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Political conflict and Violence


Political conflict and Violence

Project Title Investigators Project Period
Divergent Dimensions of Radicalization Risk: Migration and Violent Extremism in Sabah Barnett S. Koven September, 2019 to March, 2021
Measuring Up: Aligning SOF and Interagency CT Efforts Across the Tactical, Operational and Strategic Levels Barnett S. Koven July, 2019 to July, 2020
Tracking Cartels: Exploiting Open Sources to Identify Trends Marcus A. Boyd, Samuel D. Henkin July, 2019 to July, 2020
Community-oriented Policing and Community Engagement in Benin Barnett S. Koven July, 2018 to June, 2020
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
Global Terrorism Database (GTD) Erin Miller, Gary LaFree, Laura Dugan June, 2001 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
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
Weapons Availability and Civil War Onset Barnett S. Koven March, 2018 to June, 2018
Resources and Resilience: A Computational Model of Strategic Influence January, 2018 to June, 2018
Country Reports on Terrorism - Statistical Annex Gary LaFree, Erin Miller May, 2012 to May, 2018
Violent Non-state Actors and Contested Space Operations Amy Pate, Barnett S. Koven August, 2017 to April, 2018
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
Terrorist and Extremist Organizations (TEO) Database Jonathan Wilkenfeld, R. Karl Rethemeyer July, 2012 to December, 2016
Building a Unified Infrastructure for Data Integration on Political Violence and Conflict Brandon Behlendorf, Gary LaFree January, 2013 to August, 2014
The Social Determinants of Terrorist Organizations' Resilience in Latin America Johanna Birnir September, 2008 to December, 2012
Turning to Terrorism: Ethnic, Religious, and Extremist Organizations Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Victor Asal June, 2008 to December, 2011
Guerilla Insurgency: The Springboard to Terrorism? Mark Lichbach June, 2008 to August, 2011
Martyrs without Borders: Iraq's Foreign Fighters and the Third Generation of Global Jihad Mohammed Hafez June, 2008 to May, 2011
Radicalizing the Poor: Understanding the Influence of Service Provision on Popular Support for and Participation in Violent Political Groups Shawn Flanigan June, 2008 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
Tracking Sympathy and Support of Muslims for Terrorism in the United States Clark McCauley June, 2008 to May, 2011
The Impact of Israeli Counterterrorism Interventions on Rate and Intensity of Terrorist Activity: Hazard Modeling and Time Series Approaches Arie Kruglanski July, 2008 to June, 2010
Patterns of Radicalization in Political Activism Donatella della Porta, Manuela Caiani June, 2008 to December, 2009
Predisposing Root Causes of Terrorism Gary LaFree June, 2005 to June, 2009
State Response and Terrorist Activity Clark McCauley June, 2005 to May, 2009
The Use of Violence by Ethnopolitical Organizations Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Victor Asal June, 2005 to May, 2009
Mobilization For and Against Terrorism in the Muslim World Clark McCauley, Mansoor Moaddel, Mohammed Hafez May, 2005 to May, 2009
Project Title Publication Date START Authors Publication Type
"Causas del Terrorismo: Politica April 2005 Crenshaw, Martha Journal Article
100 Years of Irish Republican Violence April 2016 Horgan, John Journal Article
A framework for thinking about research on conflict resolution initiatives November 2005 Book Chapter
A Spiral of Peace: Competition, Monopoly and Diversification in the Market for Political Violence in Northern Ireland January 2008 Sawyer, John Journal Article
A Study of Crisis January 2000 Wilkenfeld, Jonathan Book
Advantages of Syrian Diaspora Aid to Refugees in Middle Eastern States of the Global South November 2018 Flanigan, Shawn Journal Article
An Aggregation of Geo-coded Violent and Non-violent Conflict Events April 2016 McGrath, Erin Conference Paper
Anger or Ability: Arguing the Causes of Rebellion February 2013 Sin, Steve; Asal, Victor Journal Article
Apparent intended lethality: Toward a model of intent to harm in terrorist bomb attacks April 2013 Wilson, Margaret Journal Article
Bibliography: Genocide (since 1980) Part 1 April 2015 Schmid, Alex Report
Book Reviews - Marc Sageman. Turning to Political Violence: The Emergence of Terrorism August 2017 Schmid, Alex Book Review
Can Public Health Help Prevent Violent Extremism? Should Public Health Help Prevent Violent Extremism? February 2020 Weine, Stevan Book Chapter
Causes and Consequences of Terrorism in Africa November 2014 Journal Article
Charity as Resistance: Connections Between Charity, Contentious Politics, and Terror July 2006 Flanigan, Shawn Journal Article
