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Project Title	Investigators	Project Period
Counterterrorism Net Assessment Data Structure (CT NEADS)	Barnett S. Koven	January, 2019 to January, 2020
Global Terrorism Database (GTD) Acceleration	Erin Miller	January, 2019 to January, 2020
Developing Academic Partnerships and Collaborative Research on Countering Violent Extremism in Malaysia and Southeast Asia	Amy Pate, Barnett S. Koven, William Braniff	September, 2018 to December, 2019
The Terrorism and Extremist Violence in the United States (TEVUS) Database	Gary LaFree, Brent Smith, Joshua Freilich, Steven Chermak, Erin Miller, William Braniff, Kathleen Smarick	March, 2009 to September, 2019
Bargaining on and off the Battlefield: The Bargaining Model of War and Negotiations with the Afghan Taliban	Barnett S. Koven	February, 2019 to August, 2019
A Comparative Study of Violent Extremism and Gangs	Gary LaFree, Scott H. Decker, David C. Pyrooz	January, 2015 to March, 2019
Empirical Assessment of Domestic Disengagement and Deradicalization (EAD3)	Michael Jensen, Peter Simi, Gina Scott Ligon	January, 2015 to December, 2018
Country Reports on Terrorism - Statistical Annex	Gary LaFree, Erin Miller	May, 2012 to May, 2018
Comparing Failed, Foiled, Completed and Successful Terrorist Attacks	Erik Dahl, Margaret Wilson, Martha Crenshaw	July, 2012 to December, 2017
Patterns of U.S. Extremist Crime	Jeff Gruenewald, Joshua Freilich, Steven Chermak, William Parkin	July, 2012 to December, 2017
Shadows of Violence: Empirical Assessments of Threats, Coercion and Gray Zones	Amy Pate, Barnett S. Koven	July, 2016 to June, 2017
Empirical Assessment of Domestic Radicalization (EADR)	Michael Jensen, Gary LaFree	January, 2013 to December, 2016
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
Mapping and Evaluating Online Salafi-Jihadism	Arie Kruglanski, Jarret Brachman, Michele Gelfand	July, 2012 to December, 2014
An Assessment of Jamāʻat Ahl as-Sunnah lid-daʻwa wal-Jihād (Boko Haram): Strengths, Vulnerabilities and Policy Options	Amy Pate	July, 2014 to November, 2014
Massive Online Open Course: Understanding Terrorism and the Terrorist Threat	Gary LaFree, William Braniff, Katherine Worboys Izsak	January, 2014 to March, 2014
Anatomizing Radiological and Nuclear Non-State Adversaries	Gary Ackerman, Jeffrey Bale, R. Karl Rethemeyer	June, 2012 to January, 2014
Islamic Radicalization in Europe and North America: Parallels and Divergence	Gary Ackerman, John Sawyer, Peter Neumann	June, 2008 to December, 2011
Assessing Success and Failure in Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Development of Metrics on the Global War on Terror and the Global Jihad	Rashmi Singh	June, 2008 to October, 2011
European Converts to Islam: An Evolving Threat?	Emmanuel Karagiannis	June, 2009 to May, 2011
Martyrs without Borders: Iraq's Foreign Fighters and the Third Generation of Global Jihad	Mohammed Hafez	June, 2008 to May, 2011
Relationships among Terrorism-Using Groups, Supporters, Constituencies, Target Groups, and General Populations	Clark McCauley	January, 2009 to December, 2009
Where the Extremes May Touch: The Potential for Collaboration Between Islamist, Right- and Left-Wing Extremists	Gary Ackerman, Jeffrey Bale	July, 2005 to September, 2009
International Survey Capability	Steven Kull	June, 2005 to September, 2009
Distinctive Characteristics of Terrorist Groups	Gary LaFree, Laura Dugan	January, 2005 to June, 2009
Al-Qa'ida Transcript Coding Project	Deborah Cai	June, 2006 to May, 2009
Understanding Desistance from Terrorism	Clark McCauley	May, 2005 to May, 2009
Militant Islamist Networks in the West	Jeffrey Bale	July, 2005 to April, 2008
Extremist Crime Database Related Projects	Joshua Freilich, Steven Chermak

Project Title	Publication Date	START Authors	Publication Type
