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Middle East and North Africa

Project Title Investigators Project Period
Minorities at Risk Related Projects June, 2005 to December, 2016
Counter Radicalization of Scientists in CBRN-relevant Technical Fields Arie Kruglanski, Gary Ackerman, Michele Gelfand September, 2013 to April, 2015
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 Sin September, 2013 to March, 2015
ISIL: Branding, Leadership Culture and Lethal Attraction Gina Scott Ligon November, 2014
Terrorist Behavior and Societal Tolerance of Violence Risa Brooks July, 2012 to December, 2013
Extremist Pathways to Power: The Rise of Extremist Ideologies to State Dogma Amy Pate, Gary Ackerman, John Sawyer May, 2013 to October, 2013
Dealing with the Devil: When Bargaining with Terrorists Works Erica Chenoweth, Laura Dugan June, 2009 to December, 2011
Turning to Terrorism: Ethnic, Religious, and Extremist Organizations Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Victor Asal June, 2008 to December, 2011
Big, Allied, Dangerous, and Charitable? R. Karl Rethemeyer, Victor Asal June, 2009 to October, 2011
Martyrs without Borders: Iraq's Foreign Fighters and the Third Generation of Global Jihad Mohammed Hafez June, 2008 to May, 2011
Radicalizing the Poor: Understanding the Influence of Service Provision on Popular Support for and Participation in Violent Political Groups Shawn Flanigan June, 2008 to May, 2011
Tracking Sympathy and Support of Muslims for Terrorism in Muslim Countries and in the United Kingdom Clark McCauley June, 2008 to May, 2011
The Impact of Israeli Counterterrorism Interventions on Rate and Intensity of Terrorist Activity: Hazard Modeling and Time Series Approaches Arie Kruglanski July, 2008 to June, 2010
Police Responses to Terrorism: Lessons from the Israeli Experience David Weisburd June, 2009 to May, 2010
International Survey Capability Steven Kull June, 2005 to September, 2009
Assessing the Effectiveness of Current De-Radicalization Initiatives and Identifying Implications for the Development of U.S.-Based Initiatives in Multiple Settings June, 2008 to June, 2009
The Effects of Terrorism on Police Organization, Police Effectiveness in Crime Fighting and Public Expectations of and Attitudes toward the Police: A Multi-method Study of the Israeli Experience David Weisburd January, 2006 to May, 2009
The Use of Violence by Ethnopolitical Organizations Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Victor Asal June, 2005 to May, 2009
Mobilization For and Against Terrorism in the Muslim World Clark McCauley, Mansoor Moaddel, Mohammed Hafez May, 2005 to May, 2009
Understanding Desistance from Terrorism Clark McCauley May, 2005 to May, 2009
Support for Terrorism as a Function of Individualistic and Collectivistic Goals Arie Kruglanski June, 2005 to January, 2009
Project Title Publication Date START Authors Publication Type
Women Too: Explaining Gender Ideologies of Ethnopolitical Organizations May 2020 Asal, Victor Journal Article
Nuclear Weapons and Existential Threats: Insights from a Comparative Analysis of Nuclear-Armed States October 2014 Asal, Victor Journal Article
Al-Qaida and Al-Shabaab: A Resilient Alliance January 2019 Bacon, Tricia Book Chapter
Foreign Fighter Influence in Al-Shabaab: Limitations and Future Prospects January 2019 Bacon, Tricia Book Chapter
Al Qaeda and the Islamic State's Break: Strategic Strife or Lackluster Leadership? October 2017 Bacon, Tricia Journal Article
Is the Enemy of My Enemy My Friend? How Terrorist Groups Select Partners January 2018 Bacon, Tricia Journal Article
Hurdles to International Terrorist Alliances: Lessons from Al Qaeda's Experience February 2015 Bacon, Tricia Journal Article
Disaggregating and Defeating Terrorist Safe Havens December 2014 Bacon, Tricia Journal Article
