Volume VII 2013
Articles
Characteristics of Lone-Wolf Violent Offenders: a Comparison of Assassins and School Attackers
by Clark McCauley, Sophia Moskalenko and Benjamin Van Son
‘Bomb-Making for Beginners’: Inside al Al-Qaeda E-Learning Course
by Anne Stenersen
An Overview of Geographical Perspectives and Approaches in Terrorism Research
by Karim Bahgat and Richard M. Medina
Conceptualising Terrorism Trend Patterns in Pakistan - an Empirical Perspective.
by Muhammad Feyyaz
Research Notes
Sources and Information in Academic Research: Avoiding Mistakes in Assessing Sources for Research and during Peer Review
by Tom Quiggin
OSCE’s Consolidated Framework for the Fight against Terrorism
by Reinhard Uhrig
Resources
Literature on Al-Qaeda since 2001
compiled and selected by Eric Price
Literature on Terrorism and the Media (including the Internet): an Extensive Bibliography
compiled and selected by Judith Tinnes
Paul Cruickshank (Ed.) Al Qaeda
Reviewed by Joshua Sinai
Adam Lankford. The Myth of Martyrdom: What Really Drives Suicide Bombers, Rampage Shooters, and Other Self-Destructive Killers
Review Essay by Zubair Qamar
News from TRI's Country Networks of PhD Theses Writers
Conference Announcement by the Terrorism and Political Violence Association (TAPVA)
Full issue
Welcome from the Editors
Articles
The Role of Foreign Influences in Early Terrorism: Examples and Implications for Understanding Modern Terrorism
by James M. Lutz and Brenda J. Lutz
Analysis of Al-Qaeda Terrorist Attacks to Investigate Rational Action
by Daniel P. Hepworth
Military Interrogations: Best Practices and Beliefs
by Matthew D. Semel
Research Notes
Forecasting the “Arab Spring” of 2011: Terrorist Incident Data from 2000-2010 Offered No Early Warning
by Richard J. Chasdi
Words Matter: Peer Review as a Failing Safeguard
by Tom Quiggin
Resources
An Annotated Interview with Sashadhar Choudhury, Foreign Secretary, United Liberation Front of Asom [Assam]
by Rajeev Bhattacharyya and Nikhil Raymond Puri
100 Core and Periphery Journals for Terrorism Research
Compiled and selected by Judith Tinnes
Literature on Kidnapping for Ransom and for Political Concessions.
Compiled and selected by Eric Price
Book Review
Petter Nesser. Jihad in Europe. Patterns in Islamist terrorist cell formation and behaviour, 1995-2010.
Reviewed by Alex P. Schmid
News from TRI's Country Networks of PhD Theses Writers
Editorials
Countering Al-Qaeda’s Single Narrative
by Philipp Holtmann
Full issue
Welcome from the Editors
Articles
Exploring Support for Terrorism Among Muslims
by Adrian Cherney and Jenny Povey
Controversies of Conversions: The Potential Terrorist Threat of European Converts to Islam
by Monika G. Bartoszewicz
“Join the Caravan”: The Ideology of Political Authority in Islam from Ibn Taymiyya to Boko Haram in North-Eastern Nigeria
by Atta Barkindo
Current and Emerging Threats of Homegrown Terrorism: The Case of the Boston Bombings
by Rohan Gunaratna and Cleo Haynal
Research Notes
The Boston Marathon Bombers: the Lethal Cocktail that Turned Troubled Youth to Terrorism
by Anne Speckhard
New Light on CIA “Double Tap” Drone Strikes on Taliban “First Responders” in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas
by Brian Glyn Williams
Resources 230 Websites and Blogs for Terrorism Research
Compiled and selected by Judith Tinnes
Full issue
Welcome from the Editors
Articles
Terrorism Financing Methods: An Overview
by Michael Freeman and Moyara Ruehsen
Hezbollah’s Organized Criminal Enterprises in Europe
by Matthew Levitt
Terrorism, Drug Trafficking, and the Globalization of Supply
by Joel Hernández
Draining the Ocean to Catch one Type of Fish: Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Global Counter-Terrorism Financing Regime
by Aimen Dean, Edwina Thompson, & Tom Keatinge
Resources
The Art of Searching: How to Find Terrorism Literature in the Digital Age
by Judith Tinnes
Literature on the Financing of Terrorism
selected by Eric Price
Book Reviews
Counterterrorism Bookshelf: Capsule Reviews of 13 Books
by Joshua Sinai
Guido W. Steinberg. German Jihad. On the Internationalization of Islamist Terrorism. New York: Columbia University Press, 2013.
