020

Feb 28

February News: Support START on March 4; GTD leveraged for military and UN reports; A month remains for free CVE courses

Feb 27

START researcher presents at Baltimore County PD Homeland Security Seminar

Feb 26

Global Terrorism Database leveraged for military and UN reports

Feb 18

Intern spotlight: Jessica Berman

Feb 3

Vera Mironova shortlisted for book award for “From Freedom Fighters to Jihadists”

January 2020

Jan 24

The GTD is now on Twitter

Jan 22

January News: NIJ awards START $1.5M for two new projects; Job opportunities; GTD informs new graphic novel

Jan 21

Global Terrorism Database (GTD) contributes to graphic novels about genocide

Jan 17

National Institute of Justice awards $1.5 Million to START

Jan 9

START offers chance for students to study counterterrorism in Malaysia this summer

December 2019

Dec 19

December News: Cyberattacks against critical infrastructure; Limited time remains for free CVE training opportunities; Job opportunity

Dec 19

START team develops dataset on cyberattacks against critical infrastructure

Dec 18

GIS research project seeks to combat drug cartels and gangs in Mexico and Central America

Dec 12

GTD informs Global Terrorism Index

Dec 5

START researcher travels to Ghana to help develop CT and CVE training

Dec 4

Free FEMA training courses on countering violent extremism available for a limited time through START

November 2019

Nov 20

START, CINA and CAOE develop search tool for combatting cartels in Mexico and the Northern Triangle

Nov 20

November News: Search tool to combat cartels; Global terrorism trends infographic

Nov 19

TEVUS updated through 2018

Nov 4

Vera Mironova gives talk on her new book at START

October 2019

Oct 8

Global terrorism decreases in 2018 as recent uptick in U.S. terrorist attacks was sustained

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Events

April 15, 2020

Book Talk: "Weaponized Words: The Strategic Role of Persuasion in Violent Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization"

April 20, 2020

CVE in Practice: An Ecosystemic Approach to Countering Violent Extremism in the United States

April 22, 2020

Book Talk: "Your Sons Are At Your Service: Tunisia's Missionaries of Jihad"

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