Catch Them Coming and Going: Probabilistic Pathway Projection to Counter Foreign Fighters March 2016 Boyd, Marcus A. START Reports
Probabilistic Pathway Projection to Counter Foreign Fighters April 2016 Boyd, Marcus A. Research Brief
The War Within: A Look Inside al-Qaeda's Undoing August 2016 Brachman, Jarret Book
A Tale of Two Caliphates: Al-Qaida and its Associated Movement vs. the Islamic State and its Associated Movement September 2015 Braniff, William Presentation
The State of Al-Qaeda its Affiliates, and Associated Groups: Views from Outside Experts February 2014 Braniff, William Congressional Testimony
What is the State of Islamic Extremism: Key Trends, Challenges and Implications for U.S. Policy February 2015 Braniff, William Congressional Testimony
How Community Ties Influence Terrorist Targeting of Civilians November 2013 Brooks, Risa Research Brief
Introducing the Nonviolent Action in Violent Contexts (NVAVC) dataset January 2019 Chenoweth, Erica Journal Article
Rethinking Transnational Terrorism: An Integrated Approach February 2020 Crenshaw, Martha Report
Transnational Jihadism & Civil Wars September 2017 Crenshaw, Martha Journal Article
An Aggregation of Geo-coded Violent and Non-violent Conflict Events April 2016 Cunningham, David E. Conference Paper
Not Your Father's Intelligence Failure: Why the Intelligence Community Failed to Anticipate the Rise of ISIS June 2018 Dahl, Erik Book Chapter
When Politicians Sell Drugs: Examining Why Middle East Ethnopolitical Organizations Are Involved in the Drug Trade March 2012 Deloughery, Kathleen; Asal, Victor Journal Article
Gray Zone Crises in MENA and Eastern Europe March 2017 Ellis, Devin; Murauskaite, Egle; Wilkenfeld, Jonathan; Capps, Ron Research Brief
Election Anxiety is Driving Erdogan’s Decisions in Syria February 2018 Erdemandi, Max Op-ed
Advantages of Syrian Diaspora Aid to Refugees in Middle Eastern States of the Global South November 2018 Flanigan, Shawn Journal Article
Terrorists Next Door? A Comparison of Mexican Drug Cartels and Middle Eastern Terrorist Organizations March 2012 Flanigan, Shawn Journal Article
Service-Seeking Behavior, Perceptions of Armed Actors, and Preferences Regarding Governance: Evidence from the Palestinian Territories May 2015 Flanigan, Shawn Journal Article
Nonprofit Service Provision by Insurgent Organizations: The Cases of Hizballah and the Tamil Tigers June 2008 Flanigan, Shawn Journal Article
Shifts in Perceptions of NGOs with the Creation of the Palestinian National Authority September 2014 Flanigan, Shawn Journal Article
Hezbollah's Social Jihad: Nonprofits as Resistance Organizations June 2009 Flanigan, Shawn Journal Article
Cigarette smuggling and terrorism financing November 2013 Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven Book Chapter
Fratricide in Rebel Movements: A Network Analysis of Syrian Militant Infighting January 2019 Hafez, Mohammed Journal Article
Networks of Cooperation: Rebel Alliances in Fragmented Civil Wars February 2019 Hafez, Mohammed Journal Article
The Curse of Cain: Why Fratricidal Jihadis Fail to Learn from Their Mistakes November 2017 Hafez, Mohammed Journal Article
Fratricidal Rebels: Ideological Extremity and Warring Factionalism in Civil Wars April 2020 Hafez, Mohammed Journal Article
Apologia for Suicide: Martyrdom in Contemporary Jihadist Discourse May 2018 Hafez, Mohammed Book Chapter
The Crisis Within Jihadism: The Islamic State’s Puritanism vs. al-Qa`ida’s Populism September 2020 Hafez, Mohammed Journal Article
Fratricidal Jihadists: Why Islamists Keep Losing their Civil Wars May 2018 Hafez, Mohammed Journal Article
Social Network Analysis of German Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq February 2017 Hafez, Mohammed Journal Article
Is all Jihad Local? Transnational Contention and Political Violence in Somalia November 2013 Henne, Peter Book Chapter