A Situated Comparison of Suicide and Non-Suicide Terrorist Plots and Homicides in the United States, 1990-2014	September 2018	Gruenewald, Jeff; Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven; Parkin, William	Journal Article
A Tale of Two Caliphates	December 2014	Braniff, William	White Paper
A Tale of Two Caliphates: Al-Qaida and its Associated Movement vs. the Islamic State and its Associated Movement	September 2015	Braniff, William	Presentation
Addressing the Myths of Terrorism in America	March 2019	Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven	Journal Article
Al Qaeda and the Islamic State's Break: Strategic Strife or Lackluster Leadership?	October 2017	Bacon, Tricia	Journal Article
Al Qaeda's Post-9/11 Evolution: An Assessment	November 2011	Moghadam, Assaf; Braniff, William	Book Chapter
Al-Qa'ida - Related Terrorism: Violent Incidents and Foiled Plots	April 2013	Gruenewald, Jeff; Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven; Parkin, William	Research Brief
Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Anwar al-Awlaki, and Samir Khan	September 2011	Miller, Erin; Smarick, Kathleen	Background Report
Al-Qaida and Al-Shabaab: A Resilient Alliance	January 2019	Bacon, Tricia	Book Chapter
Al-Shabaab Attack on Garissa University in Kenya	April 2015	Pate, Amy; Miller, Erin; Jensen, Michael	Background Report
Al-Shabaab Attack on Westgate Mall in Kenya	September 2013	Miller, Erin	Background Report
Alienation, Religion, Economics and Politics: Testing Theories of Radicalization in Polls of U.S. Muslims	January 2009	McCauley, Clark	START Reports
American Jihadi Terrorism: A Comparison of Homicides and Unsuccessful Plots	November 2016	Gruenewald, Jeff; Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven	Journal Article
Another Look at Jujitsu Politics	September 2016	McCauley, Clark; Moskalenko, Sophia	Discussion Point
Apologia for Suicide: Martyrdom in Contemporary Jihadist Discourse	May 2018	Hafez, Mohammed	Book Chapter
Applying an Organizational Framework to Examine Jihadi Organizations as an Industry	October 2017	Ligon, Gina Scott	Journal Article
August 2013 Security Threat to Americans Abroad	August 2013	Miller, Erin	Background Report
Beyond al-Qa'ida	November 2012	Braniff, William	Discussion Point
Boko Haram Recent Attacks	May 2014	Pate, Amy; Miller, Erin; Jensen, Michael	Background Report
Book Review: Talibanistan: Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics, and Religion	September 2019	Krause, Peter	Book Review
Boomerang: Opinion versus Action in the Radicalization of Abu-Mulal al-Balawi	July 2010	McCauley, Clark	Journal Article
Bruce Hoffman and Fernando Reinares (Eds.): The Evolution of the Global Terrorist Threat: From 9/11 to Osama bin Laden's Death	September 2015	Moghadam, Assaf	Book Review
Caliphate in Decline: An Estimate of Islamic State's Financial Fortunes	March 2017	Neumann, Peter	Report
Catch Them Coming and Going: Probabilistic Pathway Projection to Counter Foreign Fighters	March 2016	Boyd, Marcus A.	START Reports
Changing Organizational Structures of Jihadist Networks in the Netherlands	October 2016	Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven	Journal Article
Cigarette smuggling and terrorism financing	November 2013	Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven	Book Chapter
Circles Drawing Toward High Risk Activism: The Use of Usroh and Halaqa in Islamist Radical Movements	May 2008	McLeod, Douglas M.	Journal Article
Comparative Islamist Perspectives on the Politics of Energy in the Middle East and Beyond	July 2014	Karagiannis, Emmanuel	Journal Article
Comparing Extremist Perpetrators of Suicide and Non-suicide Attacks in the U.S.	March 2017	Gruenewald, Jeff; Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven; Parkin, William	Journal Article
