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Detailed media coverage (by date):

 


English language

The Walrus, "Are We Safe Yet?," 1 May 2009.

HistoryNet.com, "Safety in Numbers - The 'New World Order,'" 19 February 2009.

The Jakarta Post - Opinion, "Getting Much Better all the Time... No, Really!," 17 December 2008.

Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science, "Grievances and Civil Wars," 16 December 2008.

The Heritage Foundation - Backgrounder, "Lessons from Mumbai: Assessing Armed Assault Threats to the United States," 10 December 2008.

Avuncular American, "Fewer Coups, But Men-With-Guns Thrive," 9 December 2008.

National Security Blog, The Heritage Foundation, "War on Terror: A New Ally," 8 December 2008.

The Economist, "The Death of the Military Coup," 6 December 2008.

The Foundry, The Heritage Foundation, "Morning Bell: Preventing the Possible," 1 December 2008.

Sparks from the Anvil, "Terrorism on the Decline?" 30 November 2008.

The Daily Star, "More Than 'Just' Peacekeeping: 60 Ways in Which the United Nations Makes a Difference," 27 October 2008 (Lebanon).

Of Peace and Politics, "The State of Global Conflict," 13 October 2008.

D+C Development and Cooperation, Jackie Cilliers, "Africa’s Budding Peace Architecture," 1 October 2008 (Germany).

Institute for Counter-Terrorism, "Is Terrorism Falling? A Critical Look at the Human Security Brief for 2007," 24 September 2008 (Israel).

The Florida Times-Union, "Terrorism: Looking for Context," 17 September 2008.

The Washington Post: PostGlobal, "Who's More Realistic: McCain or Obama?" 14 September 2008.

Newsweek, "The World Isn’t So Dark," 13 September 2008.

Huffington Post, "7 Years Later: Could Civilians Be Key to Winning the War on Terror," 11 September 2008.

Guerrilla News Network, "Could Civilians Be Key to Winning the War on Terror," 11 September 2008.

NewsMax, "Expert: War on Terror Not Failing," 12 August 2008.

Financial Times, "Merchants of death display mixed virtues," 23 July 2008.

Journal of Turkish Weekly, "Documenting the Victims of Conflict," 7 July 2008 (Turkey).

The Lede Blog, The New York Times, "A Post-9/11 Low for Terror Concerns," 2 July 2008.

Commentary Magazine, "Are We Winning the War on Terror?" 1 July 2008.

YemenOnline, "Who, Really, is Winning the War on Terrorism?" 15 June 2008 (Yemen).

Congressional Quarterly - Politics, "Complicated Task of Quantifying Terrorist Attacks Stirs Controversy," 14 June 2008.

The Interpreter, Lowy Institute for International Policy, "Is There a Globalisation Paradox?" 12 June 2008 (Australia).

Global Dashboard, "Interventions Work," 11 June 2008.

The Washington Post: PostGlobal, "They Still Hate Us," 10 June 2008.

The Patriot Ledger - Opinion, "Terrorists on the run?" 10 June 2008.

Maclean’s, "Good News: Safe and Sound," 9 June 2008.

The Economist, "A Radical New Strategy: Kill Fewer Muslims," 5 June 2008.

Sydney Morning Herald, "A Weapon of Mass Distraction," 5 June 2008.

FrontPage Magazine, "Defeat Costs More," 4 June 2008 (India).

Walta Information Center, "Africa is becoming ‘dramatically more secure’: Study," 4 June 2008 (Ethiopia).

The Washington Times - Commentary, "Defeat Costs More," 3 June 2008.

The Daily News Tribune, "Terrorists on the run?," 2 June 2008.

The East African // AllAfrica, "Africa: New Study Says Continent is Becoming 'Dramatically More Secure'," 2 June 2008.

Newsweek, "The Only Thing We Have to Fear …," 2 June 2008.

Brookings Institution - Research and Commentary, "What Statistics Don't Tell Us About Terrorism," 30 May 2008.

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) News, "Incidents of Terrorism Declining, say Researchers," 30 May 2008.

Slate, "What Statistics Don't Tell Us," 30 May 2008.

The Asian Pacific Post, "Terror is in the Eye of the Beholder," 28 May 2008.

Heritage Foundation - Commentary, "War is Expensive, But Defeat Costs More," 28 May 2008.

AlterNet, "Canadian Research Challenges Conventional Wisdom on Terror; Finds 'Expert Consensus Probably Misleading,'"; 27 May 2008.

Examiner, "The Good News. And The Bad News.," 27 May 2008.

San Francisco Chronicle, "What's Really Scary About Terror Statistics," 27 May 2008.

The Washington Post: PostGlobal, "The Only Thing We Have to Fear…," 27 May 2008.

CBS News, "Getting Safer," 26 May 2008.

Daily Times, "Revising schemata," 26 May 2008 (Pakistan).