NGO Intervention in Jihadist Conflicts: A Closer Look at Afghanistan and Somalia February 2019 Hodwitz, Omi Journal Article
NGO Interventions: Influences on Terrorist Activity August 2016 Hodwitz, Omi Journal Article
The thin red line March 2013 Johns, Mila Op-ed
The Transnational Security Threat from D-Company January 2015 Joshi, Sharad Book Chapter
How terrorist actors in Pakistan use nuclear weapons for political influence March 2019 Joshi, Sharad Journal Article
Taking the Sinai Province of the Islamic State Seriously Without Helping it Destabilize Egypt August 2015 Kane, Sheehan; Braniff, William Discussion Point
Shifting Eastern Mediterranean Alliances March 2016 Karagiannis, Emmanuel Journal Article
The New Face of Political Islam in Central Asia: The Rise of Islamo-democrats May 2016 Karagiannis, Emmanuel Journal Article
Transnational Islamist Networks: Western Fighters in Afghanistan, Somalia and Syria December 2013 Karagiannis, Emmanuel Journal Article
Hizballah as a Social Movement Organization: A Framing Approach November 2009 Karagiannis, Emmanuel Journal Article
Comparative Islamist Perspectives on the Politics of Energy in the Middle East and Beyond July 2014 Karagiannis, Emmanuel Journal Article
Report: Demystifying Gray Zone Conflict: A Typology of Conflict Dyads and Instruments of Power in Libya, 2014-Present November 2016 Koven, Barnett S.; Johns, Mila START Reports
Quantifying Gray Zone Conflict: (De-)escalatory Trends in Gray Zone Conflicts in Colombia, Libya and Ukraine June 2017 Koven, Barnett S.; Sin, Steve START Reports
How Human Boundaries Become State Borders: Radical Flanks and Territorial Control in the Modern Era July 2018 Krause, Peter Journal Article
ISIS: Its History, Ideology, and Psychology April 2018 Kruglanski, Arie Book Chapter
Predictors of Support for Anti-Western Terrorism October 2006 Kruglanski, Arie; Fishman, Shira Research Brief
Perceptions of the United States and Support for Violence Against America November 2006 Kruglanski, Arie; McCauley, Clark; McLeod, Douglas M.; LaFree, Gary; Kull, Steven Research Brief
Does Legitimacy Matter? Attitudes Towards Anti-American Violence in Eqypt, Morcco, and Indonesia September 2012 LaFree, Gary Journal Article
Counter‐terrorism Policies in the Middle East: Why Democracy Has Failed to Reduce Terrorism in the Middle East and Why Protecting Human Rights Might Be More Successful November 2020 LaFree, Gary Journal Article
Images of Death and Dying in ISIS Media: A Comparison of English and Arabic Print Publications January 2018 Lemieux, Anthony Journal Article
Validating Extremism: Strategic Use of Authority Appeals in al-Naba' Infographics May 2018 Lemieux, Anthony Journal Article
Collaborative Online International Learning: The Example of a Course in the Psychology of Terrorism in the United States and Iran January 2009 Lemieux, Anthony Journal Article
Mapping and Deterring Violent Extremist Networks in North-West Africa April 2015 Leuprecht, Christian Journal Article
Political Fragmentation and Alliances among Armed Non-state Actors in North and Western Africa (1997–2014) September 2017 Leuprecht, Christian Journal Article
The Diffusion and Permeability of Political Violence in North and West Africa May 2019 Leuprecht, Christian Journal Article
The Puzzle of Nonviolence in Western Sahara May 2016 Leuprecht, Christian Journal Article
Applying Social Network Analysis to Terrorist Financing May 2018 Leuprecht, Christian Book Chapter
Applying an Organizational Framework to Examine Jihadi Organizations as an Industry October 2017 Ligon, Gina Scott Journal Article
A Strategic Analysis of Violent Extremist Organizations in the United States Central Command Area of Responsibility March 2020 Ligon, Gina Scott White Paper