Civil Action and the Dynamics of Violence September 2019 Chenoweth, Erica Book
Comparative Islamist Perspectives on the Politics of Energy in the Middle East and Beyond July 2014 Karagiannis, Emmanuel Journal Article
Conflict Changes How People View God January 2020 Gelfand, Michele Journal Article
Consenting to a Child's Decision to Join a Jihad: Insights from a Survey of Militant Families in Pakistan January 2008 Asal, Victor Journal Article
Counterterrorism Net Assessment Data Structure April 2020 Koven, Barnett S.; Lindquist, Katy; Erdemandi, Max Project Fact Sheet
Crime Terror Alliances and the State. Ethnonationalist and Islamist Challenges to Regional Security May 2013 Book
Crime, Conflict, and the Legitimacy Trade-Off: Explaining Variation in Insurgents’ Participation in Crime February 2019 Rethemeyer, R. Karl; Asal, Victor Journal Article
Days of Rage: Introducing the NAVCO 3.0 Dataset April 2018 Chenoweth, Erica Journal Article
Democracy, Inclusion and Failure in Counterinsurgency April 2016 Deloughery, Kathleen; Sin, Steve; Asal, Victor Journal Article
Democratic Leaders and War: Simultaneously Managing External Conflicts and Domestic Politics May 2012 Sin, Steve Journal Article
Demystifying Gray Zone Conflict: A Typology of Conflict Dyads and Instruments of Power in Colombia, 2002-present November 2016 Koven, Barnett S. START Reports
Discrimination, Genocide, and Politicide February 2019 Asal, Victor Journal Article
Discursive Turns and Critical Junctures: Debating Citizenship After the Charlie Hebdo Attacks May 2020 della Porta, Donatella Book
Discussion Point: The Prospective Military Power of Al Qaeda Affiliated Groups in the Syrian Conflict December 2013 Discussion Point
Divergent Axes of Russian Influence in Colombia and Latin America September 2019 Koven, Barnett S. White Paper
Do Contemporaneous Armed Challenges Affect the Outcomes of Mass Nonviolent Campaigns? December 2015 Chenoweth, Erica Journal Article
Doing Good while Killing: Why Some Insurgent Groups Provide Community Services May 2020 Flanigan, Shawn; Asal, Victor Journal Article
Economic Development, Poorly Managed Political Conflict and Terrorism in India May 2009 Piazza, James A. Journal Article
Election Anxiety is Driving Erdogan’s Decisions in Syria February 2018 Erdemandi, Max Op-ed
Emulating U.S. Counterinsurgency Doctrine: Barriers for Developing Country Forces, Evidence from Peru April 2016 Koven, Barnett S. Journal Article
Ethnicity and Altruism after Violence: The Contact Hypothesis in Kosovo October 2014 Mironova, Vera Journal Article
Examining Extrajudicial Killings: Discriminant Analyses of Human Rights’ Violations June 2019 Asal, Victor Journal Article
Explaining Terrorism: Causes, Processes and Consequences September 2013 Crenshaw, Martha Book
Extremes of asymmetric conflict: terrorism and genocide January 2012 McCauley, Clark Book Chapter
Far-Right Fatal Ideological Violence against Religious Institutions and Individuals in the United States: 1990-2018 October 2018 Gruenewald, Jeff; Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven; Parkin, William Project Fact Sheet
Fight and Flight: LTTE's Air Cargo Ambitions November 2008 Jayasekara, Shanaka Journal Article
Forecasting the Use of Violence by Ethno–Political Organizations: Middle Eastern Minorities and the Choice of Violence, V. S. Subrahmanian, ed. November 2012 Wilkenfeld, Jonathan Book Chapter
Forecasting the Use of Violence in Ethnic-political Organizations: Middle Eastern Minorities, At Risk Minorities and the Choice of Violence February 2009 Asal, Victor Conference Paper
Fragile States May 2019 Stevenson, John Report
France and Algeria at War: Nation, Identity, and Memory October 2010 Book Review
Fratricidal Rebels: Ideological Extremity and Warring Factionalism in Civil Wars April 2020 Hafez, Mohammed Journal Article
Friends in High Places: State Support for Violent and Non-violent Ethnopolitical Organizations June 2019 Asal, Victor Journal Article
Holy Terror and Mass Killings? Reexamining the Motivations and Methods of Mass Casualty Terrorists March 2005 Asal, Victor Journal Article
How effective are our 'better angels'? Assessing country-level declines in homicide since 1950 July 2015 LaFree, Gary Journal Article
How Human Boundaries Become State Borders: Radical Flanks and Territorial Control in the Modern Era July 2018 Krause, Peter Journal Article
How terrorist actors in Pakistan use nuclear weapons for political influence March 2019 Joshi, Sharad Journal Article
How the Replication Debate Applies to Terrorism Studies December 2013 James, Patrick; Henne, Peter Op-ed
Ideologies that Justify Political Violence August 2020 Kruglanski, Arie Journal Article