Conducting Terrorism Fieldwork on a Shoe-String Budget: Researching Suicide Terrorism in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict	February 2013	Singh, Rashmi	Book Chapter
Consenting to a Child's Decision to Join a Jihad: Insights from a Survey of Militant Families in Pakistan	November 2008	Asal, Victor	Journal Article
Containing the Narrative: Strategy and Tactics in Countering the Storyline of Global Jihad	January 2010	Leuprecht, Christian; McCauley, Clark; Moskalenko, Sophia	Journal Article
Countermeasures against Extremism and Terrorism Database: Data Status and Final Findings	September 2012	Liu, Brooke; Kennedy, Jonathan	START Reports
Counterterrorism Net Assessment Data Structure	April 2020	Koven, Barnett S.; Lindquist, Katy; Erdemandi, Max	Project Fact Sheet
Criminal Justice & Military Deaths at the Hands of Extremists	November 2016	Gruenewald, Jeff; Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven; Parkin, William	Background Report
Criminal Pasts, Terrorist Futures: European Jihadists and the New Crime-Terror Nexus	December 2016	Neumann, Peter	Journal Article
CVE: An Idea Whose Time Has Come	September 2014	Braniff, William	Discussion Point
De-constituting al-Qa’ida: CCO theory and the decline and dissolution of hidden organizations	September 2017	Bean, Hamilton	Journal Article
Deadly Clerics: Blocked Ambition and the Paths to Jihad. By Richard A. Nielsen.	November 2018	Hafez, Mohammed	Book Review
Debates among Salafi Muslims about use of violence	May 2017	Beutel, Alejandro; Braniff, William	START Reports
Digital Participation Roles of the Global Jihad: Social Media’s Role in Bringing Together Vulnerable Individuals and VEO Content	March 2018	Ligon, Gina Scott	White Paper
Discursive Turns and Critical Junctures: Debating Citizenship After the Charlie Hebdo Attacks	May 2020	della Porta, Donatella	Book
Divergent Dimensions of Radicalization Risk: Migration and Violent Extremism in Sabah	December 2021		Report
Dynamic Dimensions of Radicalization and Violent Extremism in Sabah, Malaysia	December 2021	Henkin, Samuel D.	Report
Europe's Jihadist Dilemma	July 2006	Neumann, Peter	Journal Article
Explaining Homegrown Western Jihadists: The Importance of Western Foreign Policy	June 2018	McCauley, Clark	Journal Article
Exploring the Crime-Terror Nexus in the United States: A Social Network Analysis of a Hezbollah Network Involved in Trade Diversion	October 2015	Freilich, Joshua; Belli, Roberta; Chermak, Steven	Journal Article
Financial Crime and Material Support Schemes Linked to al-Qa'ida and Affiliated Movements (AQAM) in the United States: 1990 to June 2014	November 2014	Sullivan, Brandon; Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven	START Reports
Financial Crime and Material Support Schemes Linked to al-Qa'ida and Affiliated Movements (AQAM) in the United States: 1990 to June 2014	December 2014	Sullivan, Brandon; Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven	Research Brief
Financial Crime and Political Extremism in the U.S.	January 2012	Freilich, Joshua; Belli, Roberta; Chermak, Steven	Research Brief
Financial Terror: Financial Crime Schemes Involving Extremists Linked to the American Far Right and al-Qaida and Affiliated Movements	January 2017	Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven	Book Chapter
Finding Bin Laden: Lessons for a New American Way of Intelligence	June 2014	Dahl, Erik	Journal Article
Foreign Fighter Influence in Al-Shabaab: Limitations and Future Prospects	January 2019	Bacon, Tricia	Book Chapter
Fratricidal Jihadists: Why Islamists Keep Losing their Civil Wars	May 2018	Hafez, Mohammed	Journal Article
From Freedom Fighters to Jihadists: Human Resources of Non State Armed Groups	May 2019	Mironova, Vera	Book