ISIL: Branding, Leadership Culture and Lethal Attraction November 2014 Ligon, Gina Scott; Simi, Peter START Reports
Options to Facilitate Socio-Political Stability in Syria and Iraq November 2016 Ligon, Gina Scott; Young, Joseph; Rethemeyer, R. Karl; Asal, Victor White Paper
Psychological Correlates of Support for Compromise: A Polling Study of Jewish-Israeli Attitudes toward Solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict October 2005 McCauley, Clark Journal Article
Suicide bombers in Iraq, 2003-2010: Disaggregating targets can reveal insurgent motives and priorities January 2013 McCauley, Clark Journal Article
Politically motivated violent extremism January 2012 McCauley, Clark Book Chapter
Boomerang: Opinion versus Action in the Radicalization of Abu-Mulal al-Balawi July 2010 McCauley, Clark Journal Article
What Comes after ISIS? A Peace Proposal January 2016 McCauley, Clark Journal Article
Suicide Bombers in Iraq, 2003-2010: Disaggregating Targets Can Reveal Insurgent Motives and Priorities January 2014 McCauley, Clark Journal Article
How Many Suicide Terrorists are Suicidal? August 2014 McCauley, Clark Journal Article
Losing your Audience: Desistance from Terrorism in Egypt after Luxor November 2009 McCauley, Clark Journal Article
Threat, Dehumanization, and Support for Aggressive Retaliatory Policies in Asymmetric Conflict February 2008 McCauley, Clark Journal Article
The Emerging Red-Green Alliance: Where Political Islam Meets the Radical Left March 2013 McCauley, Clark; Karagiannis, Emmanuel Journal Article
Western Muslims Volunteering to fight in Syria and Iraq: Why do they go, and what should we do? July 2015 McCauley, Clark; Moskalenko, Sophia Journal Article
Circles Drawing Toward High Risk Activism: The Use of Usroh and Halaqa in Islamist Radical Movements May 2008 McLeod, Douglas M. Journal Article
Support for the Caliphate and Radical Mobilization January 2008 McLeod, Douglas M. Research Brief
Terrorism in Mali November 2015 Miller, Erin Fact Sheet
August 2013 Security Threat to Americans Abroad August 2013 Miller, Erin Background Report
Al-Shabaab Attack on Westgate Mall in Kenya September 2013 Miller, Erin Background Report
Terrorist Attacks on Educational Institutions December 2014 Miller, Erin Background Report
Mass Casualty Explosives Attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan June 2017 Miller, Erin; Distler, Michael Background Report
Terrorist Attacks Show Biggest Decline in a Decade; But Let's Wait Before Celebrating June 2016 Miller, Erin; LaFree, Gary; Jensen, Michael Discussion Point
Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Anwar al-Awlaki, and Samir Khan September 2011 Miller, Erin; Smarick, Kathleen Background Report
From Freedom Fighters to Jihadists: Human Resources of Non State Armed Groups May 2019 Mironova, Vera Book
Risk Tolerance during Conflict: Evidence from Aleppo, Syria April 2019 Mironova, Vera Journal Article
Rebel Group Attrition and Reversion to Violence: Micro-Level Evidence from Syria January 2020 Mironova, Vera Journal Article
Religious Fundamentalism in the Middle East: A Cross-National, Inter-Faith, and Inter-Ethnic Analysis November 2012 Moaddel, Mansoor Book
Foreign Occupation and National Pride: The Case of Iraq January 2008 Moaddel, Mansoor Journal Article
Religious Fundamentalism among Young Muslims in Egypt and Saudi Arabia June 2008 Moaddel, Mansoor Journal Article
Middle Eastern Youth and the Arab Spring: Cross-National Variation and Trends in Values September 2014 Moaddel, Mansoor Journal Article
Monolithic Religious Markets, Fragmented State Structures, and Islamic Fundamentalism Among Iranians and the Middle East and North Africa April 2017 Moaddel, Mansoor Journal Article
Measuring Fundamentalism Across the Abrahamic Faiths May 2021 Moaddel, Mansoor Journal Article
