<s>
The	O
Global	B-Application
Terrorism	I-Application
Database	I-Application
(	O
GTD	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
database	O
of	O
terrorist	O
incidents	O
from	O
1970	O
onward	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Department	O
of	O
Defense	O
Combating	O
Terrorism	O
and	O
Technical	O
Support	O
Office	O
and	O
the	O
German	O
Federal	O
Foreign	O
Office	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
provide	O
short-term	O
funds	O
which	O
enabled	O
the	O
GTD	O
to	O
put	O
out	O
their	O
report	O
for	O
2018	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
Global	B-Application
Terrorism	I-Application
Database	I-Application
continues	O
to	O
seek	O
funding	O
for	O
the	O
long	O
term	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
from	O
the	O
Global	B-Application
Terrorism	I-Application
Database	I-Application
is	O
used	O
to	O
generate	O
the	O
Global	O
Terrorism	O
Index	O
(	O
GTI	O
)	O
published	O
by	O
the	O
Institute	O
for	O
Economics	O
and	O
Peace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
his	O
book	O
The	O
Better	O
Angels	O
of	O
Our	O
Nature	O
,	O
author	O
Steven	O
Pinker	O
used	O
data	O
from	O
the	O
Global	B-Application
Terrorism	I-Application
Database	I-Application
for	O
his	O
analysis	O
of	O
trends	O
in	O
terrorism	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
the	O
major	O
publicly	O
available	O
dataset	O
on	O
terrorist	O
attacks.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Global	B-Application
Terrorism	I-Application
Database	I-Application
has	O
been	O
cited	O
in	O
The	O
Guardian	O
,	O
using	O
a	O
database	O
of	O
terrorism	O
we	O
look	O
at	O
how	O
the	O
frequency	O
and	O
type	O
of	O
attack	O
has	O
changed	O
the	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
,	O
the	O
Washington	O
Post	O
,	O
the	O
Wall	O
Street	O
Journal	O
,	O
and	O
Foreign	O
Policy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
calling	O
the	O
Global	B-Application
Terrorism	I-Application
Database	I-Application
a	O
treasure	O
trove	O
of	O
information	O
,	O
a	O
2013	O
Washington	O
Post	O
fact-checking	O
article	O
criticized	O
its	O
use	O
by	O
government	O
officials	O
to	O
hype	O
the	O
threat	O
of	O
terrorism	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
given	O
its	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
definition	O
of	O
terrorism	O
conflicting	O
with	O
Congressionally	O
required	O
law	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
article	O
for	O
Security	O
Magazine	O
noted	O
that	O
trends	O
monitored	O
by	O
the	O
Global	B-Application
Terrorism	I-Application
Database	I-Application
showed	O
that	O
Global	O
Terrorism	O
was	O
declining	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
U.S.	O
attacks	O
are	O
on	O
the	O
rise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
report	O
by	O
the	O
Global	B-Application
Terrorism	I-Application
Database	I-Application
also	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
U.S.-based	O
attacks	O
in	O
2017	O
and	O
2018	O
had	O
remained	O
stable	O
,	O
despite	O
an	O
increase	O
in	O
attacks	O
to	O
more	O
than	O
65	O
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