From WWI to ISIS, Using Shame and Masculinity in Recruitment Narratives	June 2016	Beutel, Alejandro	Discussion Point
Global Jihadism: Theory and Practice	September 2008	Brachman, Jarret	Book
Guiding Principles for Countering and Displacing Extremist Narratives	August 2016	Beutel, Alejandro; Weine, Stevan	Journal Article
Hamas and Suicide Terrorism: Multi-causal and Multi-level Approaches	January 2011	Singh, Rashmi	Book
Hezbollah's Global Tentacles: A Relational Approach to Convergence with Transnational Organised Crime	November 2015	Leuprecht, Christian	Journal Article
Holy Terror and Mass Killings? Reexamining the Motivations and Methods of Mass Casualty Terrorists	March 2005	Asal, Victor	Journal Article
Hurdles to International Terrorist Alliances: Lessons from Al Qaeda's Experience	February 2015	Bacon, Tricia	Journal Article
Inspire Magazine: A Critical Analysis of its Significance and Potential Impact Through the Lens of the Information, Motivation, and Behavioral Skills Model	January 2014	Lemieux, Anthony; Brachman, Jarret	Journal Article
Is all Jihad Local? Transnational Contention and Political Violence in Somalia	November 2013	Henne, Peter	Book Chapter
Is Islamist Terrorism More Dangerous?: An Empirical Study of Group Ideology, Organization, and Goal Structure	January 2009	Piazza, James A.	Journal Article
Is the Enemy of My Enemy My Friend? How Terrorist Groups Select Partners	January 2018	Bacon, Tricia	Journal Article
ISIL in Libya: A Bayesian Approach to Mapping At-Risk Regions	March 2016		Discussion Point
Islamism and Totalitarianism	June 2009	Bale, Jeffrey	Journal Article
Islamist and Far-Right Homicides in the United States: Infographic	February 2017	Gruenewald, Jeff; Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven; Parkin, William	Research Brief
Islamist Terrorism, Diaspora Links and Casualty Rates	October 2019	LaFree, Gary; Piazza, James A.	Journal Article
Islamist Use and Pursuit of CBRN Terrorism	November 2008	Rethemeyer, R. Karl	Book Chapter
Jihadist Plots in the United States: Interim Findings Infographic	January 2017	Dahl, Erik; Wilson, Margaret; Crenshaw, Martha	Research Brief
Joining Al Qaeda: Jihadist Recruitment in Europe	December 2008	Neumann, Peter	Book
Lethal Brands: How VEOs Build Reputations	May 2015	Ligon, Gina Scott	Journal Article
Locating Al Qaeda's Center of Gravity: The Role of Middle Managers	October 2011	Neumann, Peter	Journal Article
Mapping and Deterring Violent Extremist Networks in North-West Africa	April 2015	Leuprecht, Christian	Journal Article
Mapping Today's Jihadi Landscape and Threat	May 2018	Moghadam, Assaf	Journal Article
Marriage of Convenience: The Evolution of Iran and al-Qa'ida's Tactical Cooperation	April 2017	Moghadam, Assaf	Journal Article
Measuring al-Qaeda: The Metrics of Terror	June 2012	Singh, Rashmi	Book Chapter
Monolithic Religious Markets, Fragmented State Structures, and Islamic Fundamentalism Among Iranians and the Middle East and North Africa	April 2017	Moaddel, Mansoor	Journal Article
Narratives and counter-narratives for global jihad: Opinion versus action	July 2010	Leuprecht, Christian; McCauley, Clark; Moskalenko, Sophia	Book Chapter
Networks as strategic repertoires: Functional differentiation among Al-Shabaab terror cells	May 2013	Leuprecht, Christian	Journal Article
Nexus of Global Jihad: Understanding Cooperation Among Terrorist Actors	May 2017	Moghadam, Assaf	Book
NGO Intervention in Jihadist Conflicts: A Closer Look at Afghanistan and Somalia	February 2019	Hodwitz, Omi	Journal Article
Not My Brother’s Keeper: Factional Infighting in Armed Islamist Movements	November 2019	Hafez, Mohammed	Journal Article
Options to Facilitate Socio-Political Stability in Syria and Iraq	November 2016	Ligon, Gina Scott; Young, Joseph; Rethemeyer, R. Karl; Asal, Victor	White Paper
