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Violent Groups and Movements

Title Sort ascending Investigators Project Period
Where the Extremes May Touch: The Potential for Collaboration Between Islamist, Right- and Left-Wing Extremists Gary Ackerman, Jeffrey Bale -
Weapons Availability and Civil War Onset Barnett S. Koven -
Validating Models of Adversary Behavior Jun Zhuang -
Updates to the Leadership of the Extreme and Dangerous for Innovative Results (LEADIR) Dataset Gina Scott Ligon -
Updates to the Big, Allied, and Dangerous (BAAD) Dataset Victor Asal -
United States Extremist Crime Database (ECDB), 1990-2010 Joshua Freilich, Roberta Belli, Steven Chermak -
Unifying Approaches to Adversarial Modeling H. Brinton Milward, Ronald Breiger -
Understanding Desistance from Terrorism Clark McCauley -
Understanding and Combating Mass Casualty Terrorism (MCT) Gary Ackerman, Victor Asal -
Two to Tango: Government and Terrorist Group Actions in Colombia Barnett S. Koven -
Turning to Terrorism: Ethnic, Religious, and Extremist Organizations Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Victor Asal -
Tracking Cartels: Exploiting Open Sources to Identify Trends Marcus A. Boyd, Samuel D. Henkin -
The Use of Violence by Ethnopolitical Organizations Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Victor Asal -
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 -
The Terrorism and Extremist Violence in the United States (TEVUS) Database Gary LaFree, Brent Smith, Joshua Freilich, Steven Chermak, Erin Miller, William Braniff, Kathleen Smarick -
The Social Determinants of Terrorist Organizations' Resilience in Latin America Johanna Birnir -
The Role of the Media in the Recruitment of Terrorists: Mass Communication and the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of Muslims in Indonesia Douglas M. McLeod -
The Ecology of Terrorist Organizations Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Victor Asal, Gary LaFree -
Terrorist Strategies and Tactics: When Do Terrorists Decide to Attack the US? Martha Crenshaw -
Terrorist Groups and Weapons of Mass Destruction Gary Ackerman, Jonathan Wilkenfeld, R. Karl Rethemeyer, Victor Asal -
Terrorist Behavior and Societal Tolerance of Violence Risa Brooks -
Terrorist Attacks on the Homeland Gary LaFree, Laura Dugan, Erin Miller -
Terrorist and Extremist Organizations (TEO) Database Jonathan Wilkenfeld, R. Karl Rethemeyer -
Terrorism and Violence in Colombia Enrique Arias -
Terrorism and Targeted Violence in the United States Erin Miller, Michael Jensen -
START-Oxford University Press Book Series Laura Dugan, Anthony Lemieux, Gary Ackerman, Gary LaFree -
Social Network Analysis for Combating Terrorist Networks Alan Neustadtl, R. Karl Rethemeyer, Victor Asal -
Shadows of Violence: Empirical Assessments of Threats, Coercion and Gray Zones Amy Pate, Barnett S. Koven -
Radicalizing the Poor: Understanding the Influence of Service Provision on Popular Support for and Participation in Violent Political Groups Shawn Flanigan -
Radicalization Clusters? Geographic Concentrations of Violent Extremism and Terrorism in the United States Kathleen Smarick -
Program to Prepare Communities for Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks Erin Miller -
Patterns of U.S. Extremist Crime Jeff Gruenewald, Joshua Freilich, Steven Chermak, William Parkin -
Patterns of Radicalization in Political Activism Donatella della Porta, Manuela Caiani -
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. -
Organizational Determinants of Violence and Performance Gina Scott Ligon -
Open-Source Geospatial Analysis of Criminal Activity Marcus A. Boyd -
More Bang for the Buck?: Examining the Effect of Technological Change on Terrorist Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction Gary Ackerman, Jeffrey Bale -
Modeling Terrorism Onset and Intensity Dynamics Using the GTD Claudio Cioffi-Revilla, Nina Fefferman -
Modeling Risk of Future Terrorist Attacks Gary LaFree, Laura Dugan -
Minorities at Risk Related Projects -
Militant Islamist Networks in the West Jeffrey Bale -
Massive Online Open Course: Understanding Terrorism and the Terrorist Threat Gary LaFree, William Braniff, Katherine Worboys Izsak -
Martyrs without Borders: Iraq's Foreign Fighters and the Third Generation of Global Jihad Mohammed Hafez -
Key Dimensions in Understanding Terrorist Bomb Attacks Margaret Wilson -
Islamic Radicalization in Europe and North America: Parallels and Divergence Gary Ackerman, John Sawyer, Peter Neumann -
ISIL: Branding, Leadership Culture and Lethal Attraction Gina Scott Ligon
Ideologies and Motivations of Terrorist Organizations Assaf Moghadam, Gary Ackerman -
Homegrown Radicalization and the Role of Social Networks and Social Inclusiveness in the United States Paul Harwood -
Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami: The Challenge of a Non-Violent Radical Islam Clark McCauley, Emmanuel Karagiannis -
Guerilla Insurgency: The Springboard to Terrorism? Mark Lichbach -
Global Terrorism Database (GTD) Acceleration Erin Miller -
Global Terrorism Database (GTD) Erin Miller, Gary LaFree, Laura Dugan -
Geospatial and Temporal Patterns of US Terrorism Brent Smith, Kelly Damphousse -
Empirical Assessment of Domestic Radicalization (EADR) Michael Jensen, Gary LaFree -
Empirical Analysis of IED Attacks Gary LaFree, Richard Legault -
Dynamics of Terrorism and Counterterrorism Campaigns Gary Ackerman, Joseph Young, R. Karl Rethemeyer, Victor Asal -
Divergent Dimensions of Radicalization Risk: Migration and Violent Extremism in Sabah Barnett S. Koven, Samuel D. Henkin -
Distinctive Characteristics of Terrorist Groups Gary LaFree, Laura Dugan -
Dissuading Adversaries and their Radiological/Nuclear Pathways: Integrating Deterrence Theory and Analytics in the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture (GNDA) Amy Pate, Brandon Behlendorf, Gary Ackerman, John Sawyer, Steve S. Sin, Ph.D., Hamid Mohtadi, Marcus A. Boyd -
Developing Academic Partnerships and Collaborative Research on Countering Violent Extremism in Malaysia and Southeast Asia Amy Pate, Barnett S. Koven, William Braniff -
Developing a Typology of Terrorism Involvement: A Basis for Sentencing, Management, Risk Reduction, Release & Monitoring of Terrorist Offenders -
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency SIGMA+ Thomas Guarrieri, Marcus A. Boyd, Steve S. Sin, Ph.D. -
Dealing with the Devil: When Bargaining with Terrorists Works Erica Chenoweth, Laura Dugan -
Country Reports on Terrorism - Statistical Annex Gary LaFree, Erin Miller -
Counterterrorism Net Assessment Data Structure (CT NEADS) Barnett S. Koven -
Countering the Inhumane: Modeling Probable Pathways for Human Trafficking Along the U.S.- Mexico Border Brandon Behlendorf -
Computational Modeling of Grievances and Political Instability Through Global Media Gary LaFree -
Comparing Failed, Foiled, Completed and Successful Terrorist Attacks Erik Dahl, Margaret Wilson, Martha Crenshaw -
Community-oriented Policing and Community Engagement in Benin Barnett S. Koven -
Climate Change and Terrorism: A Call to Action
Building Resilience to Violent Extremism Among Somali-Americans in Minneapolis-St. Paul Stevan Weine -
Big, Allied, Dangerous, and Charitable? R. Karl Rethemeyer, Victor Asal -
Bargaining on and off the Battlefield: The Bargaining Model of War and Negotiations with the Afghan Taliban Barnett S. Koven -
Assessing Success and Failure in Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Development of Metrics on the Global War on Terror and the Global Jihad Rashmi Singh -
Anatomizing Radiological and Nuclear Non-State Adversaries Gary Ackerman, Jeffrey Bale, R. Karl Rethemeyer -
An Assessment of Jamāʻat Ahl as-Sunnah lid-daʻwa wal-Jihād (Boko Haram): Strengths, Vulnerabilities and Policy Options Amy Pate -
Al-Qa'ida Transcript Coding Project Deborah Cai -
A Climate of Terror: Approaches to the Study of Climate Change and Terrorism Marcus A. Boyd, Samuel D. Henkin -
Project Title Sort ascending Publication Date Publication Type
Women Too: Explaining Gender Ideologies of Ethnopolitical Organizations 2020-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
With Friends Like These…Why Terrorist Organizations Ally 2016-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Why the United States is Targeted by Terrorism 2010-10-01T12:00:00 Conference Paper
Why Not Kill Them All? The Logic and Prevention of Mass Political Murder 2006-08-01T12:00:00 Book
Why Do Some Organizations Kill While Others Do Not: An Examination of Middle Eastern Operations 2014-10-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict 2008-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Who Is More Violent in Extremist Groups? A Comparison of Leaders and Followers 2019-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
