Volume XIV, 2020
Articles
Detecting Future ‘Marawis’: Considering Alternative Indicators for Assessing the Potential for New Manifestations of Violent Extremism in Mindanao
by Joseph Franco
The Threat of Transnational Terrorist Groups in Kashmir
by Abhinav Pandya
Research Notes
Learning in a Double Loop: The Strategic Transformation of Al-Qaeda
by Michael Fürstenberg and Carolin Görzig
Brain and Body “Fingerprints” of Existential Anxiety and their Relevance for the Identification of Potential Terrorists
by Linda Wendelberg
A New Inventory of 30 Terrorism Databases and Data Sets
by Neil G. Bowie
Online Deceptions: Renegotiating Gender Boundaries on ISIS Telegram
by Meili Criezis
Resources
Handbook of Terrorism and Counter Terrorism Post 9/11, edited by David M. Jones, Paul Schulte, Carl Ungerer, and M.R. Smith. Cheltenham, Glos.: Edward Elgar, 2019
Reviewed by Alex P. Schmid
Counterterrorism Bookshelf: 62 Books on Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism-Related Subjects
Reviewed by Joshua Sinai
Bibliography: Deradicalization
Compiled and selected by Judith Tinnes
Bibliography: Terrorism by Country – Iran
Compiled and selected by Judith Tinnes
Recent Online Resources for the Analysis of Terrorism and Related Subjects
Compiled and selected by Berto Jongman
M.A. and Ph.D. Theses on Terrorism, Violent Extremism and Nationalism
Compiled and selected by Brody C. McDonald
Announcements
Conference Calendar
Compiled and selected by Olivia Kearney
TRI Thesis Award Information
Words of Appreciation
About Perspectives on Terrorism
Articles
Introduction to the Special Issue: Violent Mobilization and Non-Mobilization in the North Caucasus
by Julie Wilhelmsen and Mark Youngman
Ideology along the Contours of Power: The Case of the Caucasus Emirate
by Mark Youngman
Exclusion and Inclusion: The Core of Chechen Mobilization to Jihad
by Julie Wilhelmsen
What Drove Young Dagestani Muslim to Join ISIS? A Study Based on Social Movement Theory and Collective Framing
by Domitilla Sagramoso and Akhmet Yarlykapov
Jihad at Home or Leaving for Syria and Iraq: Understanding the Motivations of Dagestani Salafists
by Jean-François Ratelle
Gender and Jihad: Women from the Caucasus in the Syrian Conflict
by Aleksandre Kvakhadze
Islamic Conflict and Violence in Local Communities: Lessons from the North Caucasus
by Irina V. Starodubrovskaya
Violence and the Dynamics of Political Settlements in Post-Soviet Kabardino-Balkaria
by Jan Koehler, Alexey Gunya, Murat Shogenov and Asker Tumov
Resources
Bibliography: Terrorism in, or Originating from, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Russia (Part 2)
Compiled and selected by Judith Tinnes
Counterterrorism Bookshelf: 51 Books on Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism Related Subjects
Reviewed by Joshua Sinai
Book Review: A. Gansewig & M. Walsh. Biographiebasierte Massnahmen in der schulischen Präventions-und
Bildungsarbeit [Biography-based Measures in Prevention and Education Work in Schools]. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2020
Reviewed by Nina Käsehage
Bibliography: Women and Terrorism
Compiled and selected by Judith Tinnes
Recent Online Resources for the Analysis of Terrorism and Related Subjects
Compiled and selected by Berto Jongman
Announcements
Conference Calendar
Compiled and selected by Reinier Bergema
Message from the Chairman of the Jury for the TRI Thesis Award
Announcement from the Editors of Perspectives on Terrorism
About Perspectives on Terrorism
Supplemental file
Articles
Idiosyncratic Terrorism: Disaggregating an Undertheorized Concept
by Jesse J. Norris
Failed States and Terrorism: Justifiability of Transnational Interventions from a Counterterrorism Perspective
by Aleksandar Pašagić
A Broad Spectrum of Signs of Islamic Radicalisation and Extremism in a Country without a Single Terrorist Attack: The Case of Slovenia
by Iztok Prezelj & Klemen Kocjancic
Suspect Community: A Product of the Prevention of Terrorism Acts or a Product of Conflict Dynamics?
