Perspectives on Terrorism

1. Irish Republicanism and the Internet: support for New Wave Dissidents
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... content analysis to a sample of websites that support the Irish Republican movement. Particular attention is paid to the Irish Republican virtual community which, through regular user interaction, creates ...

2. Democracy and Terrorism
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... been few and not very comprehensive in scope. The analysis below will consider the relationship between the degree of openness (democracy) and international terrorist activity from 1972 to 1995 in approximately ...

3. The Role of the Pashtuns in Understanding the Afghan Crisis
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... of Pashtun society is responsible for a lack of progress towards peace and security. The first section offers a review of Afghanistan and Pashtun society, the second an analysis of the situation in Afghanistan ...

4. Confronting al-Qaeda: Understanding the Threat in Afghanistan
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Confronting al-Qaeda: Understanding the Threat in Afghanistan by Marc Sageman Counter-terrorism policy should be based on a comprehensive analysis of the facts. A comprehensive survey of global neo-jihadi ...

5. A Perspective on Intelligence Reform
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... piece of finished analysis had just been completed.  The briefer, who had written the analysis, had reached a number of very interesting conclusions concerning the evolution of the group and believed that ...

6. Interpreting the PKK’s Signals in Europe
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... requires further analysis, it is clear that it was the armed branch of the PKK, known as the People’s Defense Forces (HPG), that kidnapped the German hikers at their Mt. Ararat encampment at 10,500 feet ...

7. Special Issue of Perspectives on Terrorism
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... analysis of the underlying principles that govern our past and present beliefs. This issue seeks to draw attention to specific topics of concern as well as to the need to reevaluate commonly held beliefs ...

8. Terrorism Knowledge Base: A Eulogy (2004-2008)
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... those of us who have relied on the TKB for our research, teaching, journalism, analysis, and general reference on terrorism, this knowledge base will be sorely missed.  ...

9. Deradicalization or Disengagement?
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... to the related, yet distinct processes of disengagement and deradicalization from terrorism. This continuing neglect is ironic because it may be in the analysis of disengagement that practical initiatives ...

10. Wars of Our Own Creation: An Opinion Brief
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... and political self-analysis that is superimposed on the Muslim world? Moreover, do moderates always seek a reformation of Islam? Or do they identify in some ways with bin Ladin’s anti-Americanism? Can ...

11. Evolution of Jihadism in Spain Following the 3/11 Madrid Terrorists Attacks
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... carried out in Spain. This post analysis includes twenty-two of the most important operations but does not include the police operations directly related to the Madrid attacks [1]. This article seeks to ...

12. Counterterrorism: the State of Scholarship, Directions for Future Data Collection and Analysis
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Counterterrorism: the State of Scholarship, Directions for Future Data Collection and Analysis By Mariya Y. Omelicheva The prominence of counterterrorism analyses in the context of the broader scholarship ...

13. Jihadist Propaganda and its Audiences: A Change of Course?
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... Indeed, an analysis of jihadist communiqués shows a clear preference for Muslim audiences. From 2001 to 2005, 92% of the GJM propaganda products targeted Muslim audiences, 6 % were designed for an undifferentiated ...

14. Greetings and Welcome to Perspectives on Terrorism
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... to present their perspectives on the developing field of terrorism research and scholarship; to present original research and analysis; and to provide a forum for discourse and commentary on related issues. ...

15. Initiative Participants
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... where he holds the position of Ramón y Cajal Fellow in Political Sciences and coordinates the Unit for Documentation and Analysis on Terrorism. Ramiro Anzit Guerrero is a Senior Advisor in the Argentine ...

16. 1, 2, 3…Coup! Of Violence, Incursions on Sovereignty and Recourses in Pakistan

1, 2, 3…Coup! Of Violence, Incursions on Sovereignty and Recourses in Pakistan

17. 13 Years since Tokyo: Re-Visiting the 'Superterrorism' Debate

13 Years since Tokyo: Re-Visiting the 'Superterrorism' Debate

18. A Perspective on Intelligence Reform

A Perspective on Intelligence Reform

19. Accounting For the Waves of International Terrorism

Accounting For the Waves of International Terrorism

20. Al-Qaeda’s Propaganda Advantage and How to Counter It

Al-Qaeda’s Propaganda Advantage and How to Counter It