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Religion and Terrorism: Evidence from Ramadan Fasting [PDF]
arXiv, 2018 We study the effect of religion and intense religious experiences on terrorism by focusing on one of the five pillars of Islam: Ramadan fasting. For identification, we exploit two facts: First, daily fasting from dawn to sunset during Ramadan is considered mandatory for most Muslims. Second, the Islamic calendar is not synchronized with the solar cycle.
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Counter-terrorism analysis using cooperative game theory [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 Game theory has been applied in many fields of study, especially economics and political science. Arce M. and Sandler (2005) analyzed counter-terrorism using non-cooperative game theory (the players are, for example, the US and the EU), which assumes that communication among the players is not allowed, or, if it is allowed, then there is no mechanism ...
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Constraints on the Global War on Terror in the Post Cold War Era
ABUAD Journal of the Humanities-AGIDIGBO, 2015 In this paper the author aspires to profile the difficulties involved in the war against terrorism in the post cold war era. Terrorism has become a very topical issue in the world. The world today is threatened with extinction due to the threat posed by
John Chrysestom Ogirai
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Terrorism Event Classification Using Fuzzy Inference Systems [PDF]
IJCSIS, Vol. 7 No. 3, March 2010, 247-256, 2010 Terrorism has led to many problems in Thai societies, not only property damage but also civilian casualties. Predicting terrorism activities in advance can help prepare and manage risk from sabotage by these activities. This paper proposes a framework focusing on event classification in terrorism domain using fuzzy inference systems (FISs). Each FIS is
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Campbell Systematic ReviewsBackground Increasingly, counter‐radicalisation interventions are using case management approaches to structure the delivery of tailored services to those at risk of engaging in, or engaged in, violent extremism. This review sets out the evidence on case
James Lewis +6 more
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Common Statistical Patterns in Urban Terrorism [PDF]
under review, Apr 2019, 2019 The underlying reasons behind modern terrorism are seemingly complex and intangible. Despite diverse causal mechanisms, research has shown that there exists general statistical patterns at the global scale that can shed light on human confrontation behaviour. Whilst many policing and counter-terrorism operations are conducted at a city level, there has
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On complex adaptive systems and terrorism [PDF]
arXiv, 2005 Complex adaptive systems (CAS) are ubiquitous in nature. They are basic in social sciences. An overview of CAS is given with emphasize on the occurrence of bad side effects to seemingly wise decisions. Hence application to terrorism is given. Some conclusions on how to deal with this phenomena are proposed.
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Cogent Social SciencesJemaah Islamiyah is a banned terrorist group in Indonesia that has been known to raise funds through faith-based philanthropic institutions. Baitul Maal Abdurrahman Bin Auf (BM ABA) and Syam Organizer (SO) are among these institutions that have been ...
Novi Dwi Nugroho +3 more
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Scale Invariance in Global Terrorism [PDF]
arXiv, 2005 Traditional analyses of international terrorism have not sought to explain the emergence of rare but extremely severe events. Using the tools of extremal statistics to analyze the set of terrorist attacks worldwide between 1968 and 2004, as compiled by the National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT), we find that the relationship
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