Origin-group differences in the 2007 and 2011 Pew Polls of U.S. Muslims: Reactions to the War on Terrorism	February 2017	McCauley, Clark	START Reports
Patterns of Islamic State-Related Terrorism, 2002--2015	August 2016	Miller, Erin	Background Report
Probabilistic Pathway Projection to Counter Foreign Fighters	April 2016	Boyd, Marcus A.	Research Brief
Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States (PIRUS)	May 2020	Yates, Elizabeth; Jensen, Michael; Kane, Sheehan	Research Brief
Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States (PIRUS)	October 2018	Safer-Lichtenstein, Aaron ; Yates, Elizabeth; LaFree, Gary; Jensen, Michael; James, Patrick	Research Brief
Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States: Preliminary Findings	January 2014	Tinsley, Herbert; Jensen, Michael; James, Patrick	Research Brief
Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States: An Empirical Assessment of Domestic Radicalization	January 2014	Tinsley, Herbert; Jensen, Michael; James, Patrick	Project Fact Sheet
Profiles of Radicalization in the United States	September 2017	Safer-Lichtenstein, Aaron ; Copland, Erin; LaFree, Gary; Jensen, Michael; James, Patrick	Research Brief
Radicalization in the Ranks	April 2022	Yates, Elizabeth; Jensen, Michael; Kane, Sheehan	START Reports
Reactions to the War on Terrorism: Ethnic Group Differences in the 2007 Pew Poll of American Muslims-Final Report	October 2010	McCauley, Clark	START Reports
Rehabilitation of Jihadi Terrorists: Current Understanding and Perspectives	April 2020	Braddock, Kurt	Book Chapter
Repressive Efforts are Consistently Counterproductive in Reducing al-Qaeda-Inspired Violence Against Canadians	August 2015	Chenoweth, Erica; Dugan, Laura	Report
Say Terrorist, Think Insurgent: Labeling and Analyzing Contemporary Terrorist Actors	October 2014	Moghadam, Assaf	Journal Article
Simultaneous Attacks by Terrorist Organisations	December 2013	Deloughery, Kathleen	Journal Article
Suicide Bombers – Martyrs, Heroes or Victims?	March 2014	Singh, Rashmi	Book Chapter
Support for the Caliphate and Radical Mobilization	January 2008	McLeod, Douglas M.	Research Brief
Surveying American State Police Agencies about Lone Wolves, Far-Right Criminality, and Far-Right and Islamic Jihadist Criminal Collaboration	October 2010	Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven	Journal Article
Surveying State Police Agencies about Domestic Terrorism and Far-Right Extremists	February 2008	Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven	Research Brief
Swedish Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq: An Analysis of Open-Source Intelligence and Statistical Data	June 2017	Ranstorp, Magnus	Report
Terrorism in Belgium and Western Europe; Attacks against Transportation Targets; Coordinated Terrorist Attacks	March 2016	Miller, Erin	Background Report
Terrorist Suspect Religious Identity and Public Support for Harsh Interrrogation and Detention Practices	April 2014	Piazza, James A.	Journal Article
Terrorists Next Door? A Comparison of Mexican Drug Cartels and Middle Eastern Terrorist Organizations	March 2012	Flanigan, Shawn	Journal Article
The Case of Ramzi Youssef	November 2005	Ackerman, Gary	Book Chapter
The Challenges of Terrorism in a Globalized World	May 2019	Pate, Amy	Book Chapter
The Crisis Within Jihadism: The Islamic State’s Puritanism vs. al-Qa`ida’s Populism	September 2020	Hafez, Mohammed	Journal Article
The Discourse and Practice of ‘Heroic Resistance’ in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict – The Case of Hamas	December 2012	Singh, Rashmi	Journal Article
The Evolution of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL): Relationships 2004-2014	June 2014		Fact Sheet
The Globalization of Martyrdom: Al Qaeda, Salafi Jihad, and the Diffusion of Suicide Attacks	July 2008	Moghadam, Assaf	Book
