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Project Title	Investigators	Project Period
Developing Integrated Radiological and Nuclear Detection Architecture for the Interior and International Mission Space	Steve Sin, Marcus A. Boyd	September, 2016 to September, 2019
Developing a Typology of Terrorism Involvement: A Basis for Sentencing, Management, Risk Reduction, Release & Monitoring of Terrorist Offenders		July, 2012 to December, 2015
Framing Global Salafi-Jihadist Messages in the West	Peter Neumann	July, 2012 to December, 2015
Radicalization of Momin Khawaja	Clark McCauley, Sophia Moskalenko	July, 2013 to June, 2015
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 Sin	September, 2013 to March, 2015
Terrorist Behavior and Societal Tolerance of Violence	Risa Brooks	July, 2012 to December, 2013
Islamic Radicalization in Europe and North America: Parallels and Divergence	Gary Ackerman, John Sawyer, Peter Neumann	June, 2008 to December, 2011
Effectiveness of Counterterrorism Strategies	Martha Crenshaw	June, 2008 to November, 2011
Quantitative Index of the Public Health Impacts of Terrorism	Fran Norris	June, 2008 to October, 2011
European Converts to Islam: An Evolving Threat?	Emmanuel Karagiannis	June, 2009 to May, 2011
Tracking Sympathy and Support of Muslims for Terrorism in Muslim Countries and in the United Kingdom	Clark McCauley	June, 2008 to May, 2011
Cell Groups and Individual Radicalization in Indonesia, United Kingdom, and the United States	Douglas M. McLeod	June, 2008 to December, 2009
Patterns of Radicalization in Political Activism	Donatella della Porta, Manuela Caiani	June, 2008 to December, 2009
Assessing the Effectiveness of Current De-Radicalization Initiatives and Identifying Implications for the Development of U.S.-Based Initiatives in Multiple Settings		June, 2008 to June, 2009
Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami: The Challenge of a Non-Violent Radical Islam	Clark McCauley, Emmanuel Karagiannis	June, 2005 to June, 2009
Modeling Risk of Future Terrorist Attacks	Gary LaFree, Laura Dugan	May, 2005 to June, 2009
Mobilization For and Against Terrorism in the Muslim World	Clark McCauley, Mansoor Moaddel, Mohammed Hafez	May, 2005 to May, 2009
Militant Islamist Networks in the West	Jeffrey Bale	July, 2005 to April, 2008

Project Title	Publication Date	START Authors	Publication Type
Catch Them Coming and Going: Probabilistic Pathway Projection to Counter Foreign Fighters	March 2016	Boyd, Marcus A.	START Reports
'Keep Wicked Calm and Carry the Hell On': Boston, Terrorism and the Rhetorical Power of Resilience	June 2013	Bean, Hamilton; Keranen, Lisa	Discussion Point
Another Look at Jujitsu Politics	September 2016	McCauley, Clark; Moskalenko, Sophia	Discussion Point
The Paris Fidayin Attacks: Eight Years in the Making?	October 2015	Tinsley, Herbert	Discussion Point
Weaponizing Peace: Colombia’s Demobilized FARC as a Lever of Russian Influence	May 2019	Koven, Barnett S.	White Paper
How Community Ties Influence Terrorist Targeting of Civilians	November 2013	Brooks, Risa	Research Brief
Probabilistic Pathway Projection to Counter Foreign Fighters	April 2016	Boyd, Marcus A.	Research Brief
Efficacy of Counterterrorism Approaches: Examining Northern Ireland	October 2006	LaFree, Gary; Dugan, Laura	Research Brief
On the 5th anniversary of the 7/7 London Transit Attack	July 2010		Background Report
ETA Ceasefires by the Numbers	October 2011	Miller, Erin; Smarick, Kathleen	Background Report
Terrorism in Belgium and Western Europe; Attacks against Transportation Targets; Coordinated Terrorist Attacks	March 2016	Miller, Erin	Background Report
Financial Activities Linked to Persons from Sweden and Denmark who Joined Terrorist Groups in Syria and Iraq During the Period 2013-2016	January 2017	Ranstorp, Magnus	Report