India's Experience with Terrorism May 2018 Singh, Rashmi Book Chapter
Insurgencies as Networks of Event Orderings June 2018 Breiger, Ronald Journal Article
Integrating Conflict Event Data June 2018 Cunningham, David E.; McGrath, Erin Journal Article
Integrating the Civil–Military Relations Subfield May 2019 Brooks, Risa Journal Article
Introducing the AMAR (All Minorities at Risk) Data August 2017 Birnir, Johanna; Wilkenfeld, Jonathan; Gurr, Ted Robert Journal Article
Introduction November 2009 Chenoweth, Erica Book Chapter
Killing Range: Explaining Lethality Variance within a Terrorist Organization November 2013 Horgan, John; Rethemeyer, R. Karl; Asal, Victor Journal Article
Killing the Messenger: Regime Type as a Determinant of Journalist Killing, 1992-2008 March 2016 Asal, Victor Journal Article
Lowest of the Low: Why Some Countries Suffer Terrorist Attacks against Schools December 2019 Asal, Victor Journal Article
Measuring Tactical Innovation in Terrorist Attacks July 2019 Ligon, Gina Scott Journal Article
Mechanisms of Political Radicalization: Pathways Toward Terrorism July 2008 McCauley, Clark; Moskalenko, Sophia Journal Article
Mediating International Crises July 2006 Wilkenfeld, Jonathan; Asal, Victor Book
Mediating International Crises: Cross-National and Experimental Perspectives November 2005 Wilkenfeld, Jonathan; Asal, Victor Journal Article
Military Counterterrorism Measures, Civil-Military Relations and Democracy: The Cases of Turkey and the US September 2018 Satana, Nil Journal Article
Mobilization and Resistance: A Framework for Analysis November 2009 Chenoweth, Erica Book Chapter
Networks of Cooperation: Rebel Alliances in Fragmented Civil Wars February 2019 Hafez, Mohammed Journal Article
Networks, Power, and the Effects of Legitimacy in Contentious Politics January 2020 Milward, H. Brinton Journal Article
Nonviolent Resistance and Prevention of Mass Killings During Popular Uprisings April 2018 Chenoweth, Erica Report
Operational Dynamics of Boko Haram's Terrorist Campaign Following Leadership Succession February 2016 Regens, James Journal Article
Organizational and Institutional Approaches: Social Movement Studies Perspectives on Political Violence May 2019 della Porta, Donatella Book Chapter
Party of Islamic liberation in the 'Stans. Review of Emmanuel Karagiannis, 'Political Islam in Central Asia' July 2010 McCauley, Clark Journal Article
Peace and Conflict 2008 November 2006 Book
Peace and Conflict 2010 November 2009 Wilkenfeld, Jonathan; Gurr, Ted Robert Book
Perspectives on Political and Social Regional Stability Impacted by Global Crises—A Social Science Context January 2010 Asal, Victor White Paper
Peru Conflict Profile April 2015 Koven, Barnett S. Book Chapter
Phnom Penh during the Cambodian Genocide: A Case of Selective Urbicide January 2014 Henkin, Samuel D. Journal Article
Political Action as a Function of Grievances, Risk, and Social Identity: An Experimental Approach October 2018 Lemieux, Anthony; Asal, Victor Journal Article
Political Demography of Conflict in Mali June 2018 Leuprecht, Christian Report
Political Exclusion, Oil, and Ethnic Armed Conflict November 2014 Piazza, James A.; Asal, Victor Journal Article
Political Explanations January 2005 Crenshaw, Martha Journal Article
Political Fragmentation and Alliances among Armed Non-state Actors in North and Western Africa (1997–2014) September 2017 Leuprecht, Christian Journal Article
Politically motivated violent extremism January 2012 McCauley, Clark Book Chapter
Politics, Organization, and Motivation in the Study of Terrorism January 2009 Chenoweth, Erica Journal Article
Potential for radicalization amongst Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon: Risks, factors, and implications July 2018 Kruglanski, Arie START Reports
Potential implications of the attempted coup d’etat and counter-coup in Turkey for domestic politics and regional security October 2016 McGrath, Erin Discussion Point
Preventing Mass Atrocities: Policies and Practices September 2018 Gurr, Ted Robert Book
Protestors, Terrorists or Something Else? How to Think about Dissident Groups October 2019 Young, Joseph Journal Article
Psychological Correlates of Support for Compromise: A Polling Study of Jewish-Israeli Attitudes toward Solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict October 2005 McCauley, Clark Journal Article
Putting Terrorism in Context: Lessons from the Global Terrorism Database (Contemporary Terrorism Studies) January 2015 Miller, Erin; LaFree, Gary; Dugan, Laura Book
Quantifying Gray Zone Conflict Codebook June 2017 Koven, Barnett S. START Reports
Quantifying Gray Zone Conflict: (De-)escalatory Trends in Gray Zone Conflicts in Colombia, Libya and Ukraine June 2017 Koven, Barnett S.; Sin, Steve START Reports