The Jihadi Industry: Assessing the Organizational, Leadership, and Cyber Profiles	July 2017	Ligon, Gina Scott	START Reports
The Last Good Chance: A Reassessment of U.S. Operations at Tora Bora	October 2008	Krause, Peter	Journal Article
The Medium is Terrorism: Transformation of the About to Die Trope in Dabiq	August 2016	Lemieux, Anthony	Journal Article
The Opium Trade and Patterns of Terrorism in the Provinces of Afghanistan: An Empirical Analysis	March 2012	Piazza, James A.	Journal Article
The Paris Fidayin Attacks: Eight Years in the Making?	October 2015	Tinsley, Herbert	Discussion Point
The Politics of Suicide Terrorism	September 2005	McCauley, Clark	Book Review
The Potential for Collaboration Between Islamists and Western Left-Wing Extremists: A theoretical and Empirical Introduction	October 2012	Ackerman, Gary; Bale, Jeffrey	Journal Article
The Radicalization Puzzle: A Theoretical Synthesis of Empirical Approaches to Homegrown Extremism	September 2015	Hafez, Mohammed	Journal Article
The State of Al-Qaeda its Affiliates, and Associated Groups: Views from Outside Experts	February 2014	Braniff, William	Congressional Testimony
The War Within: A Look Inside al-Qaeda's Undoing	August 2016	Brachman, Jarret	Book
Thinking about the Law of Unintended Consequences	October 2010	Singh, Rashmi	Journal Article
Threats of violent Islamist and far-right extremism: What does the research say?	February 2017	Gruenewald, Jeff; Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven; Parkin, William	Discussion Point
Towards Global Jihadism: Al-Qaeda's Strategic, Ideological and Structural Adaptations since 9/11	June 2012	Moghadam, Assaf; Braniff, William	Journal Article
Tracking Radical Opinions in Polls of U.S. Muslims	April 2017	McCauley, Clark; Moskalenko, Sophia	Journal Article
Transcending Organization: Individuals and “The Islamic State”	June 2014	Brachman, Jarret	Research Brief
Transnational Islamist Networks: Western Fighters in Afghanistan, Somalia and Syria	December 2013	Karagiannis, Emmanuel	Journal Article
Transnational Jihadism & Civil Wars	September 2017	Crenshaw, Martha	Journal Article
Transnational Terrorism	October 2013	Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven	Book
Trauma, Grief, and Depression in Nairobi Children After the 1998 Bombing of the American Embassy	July 2006	Pfefferbaum, Betty; Pfefferbaum, Rose	Journal Article
Twenty-Five Years of Ideological Homicide Victimization in the United States of America	March 2016	Gruenewald, Jeff; Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven; Parkin, William	START Reports
U.S. Muslim Opinion Over Time: Final Report	February 2016	McCauley, Clark; Moskalenko, Sophia	START Reports
U.S. Muslims with Radical Opinions Feel More Alienated and Depressed	August 2017	McCauley, Clark; Moskalenko, Sophia	START Reports
Understanding Terrorism Innovation and Learning: Al-Qaeda and Beyond	April 2015	Ranstorp, Magnus	Book
Understanding the Threat: What Data Tell Us about U.S. Foreign Fighters	September 2015	Tinsley, Herbert; Jensen, Michael; James, Patrick	Research Brief
Update on Geospatial Patterns of Antecedent Behavior among Perpetrators in the American Terrorism Study (ATS)	October 2013	Smith, Brent; Damphousse, Kelly; Roberts, Paxton	START Reports
Victims of Ideological Homicides, 1990-2014	March 2016	Gruenewald, Jeff; Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven; Parkin, William	Research Brief
Violence Perpetrated by Supporters of Al-Qa’ida and Affiliated Movements (AQAM): Fatal Attacks and Violent Plots in the United States	June 2014	Gruenewald, Jeffrey; Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven; Parkin, William	Research Brief