Far-Right Nativism: Its Geopolitical Effects and Its Future in North America and Europe	January 2022	Beutel, Alejandro	Report
The Rise and Endurance of Radical Right Movements	September 2019	Caiani, Manuela	Journal Article
Political, Religious, and Psychological Characteristics of Muslim Protest Marchers in Eight European Cities: Jerusalem Day 2002	December 2005	McCauley, Clark	Journal Article
Changing Organizational Structures of Jihadist Networks in the Netherlands	October 2016	Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven	Journal Article
#JESUISPARIS?: An Appeal to Hypocrisy and Justifications for Mass Casualty Violence	October 2019	Ligon, Gina Scott	Journal Article
Maritime Security Initiatives: A Paper Tiger or a Concrete Solution?	November 2016	Sin, Steve	Journal Article
New Opportunities in Common Security and Defence Policy: Joining PESCO	February 2020	Leuprecht, Christian	Journal Article
Criminal Pasts, Terrorist Futures: European Jihadists and the New Crime-Terror Nexus	December 2016	Neumann, Peter	Journal Article
Explaining Homegrown Western Jihadists: The Importance of Western Foreign Policy	June 2018	McCauley, Clark	Journal Article
Public Health Consequences of Terrorism on Maternal-Child Health in New York City and Madrid	October 2012	Sherrieb, Kathleen	Journal Article
The Provisional Irish Republican Army and the Development of Mortars	March 2016	Ackerman, Gary	Journal Article
Terrorism and Democracy	May 2013	Chenoweth, Erica	Journal Article
The Emerging Red-Green Alliance: Where Political Islam Meets the Radical Left	March 2013	McCauley, Clark; Karagiannis, Emmanuel	Journal Article
Lethal Connections: The Determinants of Network Connections in the Provisional Irish Republican Army, 1970–1998	January 2014	Rethemeyer, R. Karl; Asal, Victor	Journal Article
The Stasi-Meinhof Complex?	June 2013	Vielhaber, David	Journal Article
Transnational Islamist Networks: Western Fighters in Afghanistan, Somalia and Syria	December 2013	Karagiannis, Emmanuel	Journal Article
Reforming Counterterrorism: Institutions and Organizational Routines in Britain and France	July 2009	Foley, Frank	Journal Article
Enemies with Benefits? Violent Rivalry and Terrorist Group Longevity	January 2015	Phillips, Brian	Journal Article
Europe's Jihadist Dilemma	July 2006	Neumann, Peter	Journal Article
Western Muslims Volunteering to fight in Syria and Iraq: Why do they go, and what should we do?	July 2015	McCauley, Clark; Moskalenko, Sophia	Journal Article
Social Network Analysis of German Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq	February 2017	Hafez, Mohammed	Journal Article
Why Inter-Agency Operations Break Down: U.S. Counterterrorism in Comparative Perspective	July 2016	Foley, Frank	Journal Article
The Impact of British Counterterrorist Strategies on Political Violence in Northern Ireland: Comparing Deterrence and Backlash Models	February 2009	LaFree, Gary; Dugan, Laura	Journal Article
The Expansion of Intelligence Agency Mandates: British Counterterrorism in Comparative Perspective	October 2009	Foley, Frank	Journal Article
Counterterrorism Killings and Provisional IRA Bombings, 1970-1998	April 2016	Piazza, James A.	Journal Article
Extremist Violence from the Fatherland to the Homeland: A Comparison of Far-right Homicide in Germany and the United States	April 2017	Gruenewald, Jeff; Parkin, William	Journal Article
The Rise and the Fall of the Extreme Right in Europe: Towards an Explanation?	December 2007	Caiani, Manuela	Journal Article
Online Networks of the Italian and German Extreme Right: An Explorative Study with Social Network Analysis	February 2009	Caiani, Manuela	Journal Article
The Impact of Terrorism on Italian Employment and Business Activity	May 2007	LaFree, Gary; Dugan, Laura	Journal Article
