Volume VI 2012
by Alex P. Schmid (editor-in-chief) & Lorraine Bowman-Grieve (guest co-editor)
Articles
Perception Challenges Faced by Al-Qaeda on the Battlefield of Influence Warfare
by James J.F. Forest
From Terrorist to Persona: Para-Social Interaction and the ETA Website
by Yotam Ophir and Gabriel Weimann
The YouTube Jihadists: A Social Network Analysis of Al-Muhajiroun’s Propaganda Campaign
by Jytte Klausen, Eliane Tschaen Barbieri, Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, and Aaron Y. Zelin
Online Arguments against Al-Qaeda: An Exploratory Analysis
by Gilbert Ramsay
Rhetorical Charms: The Promise and Pitfalls of Humor and Ridicule as Strategies to Counter Extremist Narratives
by H. L. Goodall, Jr, Pauline Hope Cheong, Kristin Fleischer and Steven R. Corman
Use of the Internet to Counter the Appeal of Extremist Violence. Conference Summary & Follow-up/ Recommendations
by the United Nations Counterterrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF), Working Group on Use of the Internet for Terrorist Purposes, Riyadh, 24 - 26 January 2011.
Resources
Literature on Terrorism, Media, Propaganda & Cyber-Terrorism
Compiled by Eric Price Book
Reviews Ali H Soufan and Daniel Freedman. The Black Banners: Inside the Hunt for Al-Qaeda. London: Allen Lane / W.W. Norton; 2011
Reviewed by Richard Phelps Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan.
Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict. New York: Columbia University Press, 2011
Reviewed by Jason Rineheart
Articles
Illicit Drugs and Insurgency in Afghanistan
by Ekaterina Stepanova
Mapping Contemporary Terrorism Courses at Top-Ranked National Universities and Liberal Arts Colleges in the United States
by Ivan Sascha Sheehan
Taking on the Persona of a Suicide Bomber: a Thought Experiment
by Anne Speckhard, Beatrice Jacuch & Valentijn Vanrompay
Terrorism Bookshelf: Top 150 Books on Terrorism and CounterTerrorism
Selected and reviewed by Joshua Sinai
Resources
lllicit Radiological and Nuclear Trafficking, Smuggling and Security Incidents in the Black Sea Region since the Fall of the Iron Curtain – an Open Source Inventory
by Alex P. Schmid & Charlotte Spencer-Smith
The Revised Academic Consensus Definition of Terrorism
by Alex P. Schmid
Bibliography: Literature on Terrorism in History
Compiled and selected by Eric Price
Book Reviews
Beatrice de Graaf. Evaluating Counterterrorism Performance
Reviewed by Martha Crenshaw Mitchell D. Silber.
The Al-Qaeda Factor: Plots Against the West
Reviewed by Richard Phelps.
Michelle Shephard. Decade of Fear: Reporting from Terrorism's Grey Zone
Reviewed by Richard Phelps.
Jeevan Deol and Zeheer Kazmi (Eds). Contextualising Jihadi Thought
Reviewed by Richard Phelps
Articles
Assessing Psycho-Social Resilience in Diplomatic, Civilian & Military Personnel Serving in a High-Threat Security Environment during Counter-Insurgency and Counter-Terrorism Operations in Iraq
by Anne Speckhard, Gino Verleye & Beatrice Jacuch
Hizballah in Africa
by Carl Wege
An Interview with Egyptian Islamist Scholar Abd al-Mun’im Moneep
by Nico Prucha
Resources
Trends and Developments in Terrorism: a Research Note
by Richard J. Chasdi
Twelve Rules for Preventing and Countering Terrorism
by Alex P. Schmid
Literature on the Future of Terrorism (including Trends)
selected by Eric Price
Three Bibliographies (i) Drones and Targeted Killing, (ii) Prosecuting Terrorism, and (iii) Enhanced Interrogation Techniques v. Torture
compiled by Jaclyn A. Peterson
Hall Gardner and Oleg Kobtzeff. The Ashgate Research Companion to War: Origins and Prevention
Reviewed by Michael Boyle
Clive Walker. Terrorism and the Law.
Reviewed by Amos N. Guiora Jeffrey
William Lewis. The Business of Martyrdom: A History of Suicide Bombing.
Reviewed by Assaf Moghadam
Kent Roach. The 9/11 Effect: Comparative Counter-Terrorism.
Reviewed by David C. Hofmann
Ramon Spaaij. Understanding Lone Wolf Terrorism: Global Patterns, Motivations and Prevention.
Reviewed by Mark S. Hamm
News from TRI's National Networks of PhD Theses Writers
Update by Alex P. Schmid
Special Double Issue on Terrorist Decision-Making . Prepared by James J.F. Forest
Articles
Terrorist Decision-Making: Insights from Economics and Political Science
by Jacob N. Shapiro
Turning to and from Terror: Deciphering the Conditions under which Political Groups Choose Violent and Nonviolent Tactics
by Susanne Martin, Arie Perliger
Why Terrorists Overestimate the Odds of Victory
by Max Abrahms, Karolina Lula
Exploring Agreements of Convenience Made among Violent Non-State Actors
by Annette Idler
Exploring the Iran-Hezbollah Relationship: A Case Study of how State Sponsorship affects Terrorist Group Decision-Making
by Marc R. DeVore
Terrorist Group and Government Interaction: Progress in Empirical Research
by David B. Carter
The Decision Calculus of Terrorist Leaders
by J. Tyson Chatagnier, Alex Mintz, Yair Samban
Resources
Terrorism in North America (Canada, United States, Mexico), 1970 – 2010: a Research Note
by Richard J. Chasdi
Bibliography: Inside Terrorist Organisations
compiled by Eric Price
Book Reviews
Alex Strick van Linschoten and Felix Kuehn (Eds.). Poetry of the Taliban.
by Richard Phelps
Richard Jackson, Eamon Murphy & Scott Poynting (Eds.) Contemporary State Terrorism: Theory and Practice.
by Oluwaseun Bamidele
John Updike. Terrorist.
by Amien Kacou
News
News from TRI's National Networks of PhD Theses Writers
Notes from the Editor
Articles
Al-Qaeda's Response to the Arab Spring
by Donald Holbrook
The State as a Terrorist: France and the Red Hand
by Thomas Riegler
Radio as the Voice of God: Peace and Tolerance Radio Programming’s Impact on Norms
by Daniel P. Aldrich
Resources
Research Note: Single Actor Terrorism: Scope, Characteristics and Explanations
by Petter Nesser
Research Note: Inside an Indonesian Online Library for Radical Materials
by Muhammad Haniff Hassan, Zulkifli Mohamed
Research Note: Terrorism in Northwestern Africa: Mali, Mauretania, and Algeria: What START’s Quantitative Data (1970-2011) Can and Cannot Tell Us
by Richard J Chasdi
Review Essay: Twenty Important Journal Articles on Radicalisation to, and De-Radicalisation from, Terrorism
by David Hofmann
Selected Literature on (i) Radicalization and Recruitment, (ii) De-Radicalization and Dis-Engagement, and (iii) Counter-Radicalization and Countering Violent Extremism
by David C. C. Hofmann, Alex P. Schmid
Literature on Victims of Terrorism: Monographs, Edited Volumes, Non-conventional Literature and Prime Articles & Book Chapters
by Eric Price
Book Reviews
Andreas Wenger and Alex Wilner (Eds.). Deterring Terrorism: Theory and Practice
by Joshua Sinai
Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium (TRAC)
by Alex P. Schmid
News
News from TRI's National Networks of PhD Theses Writers