What is the State of Islamic Extremism: Key Trends, Challenges and Implications for U.S. Policy 2015-02-01T12:00:00 Congressional Testimony
What is a terrorist group? Conceptual issues and empirical implications 2014-02-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
What Explains Ethnic Organizational Violence? Evidence from Eastern Europe and Russia 2015-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Web of Links: Rival Connections and Strategic Accommodation in Response to Threats 2017-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
War Crimes in Ukraine: In Search of a Response 2022-08-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Voting in the Shadow of Violence: Electoral Politics and Conflict in Peru 2018-04-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Violent Non-State Actors and the Kashmir Conflict 2019-09-01T12:00:00 White Paper
Violent Democracies in Latin America 2010-03-01T12:00:00 Book
Violence Perpetrated by Supporters of Al-Qa’ida and Affiliated Movements (AQAM): Fatal Attacks and Violent Plots in the United States 2014-06-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Violence Perpetrated by Supporters of Al-Qa’ida and Affiliated Movements (AQAM): Fatal Attacks and Violent Plots in the United States 2014-06-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Violence and the Dialectics of Landscape: Memorialization in Cambodia 2014-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Victims of Ideological Homicides, 1990-2014 2016-03-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
VEO Level Decision Making 2015-05-01T12:00:00 White Paper
Unholy Alliances: Evidence on Linkages between Trans-State Terrorism and Crime Networks: The Case of Bosnia 2010-06-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Understanding the Micro-Situational Dynamics of White Supremacist Violence in the United States 2018-12-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Understanding Terrorism Innovation and Learning: Al-Qaeda and Beyond 2015-04-01T12:00:00 Book
Understanding Law Enforcement Intelligence Processes 2014-07-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Under What Conditions Does Ethnic Conflict Result in Armed Violence? 2017-01-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Ukrainian Volunteer Fighters in the Eastern Front: Ideas, Political-Social Norms and Emotions as Mobilization Mechanisms 2016-02-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
U.S. Polls: Public Opinion and Right‐Wing Extremism 2010-04-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Twenty-Five Years of Ideological Homicide Victimization in the United States of America 2016-03-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Trends of Anashid Usage in Da‘esh Video Messaging and Implications for Identifying Terrorist Audio and Video 2019-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Trends in Israeli policing: terrorism, community, victimization and crime control 2014-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Transnational Islamist Networks: Western Fighters in Afghanistan, Somalia and Syria 2013-12-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Transcending Organization: Individuals and “The Islamic State” 2014-06-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Tracking Cartels: Exploiting Open Sources to Identify Trends 2019-11-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Towards Global Jihadism: Al-Qaeda's Strategic, Ideological and Structural Adaptations since 9/11 2012-06-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
TOC as a Growing Threat to Regional, Global Security 2022-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
To the Fringe and Back: Violent Extremism and the Psychology of Deviance 2017-04-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Threat, Emboldenment, or Both? The Effects of Political Power on Violent Hate Crimes 2020-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Threat, Dehumanization, and Support for Aggressive Retaliatory Policies in Asymmetric Conflict 2008-02-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Violent Rise of Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) 2020-06-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
The Use of Violence by Ethnopolitical Organizations in the Middle East 2007-02-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
The True Meaning of Terrorism and Response to Terrorism 2017-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Transnational Security Threat from D-Company 2015-01-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
The Structure of Success: How the Internal Distribution of Power Drives Armed Group Behavior and National Movement Effectiveness 2014-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Strategic Logic of Terrorism 2017-06-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
The State of Al-Qaeda its Affiliates, and Associated Groups: Views from Outside Experts 2014-02-01T12:00:00 Congressional Testimony
The Softest of Targets: A Study on Terrorist Target Selection 2009-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Russian Interventions in South Ossetia and Crimea Compared: Military Performance, Legitimacy and Goals 2014-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Role of Group Processes in Terrorism 2012-08-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
The Role of Entitativity in Perpetuating Cycles of Violence 2018-12-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Rise and Fall of Terrorism 2019-05-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
The Relationship Between Hate Groups and Far-Right Ideological Violence 2014-06-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Reason We Don't Know 2012-03-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Puzzle of Nonviolence in Western Sahara 2016-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Psychology of Terrorism 2001-10-01T12:00:00 Op-ed
The Provisional Irish Republican Army and the Development of Mortars 2016-03-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Place of Race in Conservative and Far-Right Movements 2015-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Pits: Violence in Michoacán Over Control of Avocado Trade 2020-06-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
The Paradox of the Heavy-handed Insurgent: Public Support for the Taliban Among Afghan Pashtuns. 2022-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Palestinian Quest for Significance and Hamas Violence 2023-11-15T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Organizational Dynamics of Far-Right Hate Groups in the United States: Comparing Violent to Nonviolent Organizations 2013-02-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Organizational Dynamics of Far-Right Hate Groups in the United States: Comparing Violent to Non-Violent Organizations 2011-12-01T12:00:00 START Reports
The Organization and Leadership of Violence 2013-08-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
The Medium is Terrorism: Transformation of the About to Die Trope in Dabiq 2016-08-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Jihadi Industry: Assessing the Organizational, Leadership, and Cyber Profiles 2017-07-01T12:00:00 START Reports
The Future of Terrorism Research: A Review Essay 2014-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Evolution of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL): Relationships 2004-2014 2014-06-01T12:00:00 Fact Sheet
The Effects of Rivalry on Rivalry: Confrontations and the Strategic Management of Threats 2014-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Differential Risk of Retaliation by Relational Distance: A More General Model of Violent Victimization 2005-03-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Curse of Cain: Why Fratricidal Jihadis Fail to Learn from Their Mistakes 2017-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Crisis Within Jihadism: The Islamic State’s Puritanism vs. al-Qa`ida’s Populism 2020-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Challenges of Conflict Management: A Case Study of Sri Lanka 2006-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Terrorist Propaganda After the Islamic State: Learning, Emulation, and Imitation 2019-12-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Terrorist Group Survival as a Measure of Effectiveness 2018-06-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Terrorist Group Rivalries and Alliances: Testing Competing Explanations 2019-08-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Terrorist Group Cooperation and Longevity 2014-06-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Terrorist Attacks Targeting Critical Infrastructure in the United States, 1970-2015 2016-06-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Terrorist Attacks on Educational Institutions 2014-12-01T12:00:00 Background Report