The Effectiveness of Counterterrorism in Spain: A New Approach	February 2010	Chenoweth, Erica	Conference Paper
Terrorism and State Repression: Strategic Choice and the Domestic Normative Context	June 2018	Foley, Frank	Book Chapter
Countering Terrorism in Britain and France	November 2012	Foley, Frank	Book
Discursive Turns and Critical Junctures: Debating Citizenship after the Charlie Hebdo Attacks	June 2020	della Porta, Donatella	Book
European and American Extreme Right Groups and the Internet	November 2012	Caiani, Manuela	Book
Social Networks and Public Support for the European Union	June 2013	Radziszewski, Elizabeth	Book
Joining Al Qaeda: Jihadist Recruitment in Europe	December 2008	Neumann, Peter	Book
Social Movements and Europeanization	July 2009	della Porta, Donatella; Caiani, Manuela	Book
Understanding Terrorism Innovation and Learning: Al-Qaeda and Beyond	April 2015	Ranstorp, Magnus	Book
Mobilizing on the Extreme Right: Germany, Italy, and the United States	January 2012	della Porta, Donatella; Caiani, Manuela	Book
Radical Right Movement Parties in Europe	December 2018	Caiani, Manuela	Book
The Radical's Journey: How German Neo-Nazis Voyaged to the Edge and Back	October 2019	Kruglanski, Arie	Book

Title	Byline
New START model forecasts the flow of foreign fighters	Jessica Rivinius
Terrorism in Belgium and Western Europe; Attacks against Transportation Targets; Coordinated Terrorist Attacks
Researcher analyzes how community ties impact terrorist groups’ targeting of civilians	Laura Walker
START Newsletter: Intelligence and security; perspectives on terrorism; Hezbollah; 'big data' and coding
Discussion Point: 'Keep Wicked Calm and Carry the Hell On': Boston, Terrorism and the Rhetorical Power of Resilience	Hamilton Bean, Lisa Keranen
Hegghammer explains variation in western jihadists	J.R. Taylor
New Book: European and American Extreme Right Groups and the Internet
Intern Spotlight: Rick Magill	Catherine Llamido
Discussion Point: Black Swans and Burstiness—Countering Myths about Terrorism	Gary LaFree
New data reveals al-Qaida-linked groups among most active terrorist groups in the world
Olympics and Terrorism
START research examines history of terrorism and the Olympic Games	Emily Bonta
Al-Qaida's fatal terrorism under Osama bin Laden
START investigator and former TRA recipient publish book on the mobilization of right-wing extremism	Samantha Goldman
Top-ranked criminology journal features START research	Jessica Rivinius
Prevention and Protection in an Age of Terror
Exciting Winter Courses Now Offered ONLINE
Have you seen it yet? START Research Review
START releases first Research Review
START Announces 2009-10 Terrorism Research Awards
Kruglanski Honored by Society of Experimental Social Psychology
START Research Symposium: Wednesday, June 28th
START Advisory Board member quoted in "Daily Telegraph" and CNN
START Announces Fellowships for 2005-06

Title	Job Title	Institution
Amanda Quinn	Faculty Research Assistant, GTD	University of Maryland
Brandon Behlendorf	Assistant Professor, College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity, SUNY Albany	University at Albany, State University of New York
Clark McCauley	Professor of Psychology	Bryn Mawr College
Herbert Tinsley	Analyst, Government Accountability Office
John Sawyer	Director of Strategic Corporate Research Relationships	University of Maryland
Kurt Braddock	Assistant Professor, American University	American University
Margaret Hayden	Researcher, GTD	University of Maryland
Martha Crenshaw	Researcher, Political Science/International Relations	Stanford University
Peter Simi	Associate Professor, Chapman University Director, Earl Babbie Research Center	Chapman University
Rebecca (Becca) Earnhardt	PhD student Research Associate, Stimson Center	University of Maryland
Stevan Weine	Professor of Psychiatry	University of Illinois at Chicago