Violence Perpetrated by Supporters of Al-Qa’ida and Affiliated Movements (AQAM): Fatal Attacks and Violent Plots in the United States	June 2014	Gruenewald, Jeff; Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven; Parkin, William	START Reports
Violent Non-State Actors and the Kashmir Conflict	September 2019	Ligon, Gina Scott	White Paper
What Comes after ISIS? A Peace Proposal	January 2016	McCauley, Clark	Journal Article
What is the State of Islamic Extremism: Key Trends, Challenges and Implications for U.S. Policy	February 2015	Braniff, William	Congressional Testimony
Why ISIS' Message Resonates: Leveraging Islam, Socio-Political Catalysts and Adaptive Messaging	January 2016	Ligon, Gina Scott	Journal Article
Why Terrorist Groups Form International Alliances	May 2018	Bacon, Tricia	Book

Title	Byline
Tricia Bacon discusses the history and future of alliances in the global terrorism community	Bianca Carrizal
Threats of violent Islamist and far-right extremism: What does the research say?	William Parkin, Brent Klein, Jeff Gruenewald, Joshua Freilich, Steven Chermak
Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States (PIRUS) data now available	Beth Schwartz
A case study of radicalization offers implications for CVE	Jessica Rivinius
New START model forecasts the flow of foreign fighters	Jessica Rivinius
Terrorism in Belgium and Western Europe; Attacks against Transportation Targets; Coordinated Terrorist Attacks
ISIL in Libya: A Bayesian Approach to Mapping At-Risk Regions	Douglas I. Zietz, Joshua M. House, Rhys A. Young
New study compares ideologically motivated homicides in United States	Jessica Rivinius
Braniff briefs INSCOM	Jessica Rivinius
Braniff participates in World Summit on Counterterrorism	Jessica Rivinius
Taking the Sinai Province of the Islamic State seriously without helping it destabilize Egypt	Sheehan Kane, William Braniff
Discussion Point: Communities on the Front Lines Against Terrorism	Alejandro Beutel
The future of the Hamas Movement: A journalist’s perspective	Laura Gonzalez
START Background Report: Al-Shabaab Attack on Garrissa University
Financing terrorism through trade diversion	Lauren Sagl
A Tale of Two Caliphates	William Braniff, Ryan Pereira
AQAM’s fatal attacks and violent plots in the US	Jessica Rivinius
Discussion Point: Transcending Organization: Individuals and “The Islamic State”	Jarret Brachman
START's Mansoor Moaddel publishes findings from Iraq values surveys
Background Report: Boko Haram Recent Attacks
Singaporean delegation discusses countering extremist propaganda with START	Jessica Rivinius
New study evaluates English-language jihadist magazine	Charlotte Taylor
Discussion Point: The State of Al-Qaida, its Affiliates and Associated Groups	William Braniff
START executive director to testify before Congress on the state of al-Qaida	Travis Rudd
Despite fewer attacks in Western world, global terrorism increasing
START Newsletter: Global terrorism increasing; GTD 2012 dataset released; New cyber research
Discussion Point: The Prospective Military Power of Al Qaeda Affiliated Groups in the Syrian Conflict	Aaron Lin, Daniel Smith, Ryan Pereira
Researcher analyzes how community ties impact terrorist groups’ targeting of civilians	Laura Walker
Significant Terrorism Events in the News -- Nov. 1-20	Katharine Sobotka
FTO Designation: Boko Haram and Ansaru
Return of the Intern	Erin O'Brien
START seeking 2014 Outstanding Article Award nominations	Jessica Rivinius
Al-Shabaab Attack on Westgate Mall in Kenya
Researcher Spotlight: Jeff Gruenewald	Keri Enriquez
Significant Terrorism Events in the News: September 2013	Katharine Sobotka
Discussion Point: It's not Big Data, but Little Data, that Prevents Terrorist Attacks	Erik Dahl
Braniff presents "Conceptual Frameworks for Understanding Global Jihadism"	Emily Smith
Hybrid political criminal organizations pose RN smuggling threat
