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December 2021

Washington Institute for Near East Policy: Egypt's counterinsurgency success in Sinai
Military Times: How extremist groups target veterans, and what can be done about it
Military Times: Fighting falsehoods: Veterans coalition aims to battle extremism with truth
Defense One: Veterans are being recruited by extremist groups. How do we help them say no?

November 2021

National Institute of Justice: Hate crimes: National database identifies traits and motivations marking distinct pathways of people who commit bias-based offenses
Business Insider: Inside a DC jail's 'Patriot Wing,' where Capitol riot defendants sing the national anthem and act like prisoners of war — but struggle to cope with being locked up
USA Today: When does speech become dangerous? Rep. Gosar’s ties to white nationalists added to concerns about his video
Military Times: Extremist crimes among veterans on the rise for the past decade, study finds
Salon: Is the QAnon "movement" a tragedy, a danger — or a terrorist group?
Homeland Preparedness News: Global Partnership to focus on climate change fueled terrorism
PolitiFact: Tucker Carlson film falsely claims Jan. 6 is 'pretext to strip millions' of 'constitutional rights'

October 2021

CBC: U.S. judge sentences Manitoban ex-reservist Patrik Mathews to 9 years in prison for role in neo-Nazi plot
Slate: How passenger vehicles became a preferred weapon for domestic extremists
Small Wars Journal: Redefining terrorism in the 21st century
The Guardian: The dark side of wellness: The overlap between spiritual thinking and far-right conspiracies
Fox News: Extremist groups are recruiting veterans; House lawmakers want to know why and how
AP News: 'Radicalized' veteran gets time served for anti-police bombs
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: How to reduce the risk of a catastrophic spent nuclear fuel fire near the Persian Gulf
Washington Post: U.S. Army investigating after Confederate flag is raised at barracks in Germany
AP News: French child kidnap plot shows global sway of QAnon style

September 2021

Pew Research Center: Globally, social hostilities related to religion decline in 2019, while government restrictions remain at highest levels
Al Jazeera: US braces for #JusticeforJ6 rallies supporting pro-Trump rioters
Vox: 20 years, $6 trillion, 900,000 lives: The enormous costs and elusive benefits of the war on terror.
MSN: How many Canadians have fallen victim to terrorism?
Baltimore Sun: Unspoken wedding vows, grandchildren never met and a war that stumbled to an end: How to measure the 20 years since 9/11

August 2021

The Conversation: Why is it so difficult to fight domestic terrorism? 6 experts share their thoughts
Sinclair Broadcasting Group: Taliban takeover increases terrorism threat in Afghanistan as US forces leave
Forbes: Twitter, Facebook may let Taliban control Afghan government social media accounts
Insider: Some QAnon believers are being driven to violence. Experts say mental health problems could be a factor.
The Telegraph: Mexican drug cartel threatens to kill TV anchor over 'unfair' coverage
International Business Times: 5 richest terrorist groups in the world
NBC: Cracking down on domestic terrorism

July 2021

Los Angeles Times: To confront the reality of domestic terrorism, we need a federal law
WYPR: Probing the 1/6 attack on the US Capitol: Politics & the terror threat
Orlando Sentinel: Ex-Central Florida cops' Capitol riot arrests underscore extremists' inroads among police, experts say
Task and Purpose: Self-proclaimed 'incel' allegedly joined Army to train for mass shooting of women but washed out after 4 months
The Baltimore Sun: As the world asks how COVID emerged from Wuhan, China pushes back with conspiracy theory about Army post in Maryland
Voice of America: Causes of extremism spike in US military examined in new study
Boston Globe: Rise of the Moors group arose from a growing, national sovereign citizen movement, experts say
Huffington Post: They were not tourists: The radicals at the heart of the Capitol riot

June 2021

Center for Global Development: Avoiding the high fiscal costs of terrorism in the post-COVID era
Foreign Affairs: The threat reflex: Why some societies respond to danger better than others
Washington Post: As refugee numbers rise, many countries want to shut them out for security concerns
NBC: Biden administration announces new strategy to fight domestic terrorism
Modern War Institute: We ignore the human domain at our own peril
Forbes: QAnoners may be quiet now but FBI warns waning trust in 'Q' could fuel more real-world violence
Orlando Sentinel: Capitol riot arrests reveal far-right Oath Keepers' extremist influence in Florida, experts say

May 2021

Newsweek: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell signs QAnon quilt that sold for thousands at 'patriot' conference
Forbes: A Congressman, ejected reporters and calls for a coup: Here's what went down at the 'QAnon conference'
The Economist: Fortnite to far right: The rise of digital extremism