Rebel Power: Why National Movements Compete, Fight, and Win May 2017 Krause, Peter Book
Reconsidering American Civil-Military Relations: The Military, Society, Politics, and Modern War October 2020 Brooks, Risa Book
Reflections on Violence: Review of Slavoj Zizek, Violence: Six Sideways Reflections November 2009 Book Review
Regime Type and Terrorist Attacks May 2015 Chenoweth, Erica Book Chapter
Religion and Political Mobilization March 2019 Birnir, Johanna Book Chapter
Rethinking Transnational Terrorism: An Integrated Approach February 2020 Crenshaw, Martha Report
Rethinking Violence: States and Non-State Actors in Conflict November 2009 Chenoweth, Erica Book
Review of Daniel Brinks, The Judicial Response to Politics Killings in Latin America: Inequality and the Rule of Law August 2008 Arias, Enrique Book Review
Risk Tolerance during Conflict: Evidence from Aleppo, Syria April 2019 Mironova, Vera Journal Article
Russian Aggression in Ukraine: Is There a Solution? October 2016 Rutter, Megan Journal Article
Ruthless Rulers: Coalition Size and the Severity of Civil Conflict January 2007 Journal Article
Seriously Not All Right: Five Wars in Ten Years May 2014 Capps, Ron Book
Shifting Eastern Mediterranean Alliances March 2016 Karagiannis, Emmanuel Journal Article
Social Control, Trade Openness and Human Trafficking July 2017 Jiang, Bo; LaFree, Gary Journal Article
Social Norms after Conflict Exposure and Victimization by Violence: Experimental Evidence from Kosovo July 2018 Mironova, Vera Journal Article
Southeast Asia after the Caliphate: Identifying Spatial Trends in Terrorism and Radicalization in Malaysia August 2020 Martin, Adam; Boyd, Marcus A.; Henkin, Samuel D. Journal Article
Stochastic Opponent Modeling Agents: A Case Study with Hezbollah April 2008 Pate, Amy; Wilkenfeld, Jonathan; Michael, Mary Conference Paper
Street-level Repression: Protest, Policing, and Dissent in Uganda July 2020 Behlendorf, Brandon Journal Article
Sub-state Actors' Threats to International Security: Religious Extremists and Terrorist Groups March 2019 Joshi, Sharad Book Chapter
Terrorist Attacks against Religious Targets in the United States, 1970 – 2017 October 2018 Miller, Erin Project Fact Sheet
Terrorists Next Door? A Comparison of Mexican Drug Cartels and Middle Eastern Terrorist Organizations March 2012 Flanigan, Shawn Journal Article
Terrorists, Radicals, and Activists: Distinguishing between Countering Violent Extremism and Preventing Extremist Violence, and Why It Matters February 2020 Leuprecht, Christian; McCauley, Clark Book Chapter
The Challenges of Conflict Management: A Case Study of Sri Lanka January 2006 Biswas, Bidisha Journal Article
The Diffusion and Permeability of Political Violence in North and West Africa May 2019 Leuprecht, Christian 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 Dog that Doesn't Bark January 2013 Asal, Victor Discussion Point
The Effect of Interventions on Functional Impairment in Youth Exposed to Mass Trauma: A Meta-Analysis June 2019 Pfefferbaum, Betty Journal Article
The Emerging Red-Green Alliance: Where Political Islam Meets the Radical Left March 2013 McCauley, Clark; Karagiannis, Emmanuel Journal Article
The Evolution of Prosociality and Parochialism After Violence July 2016 Mironova, Vera Journal Article
The Future is a Moving Target: Predicting Political Instability February 2019 Chenoweth, Erica Journal Article
The Impact of British Counterterrorist Strategies on Political Violence in Northern Ireland: Comparing Deterrence and Backlash Models October 2009 LaFree, Gary; Dugan, Laura Journal Article
The Impact of Disasters and Political Violence on Mental Health in Latin America October 2009 Norris, Fran Journal Article
The Intersection of Homicide, Terrorism, and Violent Extremism January 2018 LaFree, Gary; Gruenewald, Jeff Journal Article
The Oxford Handbook of Social Movements October 2015 della Porta, Donatella Book
The Oxford Handbook of Terrorism May 2019 Chenoweth, Erica Book
The Paradox of Legitimacy: Resilience, Successes and the Multiple Identities of the Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey May 2015 Journal Article
The Peace and Conflict Instability Ledger: Ranking States on Future Risks June 2016 Huth, Paul Book Chapter
The Political Effectiveness of Non-State Violence: A Two-Level Framework to Transform a Deceptive Debate May 2013 Krause, Peter Journal Article
The Puzzle of Nonviolence in Western Sahara May 2016 Leuprecht, Christian Journal Article
The Russian Interventions in South Ossetia and Crimea Compared: Military Performance, Legitimacy and Goals September 2014 Karagiannis, Emmanuel Journal Article