Religious Fundamentalism, Liberal Nationalism, and Sectarian Solidarity among Lebanese August 2021 Moaddel, Mansoor Book Chapter
Values and Perceptions of the Islamic and Middle Eastern Publics January 2007 Moaddel, Mansoor Book
Religious Fundamentalism in Eight Muslim‐Majority Countries: Reconceptualization and Assessment August 2018 Moaddel, Mansoor Journal Article
Marriage of Convenience: The Evolution of Iran and al-Qa'ida's Tactical Cooperation April 2017 Moghadam, Assaf Journal Article
Towards Global Jihadism: Al-Qaeda's Strategic, Ideological and Structural Adaptations since 9/11 June 2012 Moghadam, Assaf; Braniff, William Journal Article
Al Qaeda's Post-9/11 Evolution: An Assessment November 2011 Moghadam, Assaf; Braniff, William Book Chapter
Caliphate in Decline: An Estimate of Islamic State's Financial Fortunes March 2017 Neumann, Peter Report
Examining the Effect of Repressive and Conciliatory Government Actions on Terrorism Activity in Israel May 2015 Parkin, William Journal Article
The “New” Face of Transnational Crime Organizations (TCOs): A Geopolitical Perspective and Implications to U.S. National Security May 2013 Pate, Amy; Ackerman, Gary; Johns, Mila White Paper
Why Do Some Organizations Kill While Others Do Not: An Examination of Middle Eastern Operations October 2014 Pate, Amy; Asal, Victor Journal Article
Al-Shabaab Attack on Garissa University in Kenya April 2015 Pate, Amy; Miller, Erin; Jensen, Michael Background Report
Stochastic Opponent Modeling Agents: A Case Study with Hezbollah April 2008 Pate, Amy; Wilkenfeld, Jonathan; Michael, Mary Conference Paper
The Use of Violence by Ethnopolitical Organizations in the Middle East February 2007 Pate, Amy; Wilkenfeld, Jonathan; Michael, Mary; Asal, Victor Research Brief
Terrorism Media Effects in Youth Exposed to Chronic Threat and Conflict in Israel April 2019 Pfefferbaum, Betty; Pfefferbaum, Rose Journal Article
The Opium Trade and Patterns of Terrorism in the Provinces of Afghanistan: An Empirical Analysis March 2012 Piazza, James A. Journal Article
Draining the Swamp: Democracy Promotion, State Failure, and Terrorism in 19 Middle Eastern Countries April 2007 Piazza, James A. Journal Article
‘Nondemocratic Islamists’ and Support for ISIS in the Arab World January 2020 Piazza, James A. Journal Article
Democratic Skepticism and Support for Terrorism in the Palestinian Territories August 2018 Piazza, James A. Journal Article
Private Military Companies, Opportunities, and Termination of Civil Wars in Africa October 2013 Radziszewski, Elizabeth Journal Article
Interpersonal Discussions and Attitude Formation on Foreign Policy: The Case of Polish Involvement in the Iraq War January 2013 Radziszewski, Elizabeth Journal Article
Financial Activities Linked to Persons from Sweden and Denmark who Joined Terrorist Groups in Syria and Iraq During the Period 2013-2016 January 2017 Ranstorp, Magnus Report
Counterterrorism Strategies and Democracy: Lessons for the US from the (Unfortunate) Example of Turkey May 2013 Satana, Nil Discussion Point
Military Counterterrorism Measures, Civil-Military Relations and Democracy: The Cases of Turkey and the US September 2018 Satana, Nil Journal Article
Hamas and Suicide Terrorism: Multi-causal and Multi-level Approaches January 2011 Singh, Rashmi Book
The Discourse and Practice of ‘Heroic Resistance’ in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict – The Case of Hamas December 2012 Singh, Rashmi Journal Article
Conducting Terrorism Fieldwork on a Shoe-String Budget: Researching Suicide Terrorism in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict February 2013 Singh, Rashmi Book Chapter
Suicide Bombers – Martyrs, Heroes or Victims? March 2014 Singh, Rashmi Book Chapter
'Defensive Liberal Wars’: The Global War on Terror and the Return of Illiberalism in American Foreign Policy March 2015 Singh, Rashmi Journal Article
