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Terrorism and the Media: The Effect of US Television Coverage on Al-Qaeda Attacks
Social Science Research Network, 2017 Can media coverage of a terrorist organization encourage their execution of further attacks? This paper analyzes the day-to-day news coverage of Al-Qaeda on US television since 9/11 and the group's terrorist strikes.
Michael Jetter, Michael Jetter
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What Sustains Wars: Will to Fight Versus Military Might. [PDF]
Ann N Y Acad SciThis essay examines how psychosocial forces shape will to fight through the Devoted Actor Framework (DAF). Devoted actors, bound by sacred, non‐negotiable ideals and fused group identities, pursue a quest for ontological significance that sustains conflict beyond material incentives.
Atran S.
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Al-Qaeda in Gaza: isolating “the base” [PDF]
, 2010 In 1996, Osama bin Laden declared jihad against the American forces occupying Saudi Arabia, calling for Muslims to expel the infidels from the “land of the two holy places.” The first sacred ground mentioned in this statement, however, was not Saudi ...
Marshall, Warren
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Thinking about the 'law of unintended consequences' [PDF]
, 2014 The United State’s now-not-so-covert drone based program targeting Al Qaeda (AQ) and Taliban commanders based in Pakistan’s inhospitable and hostile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FETA) has been operational since 2004.
Singh, Rashmi
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Non-Criminal Justice Interventions for Countering Cognitive and Behavioural Radicalisation Amongst Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review of Effectiveness and Implementation: A Systematic Review. [PDF]
Campbell Syst RevABSTRACT Growing numbers of young people are encountering the counter‐terrorism system. This international trend raises important questions about the effectiveness of efforts to prevent and counter childhood and adolescent radicalisation. This review examines the effectiveness and implementation of interventions designed to counter cognitive and ...
Lewis J +4 more
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Terrorist learning in context – the case of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Critical Studies on Terrorism, 2019 It is astonishing how many researchers adopt a counterterrorism agenda and suggest researching terrorist learning in order to shape security countermeasures. Posing different questions would lead to different answers.
C. Goerzig
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CMES (Center of Middle Eastern Studies), 2023 Radicalism remains a contentious issue in the Middle East today, with several radical movements closely associated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Al-Qaeda.
Moch. Ainin Najib +3 more
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Spreading Propaganda in Cyberspace: Comparing Cyber-Resource Usage of Al Qaeda and ISIS
International journal of cybersecurity intelligence and cybercrime, 2018 Terrorists in cyberspace are increasingly utilizing social media to promote their ideologies, recruit new members, and justify terrorist attacks and actions.
Kyung-shick Choi, C. S. Lee, R. Cadigan
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Did Bin Laden Read Mao Correctly?
Coleção Meira Mattos, 2021 The Global War on Terror has consumed a great deal of American resources since 2001. Operating within Iraq and Afghanistan for almost two decades, the US has failed so far to put together a plan for war termination in the Middle East.
Carlos Eduardo Macedo
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Do Women Make Better Borrowers and Loan Officers? Evidence From Afghanistan
Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explores how gender is associated with microfinance loan performance in Afghanistan, a conservative and conflict‐affected society. We use data from over 9500 borrowers across Taliban‐ and government‐controlled areas for the period from January 2017 to February 2020, before the 2021 Taliban takeover.
Mustafa Disli +2 more
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