Terrorism Studies: A Reader 2010-11-01T12:00:00 Book
Terrorism in Belgium and Western Europe; Attacks against Transportation Targets; Coordinated Terrorist Attacks 2016-03-01T12:00:00 Background Report
Terrorism as Transnational Advocacy: An Organizational and Tactical Examination 2007-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Temporal Sequencing, Incident Sophistication, and Terrorist Outcomes 2016-08-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
System, State, or Individual: Gaming Levels of Analysis in International Relations 2019-10-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Suicide Bombers in Iraq, 2003-2010: Disaggregating Targets Can Reveal Insurgent Motives and Priorities 2014-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Suicide Attack on Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan 2011-06-01T12:00:00 Background Report
Suicide Attack at Moscow Airport 2011-01-01T12:00:00 Background Report
Sub-state Actors' Threats to International Security: Religious Extremists and Terrorist Groups 2019-03-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Statistical Analysis of Event Data Concerning Boko Haram in Nigeria (2009-2013) 2015-01-01T12:00:00 START Reports
START Symposium 2015: Extremist Organizations Panel 2015-10-01T12:00:00 Presentation
Stand Down: A Journal of Applied Communication Research Forum on Extremism and White Nationalism in the United States Military 2022-11-02T12:00:00 Journal Article
Spotting the Threat 2014-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Simultaneous Attacks by Terrorist Organisations 2013-12-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Service-Seeking Behavior, Perceptions of Armed Actors, and Preferences Regarding Governance: Evidence from the Palestinian Territories 2015-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Secure in their Beliefs: Personal Security, the Quest for Personal Significance, and the Psychology of Extremism 2015-04-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Say Terrorist, Think Insurgent: Labeling and Analyzing Contemporary Terrorist Actors 2014-10-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Russian Nuclear Rhetoric 2014-2023: Transatlantic Differences in Threat Perception 2024-03-14T12:00:00 Journal Article
Russian Aggression in Ukraine: Is There a Solution? 2016-10-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World 2018-09-01T12:00:00 Book
Rivalries and Crisis Bargaining 2021-04-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Revolution for Breakfast: Intersections of Activism, Service, and Violence in the Black Panther Party’s Community Service Programs 2013-12-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Rethinking Violence: States and Non-State Actors in Conflict 2010-08-01T12:00:00 Book
Rethinking Transnational Terrorism: An Integrated Approach 2020-02-01T12:00:00 Report
Responding to Gray Zone Conflict: Countering Russia in the Donbas and Beyond 2021-06-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Religion and Politics in the Developing World: Explosive Interactions 2002-07-01T12:00:00 Book
Regime Type and Terrorist Attacks 2015-05-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Recruitment and Selection in Violent Extremist Organizations: Exploring What Industrial and Organizational Psychology Might Contribute 2017-04-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Recruitment and Radicalization among U.S. Far-Right Terrorists 2016-11-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Rebel Power: Why National Movements Compete, Fight, and Win 2017-05-01T12:00:00 Book
Re-Thinking Climate Security 2023-04-11T12:00:00 Research Brief
Radicalization in the Ranks: The Military Backgrounds of the January 6 Capitol Defendants 2023-05-05T12:00:00 Congressional Testimony
Quest for Significance and Violent Extremism: The Case of Domestic Radicalization 2016-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Putting the “ O ” in VEOs: What makes an organization? 2013-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Putting Terrorism in Context: Lessons from the Global Terrorism Database (Contemporary Terrorism Studies) 2015-01-01T12:00:00 Book
Protestors, Terrorists or Something Else? How to Think about Dissident Groups 2019-10-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Prosecuting Terror in the Homeland: An Assessment of Sentencing Disparities in United States Federal Terrorism Cases 2023-10-24T12:00:00 Research Brief
Profiles of Perpetrators of Terrorism in the United States: Research Highlight 2014-07-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Profiles of Perpetrators of Terrorism in the United States (PPT‐US): Data Collection and Descriptive Analysis 2011-09-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States (PIRUS): Mass Casualty Extremist Offenders 2023-03-10T12:00:00 Research Brief
Probabilistic Pathway Projection to Counter Foreign Fighters 2016-04-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Private Military Companies, Opportunities, and Termination of Civil Wars in Africa 2013-10-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Private Military and Security Companies and Human Rights Abuses: The Impact of CEOs’ Military Background 2023-02-21T12:00:00 Journal Article
Private Military & Security Companies, Conflict Complexity, and Peace Duration: An Empirical Analysis 2020-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Private Militaries and the Security Industry in Civil Wars: Competition and Market Accountability 2020-09-01T12:00:00 Book
Preventing Mass Atrocities: Policies and Practices 2018-09-01T12:00:00 Book
Postmemory and the Geographies of Violence at Kraing Ta Chan, Cambodia 2018-08-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Politically motivated violent extremism 2012-01-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Political Islam: Untangling the Conceptual Muddle 2007-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Political Fragmentation and Alliances among Armed Non-state Actors in North and Western Africa (1997–2014) 2017-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Political Explanations 2005-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Political Exclusion, Oil, and Ethnic Armed Conflict 2014-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Political Demography of Conflict in Mali 2018-06-01T12:00:00 Report
PIRUS: Mass Casualty Extremist Offenders with U.S. Military Backgrounds 2023-06-07T12:00:00 Research Brief
PIRUS: Comparing Violent and Non-Violent Offenders 2023-07-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Phnom Penh during the Cambodian Genocide: A Case of Selective Urbicide 2014-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Peru Conflict Profile 2015-04-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Perceptions of the United States and Support for Violence Against America 2006-11-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Peace and Conflict 2008 2007-06-01T12:00:00 Book
Paying It Forward: Sustaining the Transatlantic Relationship with Canada’s Mission in the Baltics 2018-10-01T12:00:00 Report
Patterns of Terrorism in the United States, 1970-2014 2016-05-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Patterns of Precursor Behaviors in the Life Span of a U.S. Environmental Terrorist Group 2009-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Patterns of Onset and Decline Among Terrorist Organizations 2012-03-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Patterns of Islamic State-Related Terrorism, 2002--2015 2016-08-01T12:00:00 Background Report
Patterns of Fatal Extreme-Right Crime in the United States 2018-12-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Overview: Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States-Foreign Fighters (PIRUS-FF) 2016-04-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Options to Facilitate Socio-Political Stability in Syria and Iraq 2016-11-01T12:00:00 White Paper
