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Revista UNISCI, 2019 The global terrorist and extremist threat is likely to persist in 2019 as the Islamic State (IS) go through a phase of re-adaptation and de-centralisation. The group has established clandestine and underground structures to survive in Iraq and Syria. Its
Rohan Gunaratna
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What We Have Learned about Terrorism since 9/11
Journal of Economic Literature, 2019 This overview examines critically the post-9/11 empirical literature on terrorism. Major contributions by both economists and political scientists are included. We focus on five main themes: the changing nature of terrorism, the organization of terrorist
Khusrav Gaibulloev, T. Sandler
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Deconstructing Buddhist Extremism: Lessons from Sri Lanka
Religions, 2021 This article argues that it is not Buddhism, per se, but rather Buddhist extremism, that is responsible for violence against relevant out-groups. Moreover, it suggests that the causes of Buddhist extremism, rather than being determined solely by textual ...
Kumar Ramakrishna
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Eco-Terrorism: Re-examining and Re-presenting the Issue in Confessions of an Eco-Terrorist and If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front [PDF]
PostScriptum: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Literary Studies, 2022 In an era dominated by several terrorist organizations, global terrorism has become one of the biggest international challenges. With the increasing number of terrorist attacks all over the world, the word “terrorism” has extended its meaning and new ...
Somedutta Mukherjee
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On the heterogeneity of terror [PDF]
European Economic Review, 2012 Most of the existing literature on the determinants of terrorism treats terror as a uniform phenomenon and does not distinguish between different types of terror. We argue that terror of different ideological types should have different determinants as the terror groups cater to different grievances, engage in compromise to different degrees and have ...
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Terrorism and Migration: An Overview
British Journal of Political Science, 2020 This article provides an overview of the literature on the relationship between terrorism and migration. It discusses whether and how (1) migration may be a cause of terrorism, (2) terrorism may influence natives' attitudes towards immigration and their ...
M. Helbling, Daniel Meierrieks
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Terror, Terrorism, Terrorists [PDF]
Sociological Theory, 2004 The terms terror, terrorism, and terrorist do not identify causally coherent and distinct social phenomena but strategies that recur across a wide variety of actors and political situations. Social scientists who reify the terms confuse themselves and render a disservice to public discussion. The U.S.
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The double-edged sword of democracy: How democracy promotion is used in the European Union's prevention of terrorism in the southern Mediterranean [PDF]
Journal of Regional Security, 2022 Terrorism is a horror haunting the world. Different approaches are used to fight terrorism internationally, focusing on security as well as social policy.
Jonasson Ann-Kristin
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INTERNATIONAL REGULATION OF THE CHILD ABDUCTIONS [PDF]
STED Journal, 2019 The occurrence of international child abductions is not of a recent age, although the term “abduction” is of a relatively recent date. By studying ancient legal sources (Roman law, rights in ancient Greece, rights in Mesopotamia etc.) legal fragments ...
Miro Katić
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Global Business and Economics Review, 2007 Deterrence has been a crucial element in fighting terrorism, both in politics and in rational choice analyses of terrorism. However, there are two strategies that are superior to deterrence. The first one is to make terrorist attacks less devastating and less attractive to terrorists through decentralisation.
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