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Economic Causes of Female Suicide Terrorism: Perceived Versus Actual
Journal of Global Security Studies, 2019Common belief holds that economic misery motivates more people to commit acts of suicide terrorism. The existing literature, however, fails to find an empirical linkage between these two phenomena.
Seung-Whan Choi
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KILLING THROUGH DEATH: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON THE DRIVERS OF MODERN SUICIDE TERRORISM
Journal of Terrorism StudiesDeparting from the idea that suicide attacks are a special form of terrorism, this article aims to shed light on some of its characteristics and particular dynamics to help better understand the phenomenon and effectively combat it.
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Dying to bankrupt: the effect of suicide terrorism on foreign direct investment
Dynamics of Asymmetric ConflictWhy do terrorist groups perpetrate suicide attacks? Political scientists maintain that terrorist groups adopt suicide terrorism for its strategic benefits.
Max Abrahms, Asif Nawaz
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The ballot or the bomb belt: the roots of female suicide terrorism before and after 9/11
Small Wars & Insurgencies, 2019In recent years, an upward trend in terrorist attacks has mirrored an increase in suicide attacks. According to our preliminary analysis, the events of September 11th marked a sea change in the number of terrorist attacks.
Nakissa Jahanbani, Charmaine N. Willis
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Predicting and preventing radicalisation: an alternative approach to suicide terrorism in Europe
Intelligence and national security, 2019Suicidal acts of terrorism conducted by lone actors independently of overseas command and control networks currently dominate the European landscape. Intelligence suggests from a population of fifty-two attackers between 2012 and 2017, at least 75% had a
Lewis Herrington
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Canadian Journal of Political Science, 2007
Suicide Terrorism, Ami Pedahzur, Cambridge: Polity, 2005, pp. 264.With the issue of terrorism continuing to dominate media reports, there are renewed calls for a better understanding of the most deadly weapon employed by these organizations: suicide bombing. Ami Pedahzur, in his book Suicide Terrorism, successfully meets this challenge head on. It
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Suicide Terrorism, Ami Pedahzur, Cambridge: Polity, 2005, pp. 264.With the issue of terrorism continuing to dominate media reports, there are renewed calls for a better understanding of the most deadly weapon employed by these organizations: suicide bombing. Ami Pedahzur, in his book Suicide Terrorism, successfully meets this challenge head on. It
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To Die to Kill: Suicide as a Weapon. Some Historical Antecedents of Suicide Terrorism
Evil, Terrorism and Psychiatry, 2019The story of Samson and his legendary feats are widely described in the Bible. As everybody knows, his strength was located in his long hair that should not be cut in order to preserve this unique characteristic. Unfortunately, Samson revealed his secret
S. Salvatori, D. Marazziti
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The Psychology of Suicide Terrorism
Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes, 2009This paper reviews current understandings of the psychology of suicide terrorism for psychiatrists and other mental health professionals to help them better understand this terrifying phenomenon. After discussing key concepts and definitions, the paper reviews both group and individual models for explaining the development of suicide terrorists, with ...
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2018
This chapter introduces the conceptual foundations of suicide terrorism by offering a framework aimed at both general readers and scholars. It presents a reconsideration of existing definitions and addresses the challenges in characterizing suicide terrorism as a distinct form of political violence. The chapter argues for the differentiation of suicide
Gideon Aran, Jeffrey Green
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This chapter introduces the conceptual foundations of suicide terrorism by offering a framework aimed at both general readers and scholars. It presents a reconsideration of existing definitions and addresses the challenges in characterizing suicide terrorism as a distinct form of political violence. The chapter argues for the differentiation of suicide
Gideon Aran, Jeffrey Green
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Israel Studies Review, 2006
ism. Studies have demonstrated that while suicide terror is a proportionately uncommon form of terror, it causes a disproportionately high number of casualties. This is because the suicide bomber is the epitome of a smart bomb', a device uniquely able to select the precise time and place where it can inflict the most damage.
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ism. Studies have demonstrated that while suicide terror is a proportionately uncommon form of terror, it causes a disproportionately high number of casualties. This is because the suicide bomber is the epitome of a smart bomb', a device uniquely able to select the precise time and place where it can inflict the most damage.
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