MedIndia, "Fatalities from International Terrorism on the Rise," 26 May 2008 (India).

Today's Zaman, "Terrorism is declining around the world," 26 May 2008 (Turkey).

Washington Monthly - Political Animal Blog, "Getting Safer…," 26 May 2008.

Africa Leader, "International terrorism fatalities rising, not decreasing," 25 May 2008.

Asian News International (ANI), "International Terrorism Fatalities Rising, not Decreasing," 25 May 2008.

National Nine News - Tim Lester, "The Shrinking Threat," 25 May 2008.

The Sun, "International Terrorism Fatalities Rising, not Decreasing," 25 May 2008 (Malaysia).

Daily Times, "Terrorist Violence Down, Support for al-Qaeda on the Wane: Study," 24 May 2008 (Pakistan).

The Manila Times, "Terrorism Declining –New Study," 24 May 2008.

Waikato Times, "Report Claims Big Drop in Terror-Based Violence," 24 May 24 2008.

Agence France-Presse (AFP), "Terrorism on Decline: Canadian Study," 23 May 2008.

The China Post, "Terror Image Skewed by Iraq; Attacks seen in Decline," 23 May 2008 (Taiwan).

Congressional Quarterly - Homeland Security Newsletter, "'Behind the Lines," 23 May 2008.

The News International, "Terrorist Violence Down, Support on the Wane: Study", May 23, 2008 (Pakistan).

Philippine Daily Inquirer, "Terrorist Violence Down, Support on the Wane -- Study," 23 May 2008.

Reuters Alertnet, Covering Crisis, "Global Terrorism Decreasing," 23 May 2008.

Security Management, "Terrorism in Decline, Canadian Study Says," 23 May 2008.

Sydney Morning Herald, "Terrorism Down as Support for al-Qaeda Drops: Report," 23 May 2008.

Weekly Homeland Security Newsletter, "Outside Iraq, Worldwide Terror Deaths Decline," 23 May 2008.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News, "Study Finds Terrorism in Decline," 22 May 2008.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) - The World Today, "Security Analysts at Odds over Terrorism Report," 22 May 2008.

The Australian, "Terror Down as Al-Qa'ida Loses out, Study Finds," 22 May 2008.

The Boston Globe, "Report: Terrorism Stats are Skewed by Iraq Attacks," 22 May 2008.

Canada.com, "Terror Attacks Declining, says Canadian Report," 22 May 2008.

Canadian Broadcasting Corportation (CBC) - The Current, "Part 2: The Human Security Project," 22 May 2008.

CTV, "Minus Iraq, Terrorism Actually Declining: Report," 22 May 2008.

CTV - Canada AM, "Andrew Mack, professor at Simon Fraser University," 22 May 2008.

The Daily Star, "Canadian Study Suggests Global Terror in Decline", May 22, 2008 (Lebanon).

The Globe and Mail, "Terrorist Violence on the Decline: Researchers," 22 May 2008.

Herald Sun, "War Being Won. So Who was our Churchill?", May 22, 2008 (Australia).

Inter Press Service (IPS), "Report Challenges Orthodoxy on Global Terror," 22 May 2008.

The Jerusalem Post, "Report: Incidence of Terrorist Violence around the World in Decline," 22 May 2008.

Middle East Times, "Analysis: U.N. Study: Terror Attacks Down," 22 May 2008 (Egypt).

National Post, "Terrorist Violence said to be on the Wane," 22 May 2008.

The Rush Limbaugh Show, "Stack of Stuff Quick Hits Page: Story #3: Fatalities from Terrorism Down 40% Since 2001," 22 May 2008.

Sharon Chandha Blog, "Who Knew: Deaths Related to Terrorism Have Declined Since 2001," 22 May 2008.

The Tension Blog, "Study Finds 'War on Terrorism' Successful, Attacks Decline Sharply," 22 May 2008.

United Press International (UPI), "UN: Study Terror Attacks Down," 22 May 2008.

Weyak, "Terrorism on decline: Canadian study," 22 May 2008 (UAE).

Wired -- Danger Room, "Global War on Terror Pits Optimists against Pessimists," 22 May 2008.

ABC News, "Report: Terrorism Stats Skewed by Iraq Attacks," 21 May 2008.

AScribe Newswire, "Terrorism Fatalities Up, Not Down; Analysis Disputes New Report," 21 May 2008.

BBC News Online, "Is Global Terror Threat Falling?" 21 May 2008.

Canada.com, "SFU Study Finds Terrorism is Declining Worldwide," 21 May 2008.

CBS News, "The Sea In Which They Swim," 21 May 2008.

CBS News Investigates, "Is Global Terror Threat Falling?" 21 May 2008.

Chris Blattman's Blog, "Where Has All the Terrorism (and War) Gone?" 21 May 2008.

Daniel W. Drezner, "May the United States Continue to be Blessed with Incompetent and Stupid Adversaries," 21 May 2008.

