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September 2021

Sep 30
Pew Research Center: Globally, social hostilities related to religion decline in 2019, while government restrictions remain at highest levels
Sep 11
Vox: 20 years, $6 trillion, 900,000 lives: The enormous costs and elusive benefits of the war on terror.
Sep 7
MSN: How many Canadians have fallen victim to terrorism?

August 2021

Aug 9
International Business Times: 5 richest terrorist groups in the world

June 2021

Jun 30
Center for Global Development: Avoiding the high fiscal costs of terrorism in the post-COVID era
Jun 21
Washington Post: As refugee numbers rise, many countries want to shut them out for security concerns

May 2021

May 15
The Economist: Fortnite to far right: The rise of digital extremism
May 6
Washington Times: White supremacism, systemic racism don't exist in the U.S., says Ted Nugent: 'We fixed that'

January 2021

Jan 25
Five Thirty Eight: Our radicalized republic
Jan 22
Vox: Trump is gone. But the threat of right-wing violence that arose under his watch remains.

December 2020

Dec 21
Washington Post: 2020 appears to be a good year for counterterrorism
Dec 10
Small Wars Journal: No end in sight for the conflict in Syria: Who are winners and losers?

November 2020

Nov 25
PR Newswire: 2020 Global Terrorism Index: Deaths from terrorism reach five-year low, but new risks emerge
Nov 19
Foreign Policy: Trump abused U.S. sanctions and failed to get results. Biden can do better.

October 2020

Oct 22
The Conversation: Right-wing extremism: The new wave of global terrorism

September 2020

Sep 23
Washington Times: White supremacists pose 'most persistent and lethal threat'

July 2020

Jul 31
Fox News: Report: Taliban allowing Al Qaeda training camps and providing support, despite U.S. agreement to cut all ties
Jul 30
PolitiFact: No, Black Lives Matter is not a terrorist organization
Jul 27
Defense One: Monuments, terrorism and the American white power movement
Jul 12
NBC: Protesters hit by cars recently highlight a dangerous far-right trend in America
Jul 9
Fox News: Taliban, despite 'peace' talks, led the world by far in 2019 terrorist attacks, study finds

June 2020

Jun 1
New York Times: What Is Antifa, the Movement Trump Wants to Declare a Terror Group?
Jun 1
Vox: People are running over George Floyd protesters. Are far-right memes to blame?

February 2020

Feb 6
The Conversation: The 6 countries in Trump’s new travel ban pose little threat to US national security
Feb 5
Bustle: Practical Steps To Take If You're Feeling Anxious In The Wake Of A Terrorist Attack

January 2020

Jan 9
The New York Times: Trump's Inaccurate Statements About the Conflict With Iran

December 2019

Dec 29
NBC: Victims of terror tell of invisible wounds that never heal
Dec 16
Forbes: Peace Of Mind In A Risky World
Dec 5
PolitiFact: Terrorism in the United States: key facts, patterns and trends

November 2019

Nov 26
War on the Rocks: When Does Terrorism Have a Strategic Effect?
Nov 20
CNN: Report finds the Taliban were deadlier than ISIS in 2018
Nov 20
PR Newswire: 2019 Global Terrorism Index: Deaths From Terrorism Halved in the Last Four Years, but Number of Countries Affected by Terrorism is Growing
Nov 5
Washington Post: The death of Baghdadi isn’t the end of ISIS

October 2019

Oct 27
Los Angeles Times: I study terrorism. A white supremacist attack in my neighborhood woke me up to the danger at home
Oct 18
CNN: Trump parrots talking points from Putin, Erdogan on Syria
Oct 17
The New York Times: Fact-Checking Trump on Syria, Erdogan and the Kurds
Oct 13
The National Interest: Terrorism: Making a Comeback or on the Decline? A New Report Has Answers.
Oct 11
Council on Foreign Relations: The New Terrorism Reality
Oct 4
PRISM: The Business Case For Terrorism

September 2019

Sep 28
Foreign Policy: What Terrorism Experts Can Learn From Public Health Experts
Sep 27
CTC Sentinel: Eighteen Years On: The War on Terror Comes of Age
Sep 16
UN CTED Analytical Brief: Responding to terrorist threats against soft targets

August 2019

Aug 21
Department of State DipNote: Remembering the Victims of Terrorism
Aug 6
The Washington Post: Just how bad is the white nationalist terrorism problem?
Aug 4
New York Times: White Extremist Ideology Drives Many Deadly Shootings
Aug 1
AFP Fact Check: No, that is the approximate total number of terror attacks recorded globally over that period

July 2019

Jul 19
The Washington Post: Terrorism does increase with immigration - but only homegrown, right-wing terrorism
Jul 4
Small Wars Journal: Global Terrorism May be Down but is Still a Threat In 2019 - Are We Ready?
Jul 2
The New York Times: What Is Antifa? Explaining the Movement to Confront the Far Right

June 2019

Jun 13
The Conversation: Boko Haram deploys lots of women suicide bombers. I found out why

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