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December 2020

Associated Press: Kenyan man charged with plotting 9/11-style attack on US
War Room: Hiding in plain sight: Radicals in the ranks
NPR: Right-wing embrace of conspiracy is 'mass radicalization,' experts warn
Small Wars Journal: No end in sight for the conflict in Syria: Who are winners and losers?

November 2020

NPR: Kyle Rittenhouse, accused in Kenosha, Wis., shooting deaths, is released on bail
PR Newswire: 2020 Global Terrorism Index: Deaths from terrorism reach five-year low, but new risks emerge
Foreign Policy: Trump abused U.S. sanctions and failed to get results. Biden can do better.
NPR: FBI report: Bias-motivated killings at record high amid nationwide rise in hate crime
NPR: Election dispute increases risk of political violence, analysts warn

October 2020

Washington Post: A man tied to white supremacists is running for office in a Black D.C. neighborhood
USA Today: QAnon crackdown: Facebook restricts Save the Children hashtag ahead of Election Day
The Conversation: Right-wing extremism: The new wave of global terrorism
Center for Global Policy: As U.S. elections near, the risk of extremist violence increases
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping conspiracy wasn't the first anti-government plot with Wisconsin ties
USA Today: Trump believes QAnon claim it's fighting pedophiles, refuses to disavow extremist conspiracy theory
PolitiFact: FBI director warned about white supremacist violence
Vox: Facebook and Twitter said they would crack down on QAnon, but the delusion seems unstoppable
Foreign Affairs: The death and life of terrorist networks
USA Today: Facebook cracks down on extremist conspiracy group QAnon for hijacking Save the Children movement
Vox: There are proven ways to keep protests peaceful. Trump is doing the opposite.
ABC News: Extremist group relishes in Trump's mention during debate

September 2020

USA Today: Save the Children? Extremist conspiracy movement QAnon fabricates pedophile claims against Biden as election looms
The Conversation: When politicians use hate speech, political violence increases
Washington Times: White supremacists pose 'most persistent and lethal threat'
BBC: How many people does it take to oust a political leader?
PolitiFact: Fact-checking Trump health aide's unproven 'hit squads' claim from controversial Facebook video
The Wall Street Journal: Cities Were Filled With Mass Protests in the Summer of 2020. They Are Different Now.
ISC News: Horizon scanning for future threats: An emerging technique for security
The Atlantic: When Women Lead Protest Movements
The Conversation: 19 years after 9/11, Americans continue to fear foreign extremists and underplay the dangers of domestic terrorism
Lawfare: To Prevent Extremist Violence in the United States, Think Beyond the Homeland Security Box
Vox: Donald Trump is inciting violence
Voice of America: Antifa Protester Suspected in Killing of Trump Supporter in Oregon
USA Today: How QAnon and other dark forces are radicalizing Americans as the COVID-19 pandemic rages and election looms

August 2020

The Atlantic: The Violence Could Get Much Worse
Al-Monitor: Is Turkey’s opposition losing Istanbul to Erdogan?
War on the Rocks: The Looming Influx of Foreign Fighters in Sub-Saharan Africa
Fox News: As the US moves out of Afghanistan, Iran cements ties with the Taliban and officials
Al-Arabiya: The other dimension - strategy to counter terrorism in Iraq
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs: The Republican People’s Party (CHP) is Complicit in the Erosion of Democracy in Turkey
Center for Global Policy: Far-Right Extremist Mobilization Surges During U.S. Unrest

July 2020

Fox News: Report: Taliban allowing Al Qaeda training camps and providing support, despite U.S. agreement to cut all ties
PolitiFact: No, Black Lives Matter is not a terrorist organization
Defense One: Monuments, terrorism and the American white power movement
NBC: Protesters hit by cars recently highlight a dangerous far-right trend in America
PBS NewsHour: Should the U.S. designate racial violence as terrorism?
Fox News: Taliban, despite 'peace' talks, led the world by far in 2019 terrorist attacks, study finds
Washington Post: Covid-19 pandemic is stoking extremist flames worldwide, analysts warn
The New York Times: Black Lives Matter May Be the Largest Movement in U.S. History

June 2020

Sinclair Broadcasting Group: Trump aides claim 'major strides' in fight against international terrorism