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Carnage Interrupted: An Analysis of Fifteen Terrorist Plots against Public Surface Transportation, Research Report 11-20 [PDF]
, 2012 This report examines 13 terrorist plots against public surface transportation that were uncovered and foiled by authorities between 1997 and 2010 and two failed attempts to carry out attacks.
Jenkins, Brian M., Trella, Joseph
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Fear and the Response to Terrorism: An Economic Analysis [PDF]
This paper offers a rational approach to the economics and psychology of fear and provides empirical evidence that supports our theory. We explicitly consider both the impact of danger on emotions and the distortive effect of fear on subjective beliefs ...
Gary S. Becker, Yona Rubinstein
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WORDS HOLD IN AWE: TERROR AND / OR WAR
Концепт: философия, религия, культура, 2017 The difference between terrorism and war in philosophy is not yet clarified. We suggest the following criteria to define a concept of terrorism and/or war: social places, means of production (weapon), ways of communication and social bodies. Place is not
L. I. Kirsanova
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“Smashing Into Crowds” -- An Analysis of Vehicle Ramming Attacks [PDF]
, 2019 Vehicle ramming attacks are not new. But since 2010 Jihadists have urged their use. Is this the wave of the future, or a terrorist fad? To answer this and other questions the authors expanded and updated the database used in their May 2018 MTI Security ...
Butterworth, Bruce R. +1 more
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Future InternetThis study examines multi-lexical data sources, utilizing an extracted dataset from an open-source corpus and the Global Terrorism Datasets (GTDs), to predict lexical patterns that are directly linked to terrorism.
Mohammed Salem Atoum +5 more
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The Origins of Terrorism - Cross-Country Estimates on Socio-Economic Determinants of Terrorism [PDF]
To expand our knowledge about an appropriate anti-terror strategy, it is indispensable to assess the underlying causes of terror. We examine social and economic conditions in the country of origin of terrorist attacks, claiming that low opportunity costs
Andreas Freytag +3 more
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The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism
American Political Science Review, 2003 R. Pape
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Taking on the Persona of a Suicide Bomber: a Thought Experiment
Perspectives on Terrorism, 2012 Nineteen university students experimented taking on the persona of an apprehended suicide bomber. The role play explored the psychological mechanisms of dissociative phenomena, euphoria or a sense of empowerment contemplating suicide bombing ...
Anne Speckhard +2 more
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Extremism, Suicide Terror, and Authoritarism [PDF]
This paper studies extremist behaviour, and its connection to authoritarianism. I divide extremists into two groups, leaders, who demand extremist acts such as assassinations, suicide terror or other forms of political violence from followers, who supply
Ronald Wintrobe
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Changing patterns in chemical terrorism 1970-2021. [PDF]
Front Public HealthCastro-Delgado R +4 more
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