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A consortium of researchers dedicated to improving the understanding of the human causes and consequences of terrorism

Eastern Europe

Title Investigators Project Period
Developing Integrated Radiological and Nuclear Detection Architecture for the Interior and International Mission Space Steve S. Sin, Ph.D., Marcus A. Boyd -
International and Regional Architecture Reports Brandon Behlendorf, Emily Iarocci, Gary Ackerman, Steve S. Sin, Ph.D. -
Martyrs without Borders: Iraq's Foreign Fighters and the Third Generation of Global Jihad Mohammed Hafez -
Organized and/or Transnational Crime/Drug Cartel Nexus with Illicit Radiological/Nuclear Trade, Smuggling and/or Terrorism in Europe and North, Sahelian and West Africa Amy Pate, John Sawyer, Marcus A. Boyd, Steve S. Sin, Ph.D. -
Shadows of Violence: Empirical Assessments of Threats, Coercion and Gray Zones Amy Pate, Barnett S. Koven -
Support for Terrorism as a Function of Individualistic and Collectivistic Goals Arie Kruglanski -
Turning to Terrorism: Ethnic, Religious, and Extremist Organizations Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Victor Asal -
Understanding Desistance from Terrorism Clark McCauley -
Western Tools Short of War: Impact Assessment of Selected Use Cases in Ukraine Egle Murauskaite
Project Title Publication Date Publication Type
Catch Them Coming and Going: Probabilistic Pathway Projection to Counter Foreign Fighters 2016-03-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Civilian Resilience and Resistance: Integrating Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives with a Focus on Ukraine 2024-12-19T12:00:00 START Reports
Criminal Pasts, Terrorist Futures: European Jihadists and the New Crime-Terror Nexus 2016-12-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Ethnicity and Altruism after Violence: The Contact Hypothesis in Kosovo 2014-10-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Europe's Jihadist Dilemma 2006-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
European and American Extreme Right Groups and the Internet 2012-11-01T12:00:00 Book
Far-Right Nativism: Its Geopolitical Effects and Its Future in North America and Europe 2022-01-01T12:00:00 Report
Foreign Fighters in Ukraine: Assessing Potential Risks 2020-02-01T12:00:00 Report
Friction: How Radicalization Happens to Them and Us 2011-01-01T12:00:00 Book
Gray Zone Crises in MENA and Eastern Europe 2017-03-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
How does it feel to talk about Russia? Emotions and themes in Russia-related social media posts in Lithuania 2023-09-10T12:00:00 Journal Article
Joining Al Qaeda: Jihadist Recruitment in Europe 2008-12-01T12:00:00 Book
New Opportunities in Common Security and Defence Policy: Joining PESCO 2020-02-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Nuclear Matters: Lithuanian Security Culture in the Context of NATO Trends 2018-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Nuclear Smuggling and Threats to Lithuanian Security 2016-12-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Probabilistic Pathway Projection to Counter Foreign Fighters 2016-04-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Quantifying Gray Zone Conflict: (De-)escalatory Trends in Gray Zone Conflicts in Colombia, Libya and Ukraine 2017-06-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Radical Right Movement Parties in Europe 2018-12-01T12:00:00 Book
Russian Aggression in Ukraine: Is There a Solution? 2016-10-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Russian Government’s Narratives on Twitter in the Context of Events in the Ukraine War 2024-12-10T12:00:00 Research Brief
Russian Women in the Face of War Against Ukraine 2024-03-26T12:00:00 Report
Shifting Eastern Mediterranean Alliances 2016-03-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Social Movements and Europeanization 2009-07-01T12:00:00 Book
Social Networks and Public Support for the European Union 2013-06-01T12:00:00 Book
Social Norms after Conflict Exposure and Victimization by Violence: Experimental Evidence from Kosovo 2018-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Terrorism and the North Caucasus: An Overview 2013-04-01T12:00:00 Background Report
Terrorism and the Olympics: Sochi, Russia 2014 2014-01-01T12:00:00 Background Report
The Emerging Red-Green Alliance: Where Political Islam Meets the Radical Left 2013-03-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Evolution of Prosociality and Parochialism After Violence 2016-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Impact of Events in the War in Ukraine on Pro-Russian Narratives: The Case of Twitter 2024-05-27T12:00:00 START Reports
The Impact of Events in the War in Ukraine on Pro-Russian Narratives: The Case of Weibo and Telegram 2024-09-30T12:00:00 START Reports
The Influence of Nationalism on Russian Security Policy: The Logics of (Dis)-Order and Terrorism in the Shift from Nation-State to Nation-Civilization 2015-10-01T12:00:00 START Reports
The Rise and Endurance of Radical Right Movements 2019-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Russian Interventions in South Ossetia and Crimea Compared: Military Performance, Legitimacy and Goals 2014-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The War in Ukraine: Understanding Western Tools Short of War 2024-07-22T12:00:00 Book
U.S. Arms Transfers to Ukraine: Impact Assessment 2023-01-12T12:00:00 START Reports
U.S. Military Training Assistance to Ukraine 2023-02-27T12:00:00 START Reports
Ukrainian Volunteer Fighters in the Eastern Front: Ideas, Political-Social Norms and Emotions as Mobilization Mechanisms 2016-02-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Unholy Alliances: Evidence on Linkages between Trans-State Terrorism and Crime Networks: The Case of Bosnia 2010-06-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
War Crimes in Ukraine: In Search of a Response 2022-08-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Weaponizing Peace: Colombia’s Demobilized FARC as a Lever of Russian Influence 2019-05-01T12:00:00 White Paper
What Explains Ethnic Organizational Violence? Evidence from Eastern Europe and Russia 2015-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
When Will Russia Use Force in Support of Foreign Policy Objectives? Comparative Evidence from the Ukrainian (2014) and Georgia (2008) Crises 2016-02-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Title Job Title Institution
person-default Amanda Quinn Faculty Research Assistant, GTD 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
Egle Egle Murauskaite Senior Researcher & Simulation Developer, ICONS Project, START University of Maryland
Elizabeth Elizabeth Radziszewski Associate Research Scientist, START University of Maryland
Panyan Karina Panyan Research Assistant, Global Terrorism Database (GTD), START University of Maryland
Oleksiy Oleksiy Krylyuk Former Researcher, GTD University of Maryland
Asal_Victor Victor Asal Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of Public Administration University at Albany, State University of New York