The State of State Repression Research Since the 1990s July 2012 Journal Article
The Structure of Success: How the Internal Distribution of Power Drives Armed Group Behavior and National Movement Effectiveness January 2014 Krause, Peter Journal Article
The Transnational Security Threat from D-Company January 2015 Joshi, Sharad Book Chapter
The Use of Violence by Ethnopolitical Organizations in the Middle East February 2007 Pate, Amy; Wilkenfeld, Jonathan; Michael, Mary; Asal, Victor Research Brief
Toward a Psychology of Humiliation in Asymmetric Conflict April 2017 McCauley, Clark Journal Article
Transnational Jihadism & Civil Wars September 2017 Crenshaw, Martha Journal Article
Tyrants and Terrorism: Why Some Autocrats are Terrorized While Others are Not September 2014 Young, Joseph Journal Article
Understanding Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism November 2017 Singh, Rashmi Book
Unholy Alliances? How Trans-state Terrorism and International Crime Make Common Cause March 2006 Gurr, Ted Robert Conference Paper
Violence and the Dialectics of Landscape: Memorialization in Cambodia July 2014 Henkin, Samuel D. Journal Article
Violence in Peru April 2018 Koven, Barnett S. Book Chapter
Voting in the Shadow of Violence: Electoral Politics and Conflict in Peru April 2018 Birnir, Johanna 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
What Explains Ethnic Organizational Violence? Evidence from Eastern Europe and Russia November 2015 Phillips, Brian; Asal, Victor Journal Article
When Women Fight: Unemployment, Territorial Control and the Prevalence of Female Combatants in Insurgent Organizations December 2019 Asal, Victor Journal Article
Who Is More Violent in Extremist Groups? A Comparison of Leaders and Followers September 2019 LaFree, Gary Journal Article
Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict June 2008 Chenoweth, Erica Journal Article
Why Do Some Organizations Kill While Others Do Not: An Examination of Middle Eastern Operations October 2014 Pate, Amy; Asal, Victor Journal Article
Why ISIS' Message Resonates: Leveraging Islam, Socio-Political Catalysts and Adaptive Messaging January 2016 Ligon, Gina Scott Journal Article
Why not kill them all? The logic and prevention of mass political murder November 2005 McCauley, Clark Book
Why Split? Organizational Splits among Ethnopolitical Organizations in the Middle East April 2012 Asal, Victor Journal Article
‘Nondemocratic Islamists’ and Support for ISIS in the Arab World January 2020 Piazza, James A. Journal Article
“Give Peace a Chance”? Explaining Colombia’s (Failed) Peace Process with the FARC November 2016 Koven, Barnett S. Discussion Point
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GRU team gives virtual talk on cartels for National Security Forum Erin Copland
New report explores steps required to succeed in negotiations with the Afghan Taliban Erin Copland
Analyzing peace and civil conflict Zane Moses
START researchers earn $2.6 million NSF grant to investigate social media’s ability to predict political instability Jessica Rivinius
Discussion Point: The Prospective Military Power of Al Qaeda Affiliated Groups in the Syrian Conflict Aaron Lin, Daniel Smith, Ryan Pereira
START seeking 2014 Outstanding Article Award nominations Jessica Rivinius
START Symposium showcases impactful research, datasets Mary Beck, Jessica Rivinius
Researcher Spotlight: Daniella Fridl
Call for papers for a special issue of Terrorism and Political Violence on "Criminological approaches to the study of terrorism" Joshua Freilich, Gary LaFree
Discussion Point: The Dog that Doesn't Bark Victor Asal
Researcher Spotlight: Amy Pate Jessica Rivinius
New FAS study assesses global economic impact of actions taken against Iran
START honors International GIS Day teaching about Mali conflict
State Department contracts START to provide terrorism data and analysis
Database Spotlight: Government Actions in a Terror Environment-Israel
Understanding conflict management in India
Database Spotlight: Minorities at Risk Organizational Behavior (MAROB) Sacha Ginsberg
Urban U.S. counties hot spots of terror, but rural areas are not exempt Jessica Rivinius
Exciting Winter Courses Now Offered ONLINE
Have you seen it yet? START Research Review
START Announces 2010-2011 Terrorism Research Awards and Undergraduate Research Program Participants
Internships at START Available for Spring 2010
New START Research Brief: Pathways Towards Radicalization
START's Clark McCauley to Serve as Editor of New Journal on Asymmetric Conflict
New Research Brief Released: The Use of Violence by Ethnopolitical Organizations in the Middle East
START Announces Fellowships for 2005-06
Image Title Job Title Institution
Amy Pate Amy Pate

