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Identifying Global Terrorism Trends

What is behind the rise in terrorism across the globe? This November, the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) released the Global Terrorism Index 2016, the latest of its yearly reports laying out year-on-year statistical trends in worldwide terrorism. The...

The World This Week: Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows

What is behind the rise in terrorism across the globe? This November, the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) released the Global Terrorism Index 2016, the latest of its yearly reports laying out year-on-year statistical trends in worldwide terrorism. The report draws from a comprehensive database of terrorist incidents going back 16 years, from the beginning of 2000 to the end of 2015. The data covers 163 countries, accounting for...

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The World This Week: Democracy is Messy

What is behind the rise in terrorism across the globe? This November, the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) released the Global Terrorism Index 2016, the latest of its yearly reports laying out year-on-year statistical trends in worldwide terrorism. The report draws from a comprehensive database of terrorist incidents going back 16 years, from the beginning of 2000 to the end of 2015. The data covers 163 countries, accounting for...

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Media Coverage of Charlie Hebdo and the Baga Massacre: A Study in Contrasts

What is behind the rise in terrorism across the globe? This November, the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) released the Global Terrorism Index 2016, the latest of its yearly reports laying out year-on-year statistical trends in worldwide terrorism. The report draws from a comprehensive database of terrorist incidents going back 16 years, from the beginning of 2000 to the end of 2015. The data covers 163 countries, accounting for...

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Boko Haram: Mocking Goodluck Jonathan’s Government?

What is behind the rise in terrorism across the globe? This November, the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) released the Global Terrorism Index 2016, the latest of its yearly reports laying out year-on-year statistical trends in worldwide terrorism. The report draws from a comprehensive database of terrorist incidents going back 16 years, from the beginning of 2000 to the end of 2015. The data covers 163 countries, accounting for...

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Boko Haram and its Economic Consequences

What is behind the rise in terrorism across the globe? This November, the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) released the Global Terrorism Index 2016, the latest of its yearly reports laying out year-on-year statistical trends in worldwide terrorism. The report draws from a comprehensive database of terrorist incidents going back 16 years, from the beginning of 2000 to the end of 2015. The data covers 163 countries, accounting for...

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Libya: Weapons Proliferation and Regional Stability in the Sahel

What is behind the rise in terrorism across the globe? This November, the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) released the Global Terrorism Index 2016, the latest of its yearly reports laying out year-on-year statistical trends in worldwide terrorism. The report draws from a comprehensive database of terrorist incidents going back 16 years, from the beginning of 2000 to the end of 2015. The data covers 163 countries, accounting for...

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