Thinking about the Law of Unintended Consequences October 2010 Singh, Rashmi Journal Article
Islamic State Chemical Weapons: A Case Contained by its Context? March 2018 Tinsley, Herbert; Quigley, Jillian; Binder, Markus Journal Article
Policing terrorism and police–community relations: views of the Arab minority in Israel March 2014 Weisburd, David Journal Article
Trends in Israeli policing: terrorism, community, victimization and crime control January 2014 Weisburd, David Journal Article
Cops and Spooks: The Role of Police in Counterterrorism November 2008 Weisburd, David Book Chapter
Terrorist Recidivism in Israel: Rates, Patterns and Risk Factors June 2020 Weisburd, David Book Chapter
Terrorist Threats and Police Performance: A Study of Israeli Communities November 2009 Weisburd, David Journal Article
The Israeli Model for Policing Terrorism: Goals, Strategies, and Open Questions December 2009 Weisburd, David Journal Article
Forecasting the Use of Violence by Ethno–Political Organizations: Middle Eastern Minorities and the Choice of Violence, V. S. Subrahmanian, ed. November 2012 Wilkenfeld, Jonathan Book Chapter
Gender Ideologies and Forms of Contentious Mobilization in the Middle East May 2013 Wilkenfeld, Jonathan; Asal, Victor Journal Article
Transnational Volunteers: American Foreign Fighters Combating the Islamic State April 2020 Young, Joseph Journal Article
Choosing to Fight, Choosing to Die: Examining How ISIS Foreign Fighters Select Their Operational Roles July 2020 Young, Joseph Journal Article
An Analysis of Violent Nonstate Actor Organizational Lethality and Network Co-Evoluation in the Middle East and North Africa February 2016 Young, Joseph; Rethemeyer, R. Karl; Asal, Victor START Reports
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Middle Eastern Values study data available Jessica Stark Rivinius
Conciliatory counterterrorism strategies could limit terrorist groups’ lethality Jessica Rivinius
Geospatial Analysis of Critical Power Infrastructure Vulnerability in Baghdad, Iraq William Kammerer
New START model forecasts the flow of foreign fighters Jessica Rivinius
Intern team authors peer-reviewed journal article on Hamas Jessica Rivinius
ISIL in Libya: A Bayesian Approach to Mapping At-Risk Regions Douglas I. Zietz, Joshua M. House, Rhys A. Young
Taking the Sinai Province of the Islamic State seriously without helping it destabilize Egypt Sheehan Kane, William Braniff
Hybrid organizations have greater motivational and operations ability for RN trafficking Liz Wasden
The future of the Hamas Movement: A journalist’s perspective Laura Gonzalez
START Background Report: Al-Shabaab Attack on Garrissa University
Dagher discusses ISIL in Iraq and new public opinion data Charlotte Taylor
START's Mansoor Moaddel publishes findings from Iraq values surveys
The evolution of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) Jessica Rivinius
Background Report: Boko Haram Recent Attacks
Discussion Point: The Prospective Military Power of Al Qaeda Affiliated Groups in the Syrian Conflict Aaron Lin, Daniel Smith, Ryan Pereira
Researcher analyzes how community ties impact terrorist groups’ targeting of civilians Laura Walker
START Newsletter: Intelligence and security; perspectives on terrorism; Hezbollah; 'big data' and coding
A Discussion with Dr. Matthew Levitt, Author of Hezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon's Party of God Laura Walker
Discussion Point: Counterterrorism Strategies and Democracy: Lessons for the US from the (Unfortunate) Example of Turkey Nil Satana
START provides statistical annex for Country Reports on Terrorism
Jeffrey Lewis discusses history and culture behind suicide bombings Mary Beck
START student named Boren Scholar Andres Feijoo