reviewed by Alex P. Schmid
Announcements
Full issue
Welcome from the Editors
Articles
Denying the Link between Islamist Ideology and Jihadist Terrorism: “Political Correctness” and the Undermining of Counterterrorism
by Jeffrey M. Bale
Clarifying Boko Haram’s Transnational Intentions, Using Content Analysis of Public Statements in 2012
by Benjamin S. Eveslage
Unpacking Terrorism, Revolution and Insurgency in Yemen: Real and Imagined Threats to Regional Security
by Alexandra Lewis
The Egyptian Islamic Group’s Critique of Al-Qaeda’s Interpretation of Jihad
by Paul Kamolnick
Research Notes
Hamas in Dire Straits
by Ely Karmon
Book Reviews
“Counterterrorism Bookshelf”: Literature on Intelligence and Terrorism
Reviewed by Joshua Sinai
Robert Dover, Michael S. Goodman and Claudia Hillebrand (Eds.). Routledge Companion to Intelligence Studies. Abingdon, Oxon and New York: Routledge, 2014
Reviewed by Kenneth A. Duncan
Matthew Levitt, Hezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon’s Party of God. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2013.
Reviewed by Joshua Sinai
Alison G. Smith (Ed.), The Relationship between Rhetoric and Terrorist Violence London: Routledge, 2013.
Reviewed by Mark Dechesne
Raphael Lefevre, Ashes of Hama: the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria, London: Hurst, 2013.
Reviewed by Richard Phelps
Michael Struett, Jon D. Carlson, and Mark Nance (Eds.), Maritime Piracy and the Construction of Global Governance. New York and London: Routledge 2013.
Reviewed by Peter Lehr
Resources
Literature on the Arab Spring
Compiled and selected by Judith Tinnes
Literature on Diasporas and Terrorism
Selected and compiled by Eric Price
Op-Ed
After the Fall: The Muslim Brotherhood's Post Coup Strategy
by Philipp Holtmann
News from TRI’s Network of National PhD Thesis Writers
by Miguel Peco
Full issue
Announcement: TRI/CTSS Vienna Conference
Articles
Media Metrics: How Arab and Western Media Construct Success and Failure in the ‘Global War on Terror’
by Sarah V. Marsden
Sri Lanka’s Post-Confict Strategy: Restorative Justice for Rebels and Rebuilding of Confict-affected Communities
by Iromi Dharmawardhane
Salaf Violence and Suf Tolerance? Rethinking Conventional Wisdom
by Mark Woodward, Muhammad Sani Umar, Inayah Rohmaniyah, and Mariani Yahya
Simultaneous Attacks by Terrorist Organisations
by Kathleen Deloughery
Policy Notes
Al-Shabaab’s Somali Safe Havens: A Springboard for Terror
by Josh Meservey
Rethinking International Counterterrorism Assistance to the Greater Horn of Africa: Toward a Regional Risk Reduction Strategy
by Matthew Schwartz, Liat Shetret, and Alistair Millar
Research Notes
Research Note on the Energy Infrastructure Attack Database (EIAD)
by Jennifer Giroux, Peter Burgherr, Laura Melkunaite
Risks of Terrorism, Homicide and Illness: a Methodological Consideration
by Richard J. Chasdi
Resources
Literature on the Confict in Syria (2011 – November 2013)
Compiled and selected by Judith Tinnes
Selected Dissertations and Teses on Terrorism, Counterterrorism and Political Violence, 1980 – 2013 (available in full-text)
Selected by Eric Price
Book Reviews
“Counterterrorism Bookshelf ” – 20 Important Books on Terrorism & Counterterrorism related Subjects
by Joshua Sinai