FOXNews, "Report: Terrorism Stats are Skewed by Iraq Attacks," 21 May 2008.

The Interpreter Blog, Lowy Institute for International Policy, "Terrorism-Related Fatalities Drop Dramatically," 21 May 2008 (Australia).

Irish Times, "Iraq Figures Distort Terrorism Statistics: Study," 21 May 2008.

National Review - Media Blog, "Obscure But Good Reading on Terrorism," 21 May 2008.

Patronus Analytical, "Human Security Brief 2007 - We Are Winning!" 21 May 2008.

Reuters, "Iraq Figures Distort Terrorism Statistics: Study," 21 May 2008.

Scottish Television (STV), "Study Finds Iraq Figures Distort Terrorism Statistics," 21 May 2008.

The Seattle Times, "Report: Terrorism Stats are Skewed by Iraq Attacks," 21 May 2008.

States News Service, "Press Conference to Launch New Report on Threat of Global Terrorism," 21 May 2008.

United Nations News Radio, "Terrorism Fatalities on the Decline: Human Security Report Project," 21 May 2008.

USA Today, "Report: Terrorism stats are skewed by Iraq attacks," 21 May 2008.

The Vancouver Sun , "SFU Study Finds Terrorism is Declining Worldwide," 21 May 2008.

Washington Monthly, Political Animal Blog, "The Sea In Which They Swim," 21 May 2008.

 


Other languages

Arabic

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Arabic Service, 22 May 2008.

 

Czech

Kanadská mozaika 22/2008 (Czech Republic), "Vedci zjistili ústup terorismu v roce 2007," 30 May 2008.

 

Danish

DR (formerly ‘Danmarks Radio’) (Denmark), "Antallet af terrorangreb falder," 23 May 2008.

Jette Plesner Dali's side, DF i Favrskov (Denmark), "Terrorismen på tilbagetog?" 16 June 2008.

Jyllands-Posten (Denmark), "Rapport: Terrorisme er på tilbagegang," 22 May 2008.

Jyllands-Postens (Denmark), "Terrorisme på tilbagetog," 15 June 2008.

 

Dutch

Vrij Nederland - Collateral Damage Blog (Netherlands), "Nieuw veiligheidsrapport schetst zonnig beeld," 22 May 2008.

 

French

Bivouac-ID (France), "'Guerre contre le terrorisme': Un rapport contredit le consensus," 22 May 2008.

Centre d’études et de recherches internationales de l’Université de Montréal: La Presse (Montreal, Canada), "Le terrorisme régresse," 25 May 2008.

Comité de Solidarité (Quebec, Canada), "L’incidence du terrorisme décline dans le monde," 28 May 2008.

La Presse Canadienne (Canada), "Des chercheurs de Colombie-Britannique constatent un déclin du terrorisme mondial," 21 May, 2008.

Radio Canada (CBC) - Première chaîne: Les Nouvelles (Canada), 26 May, 2008.

Web Algérie (Algeria), "La violence terroriste en baisse en 2007," 30 May, 2008.

 

German

Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) (Germany), "Erheblich weniger Tote," 22 May 2008.

Frankfurter Rundshau (Frankfurt, Germany), "Erheblich weniger Tote," 21 May 2008.

Nordbayerische Zeitung Furth (Bayern, Germany), "Erheblich weniger Tote," 24 May 2008.

Nurnberger Zeitung (Nurnberg, Germany), "Erheblich weniger Tote," 24 May 2008.

 

Italian

Radio Radicale (Italy), "2007 'Human Security Brief,'" 23 May 2008.

 

Norwegian

Avisa Nordland (Bodø, Norway), "Mindre terror," 22 May 2008.

Hegnar (Norway), "Mindre terror," 23 May 2008.

Morgenbladet (Norway), "Utenriksanalyse: Mindre terror i verden," 30 May 2008.

Siste (Norway), "Mindre terror," 22 May 2008.

 

Portuguese

Reuters Focus, "Instituições dos EUA distorcem dados sobre terror, diz estudo," 21 May 2008.

 

Russian

Blagovest (Belgium), 3 June 2008.

Gazeta (Russia), 23 May 2008.

 

Spanish

Agencia EFE - Servicio General (Spain), "Terrorismo mundial desciende en contra de lo que dice EEUU, según expertos," 21 May 2008.

Inter Press Service (IPS) (Italy), "Terrorismo: No Hay Aumento, Como Dice Eeuu," 27 May, 2008.

La Jornadad (Mexico), "Terrorismo: no hay aumento, como dice EU," 23 May 2008.

Yahoo! News Mexico, "Terrorismo mundial desciende en contra de lo que dice EE.UU., según expertos," 21 May 2008.

 

Swedish

Vestmanlands Läns Tidning (Västerås, Sweden), "Rapport: Terrorhot minskar stadigt," 23 May 2008.

 

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