Only the Bad Die Young: The Correlates of Organizational Death for Far-Right Extremist Groups 2015-12-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Online Networks of the Italian and German Extreme Right: An Explorative Study with Social Network Analysis 2009-02-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Nuclear Weapons and Existential Threats: Insights from a Comparative Analysis of Nuclear-Armed States 2014-10-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Not Your Father's Intelligence Failure: Why the Intelligence Community Failed to Anticipate the Rise of ISIS 2018-06-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Not My Brother’s Keeper: Factional Infighting in Armed Islamist Movements 2019-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
North American Strategic Defense in the 21st Century: Security and Sovereignty in an Uncertain World 2018-05-01T12:00:00 Book
Nonviolent Resistance and Prevention of Mass Killings During Popular Uprisings 2018-04-01T12:00:00 Report
Nexus of Global Jihad: Understanding Cooperation Among Terrorist Actors 2017-05-01T12:00:00 Book
Networks, Power, and the Effects of Legitimacy in Contentious Politics 2020-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Networks of Cooperation: Rebel Alliances in Fragmented Civil Wars 2019-02-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Networks as strategic repertoires: Functional differentiation among Al-Shabaab terror cells 2013-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Modeling Multi-target Defender-attacker Games with Quantal Response Attack Strategies 2021-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Modalities of National Sovereignty: Territorial Nationalism versus Islamic Fundamentalism in Muslim-Majority Countries 2014-04-01T12:00:00 Report
Mediating International Crises 2006-11-01T12:00:00 Book
Media Salience and Frame Changing in the Coverage of Mass Shootings: A Comparison of Ideological and Non-Ideological Attacks 2019-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Media Effects: Do Terrorist Organizations Launch Foreign Attacks in Response to Levels of Press Freedom or Press Attention? 2015-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Media Effects Within the Context of Violent Extremism in the Post-9/11 Era 2019-04-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Marriage of Convenience: The Evolution of Iran and al-Qa'ida's Tactical Cooperation 2017-04-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Maritime Insurgency 2020-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Mapping Today's Jihadi Landscape and Threat 2018-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Mapping and Deterring Violent Extremist Networks in North-West Africa 2015-04-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Malevolent Innovation: Novelty and Effectiveness in Terror Attacks 2019-04-01T12:00:00 White Paper
Making Ends Meet: Combining Organizational Data in Contentious Politics 2014-10-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Major Cartel Operational Zones in Mexico 2020-06-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Lethal Connections: The Determinants of Network Connections in the Provisional Irish Republican Army, 1970–1998 2014-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Lethal Combinations: Studying the Structure of Terrorist Networks 2017-09-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Lethal Brands: How VEOs Build Reputations 2015-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
L.E.A.D.I.R. Key Findings 2020-04-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Killing the Messenger: Regime Type as a Determinant of Journalist Killing, 1992-2008 2016-03-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Killing Range: Explaining Lethality Variance within a Terrorist Organization 2013-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Key Factors in Crisis Escalation 2024-03-19T12:00:00 Journal Article
Key concepts to understand violent White supremacy 2017-04-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Jihadist Plots in the United States: Interim Findings Infographic 2017-01-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
ISIS in Iraq: The Social and Psychological Foundations of Terror 2023-05-18T12:00:00 Book
ISIL: Branding, Leadership Culture and Lethal Attraction 2014-11-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Is the Enemy of My Enemy My Friend? How Terrorist Groups Select Partners 2018-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Is Islamist Terrorism More Dangerous?: An Empirical Study of Group Ideology, Organization, and Goal Structure 2009-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Is Antifa a Terrorist Group? 2018-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Is all Jihad Local? Transnational Contention and Political Violence in Somalia 2013-11-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Invisible Empire of Hate: Gender Differences in the Ku Klux Klan's Online Justifications for Violence 2018-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Introductions to Adversary Behavior: Validating the Models 2016-04-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Introducing the Nonviolent Action in Violent Contexts (NVAVC) dataset 2019-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Intersections of Illicit Trafficking and Counterfeit Parts Workshop 2022-01-01T12:00:00 Report
Interpersonal Discussions and Attitude Formation on Foreign Policy: The Case of Polish Involvement in the Iraq War 2013-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Integrating Conflict Event Data 2018-06-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Inspire Magazine: A Critical Analysis of its Significance and Potential Impact Through the Lens of the Information, Motivation, and Behavioral Skills Model 2014-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Images of Death and Dying in ISIS Media: A Comparison of English and Arabic Print Publications 2018-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Hurdles to International Terrorist Alliances: Lessons from Al Qaeda's Experience 2015-02-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Human and Social Forces in the Spread of the IED Threat: Innovation, Diffusion and Adaptation 2009-04-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Huachicoleros: Violence in Guanajuato Over Control of Illicit Petroleum 2020-06-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
How Human Boundaries Become State Borders: Radical Flanks and Territorial Control in the Modern Era 2018-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
How Community Ties Influence Terrorist Targeting of Civilians 2013-11-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Holy Terror and Mass Killings? Reexamining the Motivations and Methods of Mass Casualty Terrorists 2005-03-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Hizballah as a Social Movement Organization: A Framing Approach 2009-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Hezbollah's Social Jihad: Nonprofits as Resistance Organizations 2009-06-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Headhunting Among Extremist Organizations: An Empirical Assessment of Talent Spotting 2018-04-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Hamas and Suicide Terrorism: Multi-causal and Multi-level Approaches 2011-01-01T12:00:00 Book
Global Terrorism in 2018 2019-10-01T12:00:00 Background Report
Global Terrorism in 2017 2018-08-01T12:00:00 Background Report
Global Terrorism Database: Real-time Data Collection Pilot Evaluation 2023-02-28T12:00:00 START Reports
Global Terrorism and the Deadliest Groups since 2001 2016-06-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Gang Membership, Gun Carrying, and Employment: Applying Routine Activities Theory to Explain Violent Victimization Among Inner City, Minority Youth Living in Extreme Poverty 2008-06-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
From Freedom Fighters to Jihadists: Human Resources of Non State Armed Groups 2019-05-01T12:00:00 Book
Friends in High Places: State Support for Violent and Non-violent Ethnopolitical Organizations 2019-06-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Fratricide in Rebel Movements: A Network Analysis of Syrian Militant Infighting 2019-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Fratricidal Rebels: Ideological Extremity and Warring Factionalism in Civil Wars 2020-04-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Fratricidal Jihadists: Why Islamists Keep Losing their Civil Wars 2018-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Foreign Military Interventions and Suicide Attacks 2015-03-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Foreign Fighter Influence in Al-Shabaab: Limitations and Future Prospects 2019-01-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Forecasting the Use of Violence by Ethno–Political Organizations: Middle Eastern Minorities and the Choice of Violence, V. S. Subrahmanian, ed. 2012-11-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
