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Selected by Eric Price
Scores of theses on terrorism and political violence are written every year at our universities. While a number of them are subsequently published as books, many remain shelved and unread. However, today more and more are available online. Here is a sample of more than 130 titles; many of them can be directly accessed online through the Internet.
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by Benjamin J.E. Freedman
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as reported by Scott Atran and Robert Axelrod
On December 14-16, 2009, a delegation from the World Federation of Scientists, including the authors, traveled to Damascus to interview senior Syrian and Palestinian leaders from Syria and various Palestinian factions, including the members of the leadership of Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The objective was to gain insight from field interviews into how to further advance scientific understanding of cultural and political conflict in order to create new theoretical and practical frameworks for negotiation and cooperation.
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by Lorraine Bowman-Grieve
This article considers the use of the Internet by Irish Republicans and does so by applying thematic 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 and sustains an online discourse of support for their cause and the currently active dissident movements. Further analysis focuses on the function of a virtual community and the interactions facilitated by this online social space in relation to the potential for increased commitment to, and involvement in, support-related activities both on and off line.
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by Benjamin Freedman
Since 9/11, international cooperation against international terrorism has improved. However, the global community is still far from a situation in which one country’s terrorist group is all countries’ public enemy. This comparative list enumerates 120 extremist/terrorist groups blacklisted by six countries and two international organizations. The listings highlight the security interests, priorities, and outlook of particular countries and international organizations. Each individual list reflects regional or, in some instances, global, security concerns of the designating country/body and, therefore, there is less overlap than anticipated.
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Jeffrey F. Addicott. Terrorism Law. Materials, Cases, Comments. 5th edition. Tucson, Arizona: Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company, Inc., 2009. 622 pp. ISBN-13: 978-1-933264-64-6 (hc). Reviewed by Alex P Schmid.
Charles Webel and Johan Galtung (Eds.) . Handbook of Peace and Conflict Studies. London, New York: Routledge, 2009 (2007 hc). 406 pp. ISBN-13: 978-0-415-48319-3 (pbk). Reviewed by Alex P. Schmid.
Thomas Riegler. Terrorismus. Akteure, Strukturen, Entwicklungslinien. Innsbruck, Wien: Studien Verlag, 2009. 635 pp. ISBN 978-3-7065-4604-1. Reviewed by Alex P. Schmid.
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by Axel Schmidt
The terrorist activities by the IRA for a politically united Ireland were one of the most sustained and prolonged campaigns in Northern Ireland, unparalleled in Western Europe since the World War II. Under the pressure of violence, the British government engaged in a process that delivered new constitutional arrangements combined with major legislative reforms, giving terrorist-related politicians access to the governance of Northern Ireland and control over its destiny. This article will discuss the project Mobilizing Opposition Networks to Nationalistic European Terrorism (MONNET), which analyzed the progressive undermining of democracy and human rights by terrorism in Northern Ireland with the view of developing a message to mobilize the European public against terrorism in all its forms. This article will also mention the recommendations made to the European Commission through the MONNET programme.
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by Thomas Riegler
This article argues that Hollywood cinema has shaped, and sometimes distorted, the perception of terrorism since the late 1960s. It does so by discussing emblematic movies in a comparative way. The main thesis is that Hollywood never seriously tried to offer an accurate assessment of terrorism. Instead, it offered a mediated version that transcends reality and is firmly rooted in a pop culture framework. Nonetheless, since movies are, according to cinema theorist Siegfried Kracauer, a “mirror of the prevailing society”, they too reveal something about the historical evolution of terrorism and modifications in its understanding. Another issue briefly addressed is the question whether “real” terrorists tend to re-enact or copy (cinema)“reel” violence – given the fact that terrorists too are subject to the influence of cinematic images and metaphors.
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