New START study examines communities where terrorists lived, planned and prepared
Discussion Point: From the Caucasus to Boston and Beyond	Gordon Hahn
Research Highlight: Al-Qa'ida-Related Terrorism - Violent Incidents and Foiled Plots
Hegghammer explains variation in western jihadists	J.R. Taylor
START Research Brief: Al-Shabaab's use of Twitter
Discussion Point: Black Swans and Burstiness—Countering Myths about Terrorism	Gary LaFree
First-of-its-kind index ranks countries for impact of terrorism
Discussion Point: Beyond al-Qa'ida	Bill Braniff
Terrorists act locally
New data reveals al-Qaida-linked groups among most active terrorist groups in the world
Discussion Point: Introducing 'Political Resilience'	Clark McCauley
Database Spotlight: Muslim Public Opinion and Public Opinion in the Islamic World on Terrorism, al Qaeda and U.S. Policies	Nicholas Munson
START Intern Profiles: July
CASE awards START top honors	Nicholas Munson
START's Shoemaker presents Border Crossing findings at monthly series	Claire Simon
Al-Qaida's fatal terrorism under Osama bin Laden
Working with al-Qaeda Documents: An Analyst's View before 9/11	Jessica Rivinius
Terrorism studies program takes students to tour the Pentagon	Samantha Goldman
START research informs Senate report on Chesser
Interns extend growing relationship between START and State Department	Kelly Kline
New research examines financial crime and political extremism
Violent extremism in the U.S.
START Affiliate Releases Report on Al-Awlaki
START Assesses Impact of 9/11
START Announces 2011-2012 Terrorism Research Award Participants
START responds to White House report on preventing violent extremism
START Response to Death of bin Laden
2011-2012 Background Report Undergraduate Terrorism Analysis Training (UTAT) Program Application Deadline Extended
Exciting Winter Courses Now Offered ONLINE
Press Release: START Panel Addresses Key Questions in Terrorism
New Report Highlights the Challenges of Tracking Terrorism Events: GTD Indicates Global Terrorism Fatalities Up, Not Down
START Expands its Research Brief Series
START Releases Report on Public Opinion in Muslim Countries
START Research Contributes to House Intelligence Report
Mileti Contributes to Final Report on WTC Attack
DHS Under Secretary for Science and Technology, Dr. Charles E. McQueary, speaks to START
START to Mark Official Launch of Offices with Public Remarks
START Announces Fellowships for 2005-06
START Partners with Maryland Leadership Institute

Title	Job Title	Institution
Gary Ackerman	Associate Professor, SUNY Albany	University at Albany, State University of New York
Gina Scott Ligon	Director of National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center (NCITE); Jack and Stephanie Koraleski Professor of Collaboration Science, UNO	University of Nebraska Omaha
Herbert Tinsley	Analyst, Government Accountability Office
Jeff Gruenewald	Associate Professor and Director of the Terrorism Research Center, University of Arkansas	University of Arkansas
Joshua Freilich	Professor	John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
Laura Dugan	Ralph Mershon Professor of Human Security and Professor of Sociology	The Ohio State University
Margaret Hayden	Researcher, GTD	University of Maryland
R. Karl Rethemeyer	Associate Professor of Public Administration & Policy	University at Albany, State University of New York
Sheehan Kane	Researcher/Data Collection Manager, START	University of Maryland
William Braniff	Department Chair, START Director Professor of the Practice, University of Maryland Editorial Board, International Centre for Counter-Terrorism - The Hague Research Advisory Board, RESOLVE Network Independent Advisory Committee (IAC), Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) International Advisory Board, Hedayah Center	University of Maryland