For the Love of God: NGOs and Religious Identity in a Violent World 2009-12-01T12:00:00 Book
Fled or Expelled? Representation of the Israeli–Arab Conflict in U.S. High School History Textbooks 2010-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Financial Crime and Material Support Schemes Linked to al-Qa'ida and Affiliated Movements (AQAM) in the United States: 1990 to June 2014 2014-12-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Financial Crime and Material Support Schemes Linked to al-Qa'ida and Affiliated Movements (AQAM) in the United States: 1990 to June 2014 2014-11-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Far-right Violence in the United States: 1990-2013 2014-06-01T12:00:00 Fact Sheet
Far-Right Nativism: Its Geopolitical Effects and Its Future in North America and Europe 2022-01-01T12:00:00 Report
Far-Right and Jihadi Terrorism within the United States: From September 11th to January 6th 2023-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Extremists of a Feather Flock Together? Community Structure and Patterns of Homophily in the US Islamist Co-Offending Network 2023-05-13T12:00:00 White Paper
Extremes of asymmetric conflict: terrorism and genocide 2012-01-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Extended Deterrence Dilemmas in the Grey Zone: Trans-Atlantic Insights on Baltic Security Challenges 2020-02-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Expectations, Rivalries, and Civil War Duration 2005-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Examining the Relationship between the Presence of Hate Groups and the Presence of Violent Far-Right Perpetrators at the County Level 2012-03-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Examining the Relationship between General Social Survey (GSS) Measures and Far-Right Ideological Violence: A County-Level Analysis 2012-04-01T12:00:00 START Reports
European and American Extreme Right Groups and the Internet 2012-11-01T12:00:00 Book
Ethnic Conflict: An Organizational Perspective 2013-04-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
ETA Ceasefires by the Numbers 2011-10-01T12:00:00 Background Report
Escalation Management in the Gray Zone 2021-12-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Escalation Management in Gray Zone Crises: The Proxy Factor 2022-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Enemies with Benefits? Violent Rivalry and Terrorist Group Longevity 2015-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Election Anxiety is Driving Erdogan’s Decisions in Syria 2018-02-01T12:00:00 Op-ed
Effects and Effectiveness of Law Enforcement Intelligence Measures to Counter Homegrown Terrorism: A Case Study on the Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (FALN) 2012-07-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Dynamic Dimensions of Radicalization and Violent Extremism in Sabah, Malaysia 2021-12-01T12:00:00 Report
Doing Good while Killing: Why Some Insurgent Groups Provide Community Services 2020-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Does Political Radicalization Depend on Ideology? 2009-11-01T12:00:00 Book Review
Do Contemporaneous Armed Challenges Affect the Outcomes of Mass Nonviolent Campaigns? 2015-12-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Do 90 Percent of Terrorist Groups Last Less Than a Year? Updating the Conventional Wisdom 2017-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Divergent Paths to Martyrdom and Significance Among Suicide Attackers 2015-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Divergent Dimensions of Radicalization Risk: Migration and Violent Extremism in Sabah, Malaysia 2020-12-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Divergent Dimensions of Radicalization Risk: Migration and Violent Extremism in Sabah 2021-12-01T12:00:00 Report
Divergent Axes of Russian Influence in Colombia and Latin America 2019-09-01T12:00:00 White Paper
Discrimination, Genocide, and Politicide 2019-02-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Developing An Empirical Understanding of Improvised Explosive Devices: A Social and Behavioral Science Perspective 2009-08-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Destruction Through Collaboration: How Terrorists Work Together Toward Malevolent Innovation 2018-01-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Defining and Understanding the Jihadi-Salafi Movement 2014-06-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Debates among Salafi Muslims about use of violence 2017-05-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Days of Rage: Introducing the NAVCO 3.0 Dataset 2018-04-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Cyber-Sophistication Assessment Methodology for Public-Facing Terrorist Web Sites 2017-04-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Cumulative Disruptions: Interdependency and Commitment Escalation as Mechanisms of Illicit Network Failure 2020-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Critical Events in the Life Trajectories of Domestic Extremist White Supremacist Groups 2009-08-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Crisis managers but not conflict resolvers: Mediating ethnic intrastate conflict in Africa 2013-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Crime-Terror Alliances and the State: Ethnonationalist and Islamist Challenges to Regional Security 2013-01-01T12:00:00 Book
Counterterrorism Net Assessment Data Structure 2020-04-01T12:00:00 Project Fact Sheet
Countering Myths about Terrorism: Some Lessons Learned from the Global Terrorism Database 2011-11-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Correcting the Record: Civilians, Proportionality and the Jus ad Vim 2017-06-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Coping with Uncertainty in Adversarial Risk Analysis 2017-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Contributing Factors to North Korea’s Different Treatment of 2006 and 2009 Missile Launches 2009-01-01T12:00:00 Report
Contingency Theory: Evolution from a Public Relations Theory to a Theory of Strategic Conflict Management 2020-09-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Connecting Adversarial and Environmental Geopolitics in Southeast Asia 2023-04-24T12:00:00 Research Brief
Configuring Legitmacy: A Framework fo Legitimation in Armed Conflict 2014-04-01T12:00:00 Book
Comparing Violent Extremism and Terrorism to Other Forms of Targeted Violence 2024-03-25T12:00:00 Journal Article
Comparing Different Sources of Data to Examine Trends of Hate Crime in Absence of Official Registers 2020-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Comparative Islamist Perspectives on the Politics of Energy in the Middle East and Beyond 2014-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Comparative Analysis of VNSA Complex Engineering Efforts 2016-03-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Common Sense or Gun Control? Political Communication and News Media Framing of Firearm Sale Background Checks after Newtown 2015-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Clustering Heterogeneous Semi-structured Social Science Datasets for Security Applications 2018-07-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Climate Security in Southeast Asia 2023-04-17T12:00:00 Research Brief
Climate Change and Terrorism: Key Insights 2022-05-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Climate Change and Terrorism: A Call to Action 2022-05-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Climate Change and Security 2022-05-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Civil Action and the Dynamics of Violence 2019-09-01T12:00:00 Book
Citizen Militias 2008-05-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Choosing Where to Fight: Do Social Networks Distinguish American ISIS Foreign Fighters from ISIS-Inspired Terrorists? 2023-03-26T12:00:00 Journal Article
Choosing to Fight, Choosing to Die: Examining How ISIS Foreign Fighters Select Their Operational Roles 2020-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Check All That Apply: Challenges in Tracking Ideological Movements That Motivate Right-Wing Terrorism 2022-06-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Characteristics of Communities where American Terrorists, Lived, Planned, and Conducted their Attacks 2011-02-01T12:00:00 START Reports