START researcher explores how terrorism affects democracy, compares Turkey and US Mary Beck
Significant Terrorism Events in the News: January 1, 2013 - January 29, 2013 Jaime Shoemaker
START Research Brief: Al-Shabaab's use of Twitter
Researcher Spotlight: Amy Pate Jessica Rivinius
Database Spotlight: Police Response to Terrorism - Lessons from the Israeli Police Catherine Llamido
First-of-its-kind index ranks countries for impact of terrorism
Discussion Point: Beyond al-Qa'ida Bill Braniff
New FAS study assesses global economic impact of actions taken against Iran
Terrorists act locally
Research Roundtable details the patterns of terrorism worldwide Emily Bonta
START honors International GIS Day teaching about Mali conflict
Database Spotlight: Government Actions in a Terror Environment-Israel
Researcher Spotlight: Nil Satana Catherine Llamido
Significant Terrorism Events in the News: Sept. 25 - Oct. 22, 2012 Jaime Shoemaker
New data reveals al-Qaida-linked groups among most active terrorist groups in the world
'Carrot' Works Better than 'Stick' Against Terror in Israel
Research Roundtable event features START researcher Brandon Behlendorf Mary Beck
Database Spotlight: Muslim Public Opinion and Public Opinion in the Islamic World on Terrorism, al Qaeda and U.S. Policies Nicholas Munson
Al-Qaida's fatal terrorism under Osama bin Laden
Leading terrorism expert discusses mobilization of women into terrorist networks Samantha Goldman
Prevention and Protection in an Age of Terror
START Releases 2011 Research Review
START Investigators Participate in 2011 American Sociological Association Annual Conference
START Announces 2011-2012 Terrorism Research Award Participants
START releases new data collections
Have you seen it yet? START Research Review
START Announces 2010-2011 Terrorism Research Awards and Undergraduate Research Program Participants
START releases first Research Review
New Dataset on Ethnically Based Organizations Released
START Announces 2009-2010 Undergraduate Research Program Award Recipients
START Expands its Research Brief Series
START Director LaFree Discusses Terrorist Behavior on Kojo Nnamdi Show
START Releases Report on Public Opinion in Muslim Countries
New Research Brief Released: The Use of Violence by Ethnopolitical Organizations in the Middle East
START Research Contributes to House Intelligence Report
Kruglanski Honored by Society of Experimental Social Psychology
START Research Symposium: Wednesday, June 28th
START Advisory Board member quoted in "Daily Telegraph" and CNN
START Announces Fellowships for 2005-06
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Kurt Braddock

Assistant Professor, American University

 American University
Laura Dugan Laura Dugan

Ralph Mershon Professor of Human Security and Professor of Sociology 

 The Ohio State University
Margaret Hayden Margaret Hayden

Researcher, GTD

 University of Maryland
Max Erdemandi

Ph.D. Student, Communication Science and Social Cognition

 University of Maryland
Rebecca (Becca) Earnhardt

Presidential Scholar, Biodefense PhD Student

 George Mason University
Salma Bouziani

Project Manager/Researcher, START

 University of Maryland
Sheehan Kane

Researcher/Data Collection Manager, START

 University of Maryland
Victor Asal

Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of Public Administration

 University at Albany, State University of New York
Photo of William Braniff William Braniff

Department Chair, START Director

Professor of the Practice, University of Maryland

Editorial Board, International Centre for Counter-Terrorism - The Hague

Research Advisory Board, RESOLVE Network

Independent Advisory Committee (IAC), Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT)

International Advisory Board, Hedayah Center

 University of Maryland
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