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South Asia

Title Investigators Project Period
Countering Jihadist Ideology among Detainees: The Effects and Effectiveness of De-Radicalization Programs Arie Kruglanski, Michele Gelfand -
Developing Integrated Radiological and Nuclear Detection Architecture for the Interior and International Mission Space Steve S. Sin, Ph.D., Marcus A. Boyd -
Effectiveness of Counterterrorism Strategies Martha Crenshaw -
Extremist Pathways to Power: The Rise of Extremist Ideologies to State Dogma Amy Pate, Gary Ackerman, John Sawyer -
Global Nuclear Detection Architecture: A Study of South Asia Sharad Joshi -
Influencing Violent Extremist Organizations in South Asia Amy Pate, Gary Ackerman -
Martyrs without Borders: Iraq's Foreign Fighters and the Third Generation of Global Jihad Mohammed Hafez -
Opportunities for Public-Private Partnership in Countering Online Extremism and Recruitment Brandon Behlendorf -
Radicalization of Momin Khawaja Clark McCauley, Sophia Moskalenko -
Support for Terrorism as a Function of Individualistic and Collectivistic Goals Arie Kruglanski -
The Threat of Pakistani Criminal Organizations: Assessing the Potential for Involvement in Radiological/Nuclear Smuggling, Collaboration with Terrorist Groups and the Potential to Destabilize the Pakistani State Amy Pate, Gary Ackerman -
Tracking Sympathy and Support of Muslims for Terrorism in Muslim Countries and in the United Kingdom Clark McCauley -
Using Global Terrorism Data to Model Counterterrorism Policies in Sri Lanka Gary LaFree, Sue-Ming Yang -
Project Title Publication Date Publication Type
Al Qaeda's Post-9/11 Evolution: An Assessment 2011-11-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Book Review: Talibanistan: Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics, and Religion 2019-09-01T12:00:00 Book Review
Consenting to a Child's Decision to Join a Jihad: Insights from a Survey of Militant Families in Pakistan 2008-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Counter-Terrorism in India: An Ad Hoc Response to an Enduring and Variable Threat 2019-01-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Deradicalizing Detained Terrorists 2017-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Economic Development, Poorly Managed Political Conflict and Terrorism in India 2009-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
India's Experience with Terrorism 2018-05-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Measuring Fundamentalism Across the Abrahamic Faiths 2021-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Nonprofit Service Provision by Insurgent Organizations: The Cases of Hizballah and the Tamil Tigers 2008-06-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Perceptions of the United States and Support for Violence Against America 2006-11-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Suicide Attack on Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan 2011-06-01T12:00:00 Background Report
Support for the Caliphate and Radical Mobilization 2008-01-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Teaching International Crises with Online Simulations: A Case Study of an India-Pakistan Crisis 2012-03-01T12:00:00 Conference Paper
Terrorism and Party Systems in the States of India 2010-02-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Challenges of Conflict Management: A Case Study of Sri Lanka 2006-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Last Good Chance: A Reassessment of U.S. Operations at Tora Bora 2008-10-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Paradox of the Heavy-handed Insurgent: Public Support for the Taliban Among Afghan Pashtuns. 2022-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Security Dimension of Pakistan's Floods 2010-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Transnational Security Threat from D-Company 2015-01-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Towards Global Jihadism: Al-Qaeda's Strategic, Ideological and Structural Adaptations since 9/11 2012-06-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Violent Non-State Actors and the Kashmir Conflict 2019-09-01T12:00:00 White Paper
Title Job Title Institution
Amy Pate Amy Pate START Acting Director University of Maryland
Koven Barnett S. Koven Data Science Manager, Deloitte Government & Public Services
Brandon Behlendorf Brandon Behlendorf Assistant Professor, College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity, SUNY Albany University at Albany, State University of New York
Laura Dugan Laura Dugan Ralph Mershon Professor of Human Security and Professor of Sociology The Ohio State University
Prabhakar misra Prabhakar Misra Professor of Physics Howard University
person-default Rhyner Washburn Research Affiliate University of Maryland
Salma_Bouziani Salma Bouziani Project Manager/Researcher, START University of Maryland