CBRN Activity and Attacks by Insurgent Organizations 2015-10-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Catch Them Coming and Going: Probabilistic Pathway Projection to Counter Foreign Fighters 2016-03-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Carrots, Sticks, and Insurgent Targeting of Civilians 2018-08-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Building Terrorism from Social Ties: The Dark Side of Social Capital 2015-02-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Building Resilience to Violent Extremism Among Somali-Americans in Minneapolis-St.Paul Handout 2012-05-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Building Resilience to Violent Extremism Among Somali-Americans in Minneapolis-St.Paul 2012-08-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Building a Global Terrorism Database 2006-04-01T12:00:00 Report
Book Review: Talibanistan: Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics, and Religion 2019-09-01T12:00:00 Book Review
Boko Haram: An Assessment of Strengths, Vulnerabilities, and Policy Options 2015-01-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Boko Haram Recent Attacks 2014-05-01T12:00:00 Background Report
Big, Allied And Dangerous (BAAD) Fact Sheet 2015-10-01T12:00:00 Project Fact Sheet
Big Allied and Dangerous (BAAD) 2013-09-01T12:00:00 Project Fact Sheet
Beyond al-Qa'ida 2012-11-01T12:00:00 Discussion Point
Autologistic Models for Benchmark Risk or Vulnerability Assessment of Urban Terrorism Outcomes 2017-10-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
August 2013 Security Threat to Americans Abroad 2013-08-01T12:00:00 Background Report
Application of a Profile Similarity Methodology for Identifying Terrorist Groups That Use or Pursue CBRN Weapons 2017-09-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Apparent Intended Lethality: Toward a Behavioral Model of Intention to Harm in Single Issue Bombing Campaigns 2010-09-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Annex of Statistical Information: Country Reports on Terrorism 2016 2017-07-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Anger or Ability: Arguing the Causes of Rebellion 2013-02-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Anatomizing Chemical and Biological Non-State Adversaries 2014-03-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Analyzing Political and Social Regional Stability with Statistics: Challenges and Opportunities 2010-01-01T12:00:00 White Paper
An Analysis of Violent Nonstate Actor Organizational Lethality and Network Co-Evoluation in the Middle East and North Africa 2016-02-01T12:00:00 START Reports
An Aggregation of Geo-coded Violent and Non-violent Conflict Events 2016-04-01T12:00:00 Conference Paper
Alliance Hubs: Focal Points in the International Terrorist Landscape 2014-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Al-Shabaab Attack on Westgate Mall in Kenya 2013-09-01T12:00:00 Background Report
Al-Shabaab Attack on Garissa University in Kenya 2015-04-01T12:00:00 Background Report
Al-Qaida and Al-Shabaab: A Resilient Alliance 2019-01-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Anwar al-Awlaki, and Samir Khan 2011-09-01T12:00:00 Background Report
Al-Qa'ida - Related Terrorism: Violent Incidents and Foiled Plots 2013-04-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Al Qaeda's Post-9/11 Evolution: An Assessment 2011-11-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Al Qaeda and the Islamic State's Break: Strategic Strife or Lackluster Leadership? 2017-10-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Advantages of Syrian Diaspora Aid to Refugees in Middle Eastern States of the Global South 2018-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
A Test of Sprinzak's Split Delegitimization Theory of the Life Course of Far-Right Organizational Behavior 2014-10-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
A Tale of Two Caliphates: Al-Qaida and its Associated Movement vs. the Islamic State and its Associated Movement 2015-09-01T12:00:00 Presentation
A Tale of Two Caliphates 2014-12-01T12:00:00 White Paper
A Study on a Sequential One‐Defender‐N‐Attacker Game 2019-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
A Study of Crisis 2000-01-01T12:00:00 Book
A Strategic Analysis of Violent Extremist Organizations in the United States Central Command Area of Responsibility 2020-03-01T12:00:00 White Paper
A Reassessment of State-Level Covariates of Militia Groups 2005-04-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
A Preliminary Typology Mapping Pathways of Learning and Innovation by Modern Jihadist Groups 2016-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
A Comparison of ISIS Foreign Fighters and Supporters Social Media Posts: An Exploratory Mixed-method Content Analysis 2019-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
A Climate of Terror? Climate Change as an Indirect Contributor to Terrorism 2022-05-20T12:00:00 Research Brief
A Climate of Terror? Climate Change as a Potential Ideological Driver of Terrorism 2022-05-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
A Climate of Terror? Climate Change as a Means for Terrorist Exploitation 2022-05-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
A Climate of Terror? Approaches to the Study of Climate Change and Terrorism 2022-05-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
“Give Peace a Chance”? Explaining Colombia’s (Failed) Peace Process with the FARC 2016-11-01T12:00:00 Discussion Point
"I'm down for a Jihad": How 100 Years of Gang Research can Inform the Study of Terrorism, Radicalization and Extremism 2015-02-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
'Designing Danger': Complex Engineering by Violent Non-State Actors: Introduction to the Special Issue 2016-04-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Exploring the U.S. Crime-Terror Nexus: Terrorist Networks and Trade Diversion 2014-10-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
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Violent extremism in the U.S.
Understanding conflict management in India
UMD Report: Conspiracy theories fueled more terror attacks in 2020
Trends in terrorism in the U.S.: New report analyzes terrorist attack data 1970-2011
Threats of violent Islamist and far-right extremism: What does the research say?
The future of the Hamas Movement: A journalist’s perspective
The evolution of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
Terrorists act locally
Terrorist Organization Profile Information now Available through START
Terrorism expert discusses new research during START Seminar
Summer Opportunities for Undergrads at UMD
Summer and Fall Internship Opportunities with START and the GTD
Summer 2011 Research Opportunities: CoMET
Summer 2009 START Bulletin Now Available
Student researches ties between terrorism and the Olympics
State Department contracts START to provide terrorism data and analysis
START's training events help others understand terrorism
START's Mansoor Moaddel publishes findings from Iraq values surveys
START's Clark McCauley to Serve as Editor of New Journal on Asymmetric Conflict
START, CINA and CAOE develop search tool for combatting cartels in Mexico and the Northern Triangle
START welcomes visiting scholar
START to offer Massive Open Online Course
START students take advantage of exclusive CIA opportunity
START Students Awarded Prizes in Poster Contest
START seeking 2014 Outstanding Article Award nominations
START Response to Death of bin Laden
START responds to White House report on preventing violent extremism
START researchers present on the impact of climate change on terrorism
START Researchers Featured in Journal of Homeland Security
START researcher to publish book on suicide bombings
START researcher awarded top paper
START Research Symposium: Wednesday, June 28th
START Research Contributes to House Intelligence Report
START Research Brief: Al-Shabaab's use of Twitter
START Releases Report on Public Opinion in Muslim Countries
START releases new data collections
START releases first Research Review
START Releases 2011 Research Review
START provides statistical annex for Country Reports on Terrorism
START Newsletter: Violent hate crimes and lone-actor terrorism; Cultural values and terrorism; Al-Shabaab
START Newsletter: US beliefs before, after Boston bombings; Terrorist targeting of civilians; Graduate Certificate in Terrorism Analysis
START launches new tool for counterterrorism community
START investigators present research at national conference
START Investigators Participate in 2011 American Sociological Association Annual Conference
START investigator and former TRA recipient publish book on the mobilization of right-wing extremism
START Intern Profiles: July
START hosts virtual book talk on “Insurgent Terrorism”
