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January 2017

Homeland Security News Wire: Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States (PIRUS) database released
American Library Association: RUSA's Emerging Technologies Section selects 18th annual list of Best Free Reference Websites
War on the Rocks: ISIL’s virtual planners: A critical terrorist innovation
Huffington Post: GOP bill would slash diplomatic security funds unless Trump moves U.S. embassy to Jerusalem
Daily Mail: Why air travel is safer than ever: Number of fatal accidents in 2016 down on previous years
CBS Baltimore: Delaware man injured in deadly Istanbul attack heads home
Long War Journal: Islamic State claims historically high number of suicide attacks in 2016
Washington Post: Trump has properties all over the world. They’re now major terrorism targets.

December 2016

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: IS’s looming death could be hiding bad news
New Yorker: The remaking of the world order
Boston Globe: Trump and ISIS - bosom enemies?
Yahoo News: Does Donald Trump have a plan to prevent homegrown terror attacks?
The Atlantic: The terrifying simplicity of the Berlin attack
WUSA TV: Where deadly incidents in Germany and Turkey acts of terror?
Washington Post: 45 years of terrorist attacks in Europe, visualized
The Huffington Post: America's elite troops partner with African forces but pursue U.S. aims
Business Insider: Facebook is tapping college students to fight trolls and extremists
World Economic Forum: Terrorists want to destroy our cities. We can't let them.
Washington Post: Fact checking Obama's claim that no foreign terror organization 'successfully' attacked the homeland on his watch
Jerusalem Post: The mind of the attacker - What happened at Ohio State?
Agence France-Presse: Turning point as social media tackles online 'terror'

November 2016

Pacific Standard: Why Are Ambush Killings of Police on the Rise?
Al-Madina Institute: Advancing the Conversation on CVE
UMD Right Now: UMD Biological Sciences Senior Aaron Solomon Named Marshall Scholar
Just Earth News: Enduring Vulnerabilities
PBS NewsHour: Reverse Course
Homeland Security News Wire: Overall number of terrorism deaths falls, but increases in some countries
DAWN (Pakistan): Global index records drop in terrorist activities in Pakistan during 2015
Sputnik: Extremism Expert Claims Media Coverage Only Fuels Terrorism in West
Pakistan Express Tribune: Pakistan among top five countries most hit by terrorism
PR Newswire: 2016 Global Terrorism Index: 650% Increase in Deaths from Terrorism Amongst OECD Member Countries
Reuters: Global terrorism deaths fall, but rise 650 percent in OECD countries
Defense One: How Special Operators Trained for Psychological Warfare Before the Mosul Fight
Reuters: The psychology behind voters' choices - and election madness
Long War Journal: Islamic State defends Mosul with dozens of suicide bombers
Associated Press: Risk experts: Candidates not focusing on biggest threats
Tribal Tribune: Two tribal members selected as ’40 under 40’ recipients
New York Times: The Price of Certainty
Patheos: What is CVE (Countering Violent Extremism)?
Washington Post: Will next week's U.S. elections lead to violence? Here's what environmental extremists can teach us.

October 2016

Wall Street Journal: How Islamic State Weaponized the Chat App to Direct Attacks on the West
Capital News Service: Profile of Maryland white nationalist grows
Quartz: America's lone-wolf terrorists are unpredictable in almost every regard-except one
National Interest: Will Somalia's Elections Change the War on Al-Shabaab?
The Long War Journal: Number of suicide attacks claimed by the Islamic State dipped in September
Baltimore Sun: Mental health evaluations key to stopping terrorist attacks
Business Monthly: Proposed Academy Supports FBI Move to Greenbelt
Commercial Property Executive: FBI HQ Relocation to be Announced by Year-End

September 2016

Politico: Muslim Communities in America
Los Angeles Times: In wake of bombing, New Yorkers are increasingly seeing threats in the trash left on the street