Executive Director & Research Director, START

 University of Maryland
Anthony Lemieux Anthony Lemieux

Associate Professor of Communication and Lead Researcher of the Transcultural Conflict and Violence Program

 Georgia State University
Barnett Koven Barnett S. Koven

Training Director

Near-peer Competition Lead Researcher

Counterterrorism Lead Researcher

 University of Maryland
Benjamin Evans

Faculty Research Assistant, Global Terrorism Database, START

 University of Maryland
Brandon Behlendorf Brandon Behlendorf

Assistant Professor, College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity, SUNY Albany

 University at Albany, State University of New York
Clark McCauley Clark McCauley

Professor of Psychology

 Bryn Mawr College
Devin Ellis

Policy & Research Program Director, ICONS Project

 University of Maryland
Erin MIller Erin Miller

GTD Program Manager, START

 University of Maryland
Gary Ackerman Gary Ackerman

Associate Professor, SUNY Albany

 University at Albany, State University of New York
Gary LaFree

Founding Director, START; Chair, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice

 University of Maryland
John Sawyer John Sawyer

Director of Strategic Corporate Research Relationships

 University of Maryland
Photo of Joe Oudin Joseph Oudin

Senior Faculty Specialist, Global Terrorism Database, START

 University of Maryland
Katy Lindquist

Senior Researcher, START

 University of Maryland
Marcus A. Boyd

Senior Researcher, GIS, START

Director, Graduate Studies, START

 University of Maryland
Max Erdemandi

Ph.D. Student, Communication Science and Social Cognition

 University of Maryland
Michael Jensen

Senior Researcher, START

 University of Maryland
Michelle Jacome Michelle Jacome

Operations Officer on International Finance Cooperation at the World Bank
Peter Simi

Associate Professor, Chapman University

Director, Earl Babbie Research Center

 Chapman University
R. Karl Rethemeyer R. Karl Rethemeyer

Associate Professor of Public Administration & Policy

 University at Albany, State University of New York
Rhyner Washburn

Cyber Intelligence Researcher, START

 University of Maryland
Salma Bouziani

Project Manager/Researcher, START

 University of Maryland
Samuel D. Henkin

Assistant Research Scientist, START

 University of Maryland
Sheehan Kane

Researcher/Data Collection Manager, START

 University of Maryland
Steve Sin

Director, Unconventional Weapons and Technology (UWT)

Subject Matter Expert Instructor, National Center for Security & Preparedness

 University of Maryland
Thomas Guarrieri

Assistant Research Scientist, Unconventional Weapons & Technology (UWT) Division, START

 University of Maryland
Victor Asal

Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of Public Administration

 University at Albany, State University of New York
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