START Hosts DHS Faculty/Student Research Teams
START honors International GIS Day teaching about Mali conflict
START Featured in DHS S&T Snapshots
START director to lecture on contrasting nature of terrorism
START Director Gary LaFree in Perspectives on Terrorism -- Free Online Access
START Center Earns Background Report-Year Renewal from DHS
START Background Report: Al-Shabaab Attack on Garrissa University
START Assesses Impact of 9/11
START Annual Meeting focuses on maximizing relevance of research
START Announces Fellowships for 2005-06
START Announces 2011-2012 Terrorism Research Award Participants
Sovereign citizen movement perceived as top terrorist threat
Significant Terrorism Events in the News -- Nov. 1-20
Secretary Ridge announces creation of terrorism center
Return of the intern
Response to mischaracterization of the Hot Spots Report
Researchers identify characteristics of groups poised for violence
Researcher Spotlight: Nil Satana
Researcher Spotlight: Bob Lamb
Researcher Spotlight: Amy Pate
Research Roundtable details the patterns of terrorism worldwide
Research Roundtable features expert on policing terrorism
Research identifies most likely non-state chem-bio threats
Research Highlight: Al-Qa'ida-Related Terrorism - Violent Incidents and Foiled Plots
Rassler delves into the intricacies of the Haqqani Nexus
Press Release: START Panel Addresses Key Questions in Terrorism
Preliminary findings on Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the US
Position Opening: Special Projects Program Manager
Now Hiring: Global Terrorism Database Research Assistant
Now Hiring: Faculty Researcher/Post-Doc
New, Updated Data on Global Terrorist Activity Now Available
New study examines terrorism in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand
New study examines FARC’s development of narco-submarines
New study evaluates English-language jihadist magazine
New study compares ideologically motivated homicides in United States
New START Project to Focus on Extremist Violence in U.S. Counties
New START model forecasts the flow of foreign fighters
New Research Brief Released: The Use of Violence by Ethnopolitical Organizations in the Middle East
New Report Highlights the Challenges of Tracking Terrorism Events: GTD Indicates Global Terrorism Fatalities Up, Not Down
New report explores steps required to succeed in negotiations with the Afghan Taliban
New report examines relationship between county characteristics and incidents of terrorism
New project explores the relationship between belief and action of terrorist groups
New Modern War Institute article series focuses on cyber and influence operations
New Fall 2008 UMD Course: Innovation and Terrorist Tactics
New editor will take on post for START-Oxford University Press book series
New Dataset on Ethnically Based Organizations Released
New data reveals al-Qaida-linked groups among most active terrorist groups in the world
New brief analyzes terrorist groups in the United States
Masculine honor ideology shapes responses to terrorism
Leading terrorism expert discusses mobilization of women into terrorist networks
ISIL in Libya: A Bayesian Approach to Mapping At-Risk Regions
Internships at START Available for Spring 2010
Intern team authors peer-reviewed journal article on Hamas
Infographic series explores cartel operations in Mexico
ICONS team releases report on escalation management in gray zone international crises
Hybrid organizations have greater motivational and operations ability for RN trafficking
Hegghammer explains variation in western jihadists
Have you seen it yet? START Research Review
GTD project shapes career goal for START intern
GTD Data Now Downloadable
GRU team gives virtual talk on cartels for National Security Forum
Global Terrorism Database now Available Online
Global Terrorism Database Data Files Now Available through Terrorism and Preparedness Data Resource Center
FTO Designation: Boko Haram and Ansaru
Formalization within a terrorist group increases capacity for lethal violence
Foreign Policy names Erica Chenoweth a top global thinker
First-of-its-kind index ranks countries for impact of terrorism
Financial crimes perpetrated by far-right extremists
Fall 2009 START Bulletin Now Available
Fahey discusses political instability, state capacity and terrorism
Egle Murauskaite appears on virtual panel on military mobility in Europe
Discussion Point: Transcending Organization: Individuals and “The Islamic State”
Discussion Point: The State of Al-Qaida, its Affiliates and Associated Groups
Discussion Point: The Prospective Military Power of Al Qaeda Affiliated Groups in the Syrian Conflict
Discussion Point: The Dog that Doesn't Bark
Discussion Point: Introducing 'Political Resilience'
Discussion Point: Counterterrorism Strategies and Democracy: Lessons for the US from the (Unfortunate) Example of Turkey
Discussion Point: Beyond al-Qa'ida
DHS renews support for the Integrated U.S. Security Database (IUSSD)
Developing algorithms to thwart terrorism
Despite fewer attacks in Western world, global terrorism increasing
Designing Danger: Complex Engineering by Violent Non-State Actors
Database spotlight: Profiles of Perpetrators of Terrorism in the United States (PPT-US)
Database spotlight: Big Allied and Dangerous (BAAD)
Dagher discusses ISIL in Iraq and new public opinion data
Conciliatory counterterrorism strategies could limit terrorist groups’ lethality
CALCE and START co-host Intersections of Illicit Trafficking and Counterfeit Parts Workshop
Braniff presents "Conceptual Frameworks for Understanding Global Jihadism"
Background Report: Boko Haram Recent Attacks
Background Information on Terrorism in India
AQAM’s fatal attacks and violent plots in the US
Application information for START 2006-07 Fellowships now available
Al-Shabaab Attack on Westgate Mall in Kenya
Al-Qaida's fatal terrorism under Osama bin Laden
A Tale of Two Caliphates
A grassroots approach to tackling violent extremism
A Discussion with Dr. Matthew Levitt, Author of Hezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon's Party of God
A closer look at the 2,600 terrorist attacks in US, 1970-2012
2011-2012 Background Report Undergraduate Terrorism Analysis Training (UTAT) Program Application Deadline Extended
**START Releases 2010 Update to the Global Terrorism Database**
**Far-Right Attacks on U.S. Law Enforcement and Security Guards**
**Background Information: Far-Right Attacks on U.S. Law Enforcement **
***Terrorist Attacks on Religious Figures, Religious Institutions, and Military Targets***
***Background on Terrorism and Public Opinion in Indonesia***
***Background Info: Moscow Subway Bombing***
Title Sort ascending Job Title Institution
Braniff William William Braniff Department Chair, START Director (on IPA)
Professor of the Practice, University of Maryland
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
Tyler yates Tyler Yates Researcher, Global Terrorism Database (GTD) University of Maryland
Guarrieri Thomas Guarrieri Director of Undergraduate Studies
Assistant Research Scientist, Unconventional Weapons &
Technology (UWT) Division, START
University of Maryland
person-default Sheehan Kane Researcher/Data Collection Manager, START University of Maryland
sean doody Sean Doody Senior Researcher, START University of Maryland
Henkin Samuel D. Henkin Geospatial Research Unit (GRU) Researcher, START University of Maryland
Salma_Bouziani Salma Bouziani Project Manager/Researcher, START University of Maryland
Robert lamb Robert D. Lamb ICONS Director and Associate Research Scientist University of Maryland
R. Karl Rethemeyer R. Karl Rethemeyer Associate Professor of Public Administration & Policy University at Albany, State University of New York
person-default Peter Simi Associate Professor, Chapman University
Director, Earl Babbie Research Center
Chapman University
Jacome_Michlle Michelle Jacome Operations Officer on International Finance Cooperation at the World Bank
person-default Megan Rutter Junior Researcher, START University of Maryland
Crenshaw Martha Martha Crenshaw Researcher, Political Science/International Relations Stanford University
Margaret Margaret Hayden Researcher, GTD University of Maryland
Boyd_Marcus Marcus A. Boyd Geospatial Research Unit (GRU) Director, START
Director of Graduate Studies, START
University of Maryland
Romm madeline Madeline Romm Faculty Specialist University of Maryland
Laura Dugan Laura Dugan Ralph Mershon Professor of Human Security and Professor of Sociology The Ohio State University
kurt braddock Kurt Braddock Assistant Professor, American University American University
Lindquist Katy Lindquist Principal Research Scientist, NSI Inc.
