Perspectives on Terrorism

1. Irish Republicanism and the Internet: support for New Wave Dissidents
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... 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.  ...

2. Conceptualizing a New School of Political Conflict and Terrorism Studies
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By Will H. Moore and Stephen M. Shellman This essay is written in the midst of the recent calls for social scientists to perform research projects for the US Department of Defense. In that light, ...

3. Review Essay: Top 50 Books on Terrorism and Counterterrorism
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... on terrorism, using the social sciences to study terrorism, terrorism and the Internet, radical Islam, suicide terrorism, 9/11 and its aftermath, Palestinian terrorism, terrorism in the United States, ...

4. The Radical Milieu: The Under-Investigated Relationship Between Terrorists and Sympathetic Communities
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... etc.), or a social network (transnational Islamic terrorism). What distinguishes the milieu from simple sympathizers is that within the former, there exists a form of social structure responsible for the ...

5. In Cold Blood: The Madrid Bombings
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... model. The second – and alternative model conceptualizes the jihad as a social movement in which individual cells-small networks or clusters-draw inspiration, but no more from al-Qaeda. They emerge bottom ...

6. Turmoil in the Delta: Trends and Implications
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... investment in oil-exporting African countries has contributed to some economic growth on the continent, it has yet to address the abysmal economic realities and constant state of social and political instability ...

7. Conceptualising Online Terrorism
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... conceptual and definitional issues. This is, perhaps, understandable because terrorism and the Internet are renowned for being two of the most slippery subjects in social science. While the inability of ...

8. Who Becomes a Terrorist Today?
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... well off, and more socially marginalized wave of would-be jihadi martyrs. Although millions of people support violent jihad, very few are willing to do it. Those who do pursue violent jihad usually emerge ...

9. Complex Systems Problems in the War of Ideas
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... understand and address. But to a natural or social scientist, “complex” has a special meaning that comes from complex systems theory. There are many definitions of complex systems, but I prefer this simple ...

10. An Argument for Terrorism
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... socially. Furthermore, it has substantial indirect consequences for individuals and groups labelled as terrorists – who may then be legally subject to torture, rendition and internment without trial – ...

11. Explaining Terrorism: A Psychosocial Approach
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Explaining Terrorism: A Psychosocial Approach By Luis de la Corte Terrorism is a difficult topic. Its explanation may be biased by political assumptions and social prejudices. Policy makers and experts ...

12. Initiative Participants
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... National Congress and Professor at the University del Salvador and University del Museo Social Argentino. Victor Asal joined the faculty of the Political Science Department of the University at Albany ...

13. 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

14. Accounting For the Waves of International Terrorism

Accounting For the Waves of International Terrorism

15. Al-Qaida’s Appeal: Understanding its Unique Selling Points

Al-Qaida’s Appeal: Understanding its Unique Selling Points

16. Alternative Lessons from the 'Algerian Scenario'

Alternative Lessons from the 'Algerian Scenario'

17. An Argument for Terrorism

An Argument for Terrorism

18. Arab Prisons: A Place for Dialogue and Reform

Arab Prisons: A Place for Dialogue and Reform

19. Book Review: Charles Webel and Johan Galtung (Eds.) . Handbook of Peace and Conflict Studies

Book Review: Charles Webel and Johan Galtung (Eds.) . Handbook of Peace and Conflict Studies

20. Book Review: Mark Perry. How to Lose the War on Terror

Book Review: Mark Perry. How to Lose the War on Terror