Joshua Freilich Joshua Freilich Professor John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
Sawyer John John Sawyer Director of Strategic Corporate Research Relationships University of Maryland
Jeff Jeff Gruenewald Associate Professor and Director of the Terrorism Research Center, University of Arkansas University of Arkansas
Tinsley_Herbert Herbert Tinsley Analyst, Government Accountability Office
Gina_Ligon Gina Scott Ligon Director of National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center (NCITE); Jack and Stephanie Koraleski Professor of Collaboration Science, UNO University of Nebraska Omaha
Lafee Gary LaFree Founding Director, START
Distinguished University Professor, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
University of Maryland
Gary Ackerman Gary Ackerman Associate Professor, SUNY Albany University at Albany, State University of New York
Miller Erin Erin Miller GTD Program Manager, START University of Maryland
Elizabeth Elizabeth Radziszewski Associate Research Scientist, START University of Maryland
elena akers Elena Akers Researcher/Junior Data Collection Manager, START University of Maryland
person-default Devin Ellis Researcher, ARLIS 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
person-default Benjamin Evans Faculty Research Assistant, Global Terrorism Database, START University of Maryland
Koven Barnett S. Koven Data Science Manager, Deloitte Government & Public Services
anthony Lemieux Anthony Lemieux Associate Professor of Communication and Lead Researcher of the Transcultural Conflict and Violence Program Georgia State University
Amy Pate Amy Pate START Acting Director University of Maryland
Amy landiorio Amy Iandiorio Researcher, GTD University of Maryland
person-default Amanda Quinn Faculty Research Assistant, GTD University of Maryland
person-default Alexandra Williams Junior Researcher University of Maryland
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Where the Extremes May Touch: The Potential for Collaboration Between Islamist, Right- and Left-Wing Extremists
Weapons Availability and Civil War Onset
Validating Models of Adversary Behavior
Updates to the Leadership of the Extreme and Dangerous for Innovative Results (LEADIR) Dataset
Updates to the Big, Allied, and Dangerous (BAAD) Dataset
United States Extremist Crime Database (ECDB), 1990-2010
Unifying Approaches to Adversarial Modeling
Understanding Desistance from Terrorism
Understanding and Combating Mass Casualty Terrorism (MCT)
Two to Tango: Government and Terrorist Group Actions in Colombia
Turning to Terrorism: Ethnic, Religious, and Extremist Organizations
Tracking Cartels: Exploiting Open Sources to Identify Trends
The Use of Violence by Ethnopolitical Organizations
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
The Terrorism and Extremist Violence in the United States (TEVUS) Database
The Social Determinants of Terrorist Organizations' Resilience in Latin America
The Role of the Media in the Recruitment of Terrorists: Mass Communication and the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of Muslims in Indonesia
The Ecology of Terrorist Organizations
TEVUS TEVUS Portal Go
Terrorist Strategies and Tactics: When Do Terrorists Decide to Attack the US?
Terrorist Groups and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Terrorist Behavior and Societal Tolerance of Violence
Terrorist Attacks on the Homeland
Terrorist and Extremist Organizations (TEO) Database
Terrorism and Violence in Colombia
Terrorism and Targeted Violence in the United States
START-Oxford University Press Book Series
Social Network Analysis for Combating Terrorist Networks
Shadows of Violence: Empirical Assessments of Threats, Coercion and Gray Zones
Replication Data for: "Crime, Conflict and the Legitimacy Tradeoff: Explaining Variation in Insurgents' Participation in Crime" Go
Radicalizing the Poor: Understanding the Influence of Service Provision on Popular Support for and Participation in Violent Political Groups
Radicalization Clusters? Geographic Concentrations of Violent Extremism and Terrorism in the United States
Program to Prepare Communities for Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks
PPT-US Profiles of Perpetrators of Terrorism in the United States (PPT-US) Go
Patterns of U.S. Extremist Crime
Patterns of Radicalization in Political Activism
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
Organizational Determinants of Violence and Performance
Open-Source Geospatial Analysis of Criminal Activity
More Bang for the Buck?: Examining the Effect of Technological Change on Terrorist Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Modeling Terrorism Onset and Intensity Dynamics Using the GTD
Modeling Risk of Future Terrorist Attacks
Minorities at Risk Related Projects
MAROB Minorities at Risk Organizational Behavior (MAROB) Middle East, 1980-2004 Go
Militant Islamist Networks in the West
Massive Online Open Course: Understanding Terrorism and the Terrorist Threat
Martyrs without Borders: Iraq's Foreign Fighters and the Third Generation of Global Jihad
Key Dimensions in Understanding Terrorist Bomb Attacks
Islamic Radicalization in Europe and North America: Parallels and Divergence
ISIL: Branding, Leadership Culture and Lethal Attraction
Ideologies and Motivations of Terrorist Organizations
Homegrown Radicalization and the Role of Social Networks and Social Inclusiveness in the United States
Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami: The Challenge of a Non-Violent Radical Islam
Guerilla Insurgency: The Springboard to Terrorism?
Global Terrorism Database (GTD) Acceleration
Global Terrorism Database (GTD)
Geospatial and Temporal Patterns of US Terrorism
Empirical Assessment of Domestic Radicalization (EADR)
Empirical Analysis of IED Attacks
Dynamics of Terrorism and Counterterrorism Campaigns
Divergent Dimensions of Radicalization Risk: Migration and Violent Extremism in Sabah
Distinctive Characteristics of Terrorist Groups
Dissuading Adversaries and their Radiological/Nuclear Pathways: Integrating Deterrence Theory and Analytics in the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture (GNDA)
Developing Academic Partnerships and Collaborative Research on Countering Violent Extremism in Malaysia and Southeast Asia
Developing a Typology of Terrorism Involvement: A Basis for Sentencing, Management, Risk Reduction, Release & Monitoring of Terrorist Offenders
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency SIGMA+
Dealing with the Devil: When Bargaining with Terrorists Works
Country Reports on Terrorism - Statistical Annex
Counterterrorism Net Assessment Data Structure (CT NEADS)
Countering the Inhumane: Modeling Probable Pathways for Human Trafficking Along the U.S.- Mexico Border
Computational Modeling of Grievances and Political Instability Through Global Media
Comparing Failed, Foiled, Completed and Successful Terrorist Attacks
Community-oriented Policing and Community Engagement in Benin
Climate Change and Terrorism: A Call to Action
Capitol Insurrection Network Map
Building Resilience to Violent Extremism Among Somali-Americans in Minneapolis-St. Paul
Big, Allied, Dangerous, and Charitable?
BAAD Big Allied and Dangerous (BAAD) Database 1 - Lethality Data, 1998-2005 Go
Bargaining on and off the Battlefield: The Bargaining Model of War and Negotiations with the Afghan Taliban
Assessing Success and Failure in Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Development of Metrics on the Global War on Terror and the Global Jihad
Anatomizing Radiological and Nuclear Non-State Adversaries
An Assessment of Jamāʻat Ahl as-Sunnah lid-daʻwa wal-Jihād (Boko Haram): Strengths, Vulnerabilities and Policy Options
Al-Qa'ida Transcript Coding Project
A Climate of Terror: Approaches to the Study of Climate Change and Terrorism