by Emma Ylitalo-James
Research Notes
COVID-19 and Terrorism
by Gary Ackerman and Hayley Peterson
Countering Terrorist Acts Against Christian Places of Worship
by Katalin Pethő-Kiss
Right-Wing Terror A Fifth Global Wave?
by Vincent A. Auger
More Grist to the Mill? Reciprocal Radicalisation and Reactions to Terrorism in the Far-Right Digital
Milieu
by Benjamin Lee and Kim Knott
Policy Notes
'Remodelling': The Need for More Robust Models and Metrics for Counterterrorism Threat Analysis
by Jason A. Bakas
Resources
Bibliography: Children, Youth and Terrorism
Compiled and selected by Judith Tinnes
Bibliography: Internet-Driven Right-Wing Terrorism
Compiled and selected by Judith Tinnes
Counterterrorism Bookshelf: 17 Books on Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism Related Subjects
Reviewed by Joshua Sinai
Book Review: Klaus Hock & Nina Käsehage (Eds.).’ Militant Islam’ vs. ‘Islamic Militancy’? Religion,
Violence, Category Formation and Applied Research. Contested Fields in the Discourses of Scholarship
Reviewed by Ahmet S. Yayla
Book Review: Florian Hartleb. Lone Wolf. The New Terrorism of Right-Wing Single Actors
Reviewed by José Pedro Zúquete
Recent Online Resources for the Analysis of Terrorism and Related Subjects
Compiled and selected by Berto Jongman
Announcements
Conference Calendar
Compiled and selected by Reinier Bergema
Introduction to the Special Issue
by Jorge M. Lasmar and Rashmi Singh
Articles
Illicit Trade and Terrorism
by Louise I. Shelley
Breaking Hezbollah’s ‘Golden Rule’: An Inside Look at the Modus Operandi of Hezbollah’s Islamic Jihad Organization
By Matthew Levitt
ISIS Resurgence in Al Hawl Camp and Human Smuggling Enterprises in Syria: Crime and Terror
Convergence?
by Christian Vianna de Azevedo
The Use of Terrorist Tools by Criminal Organizations: The Case of the Brazilian Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC)
by Guilherme Damasceno Fonseca
Cartel-Related Violence in Mexico as Narco-Terrorism or Criminal Insurgency: A Literature Review
by David Teiner
Network vs. Network: Countering Crime-Terror by Combining the Strengths of Law Enforcement, Military and Academia
by Christian Vianna de Azevedo & Sara Pollak Dudley
Resources
Bibliography: Terrorism and Organized Crime in Latin America
Compiled and selected by David Teiner
Counterterrorism Bookshelf: 28 Books on Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism-Related Subjects
Reviewed by Joshua Sinai
Bibliography: Islamic State (IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh)
Compiled and selected by Judith Tinnes
Book Review: Kurt Braddock, Weaponized Words: The Strategic Role of Persuasion in Violent Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization
Reviewed by William Allchorn
Book Review: Jonathan Matusitz, Global Jihad in Muslim and non-Muslim Contexts
Reviewed by Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin
Recent Online Resources for the Analysis of Terrorism and Related Subjects
by Berto Jongman
Announcements
Conference Monitor
Compiled by Reinier Bergema
Articles
Donald Trump: Aggressive Rhetoric and Political Violence
by Brigitte L. Nacos, Robert Y. Shapiro, and Yaeli Bloch-Elkon
Taking Fourth-Generation Warfare to the Skies? An Empirical Exploration of Non-State Actors’ Use
of Weaponised Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs – ‘Drones’)
by Håvard Haugstvedt and Jan Otto Jacobsen
Is Youth Unemployment Related to Domestic Terrorism?
by Adesoji Adelaja and Justin George
Structural Equation Modeling of Terrorism Perception: New Correlates of Perception Formation
by Niyazi Ekici and Huseyin Akdogan
A Comparative Analysis of the Nature and Evolution of the Domestic Jihadist Threat to Australia and
Canada (2000-2020)
by Shandon Harris-Hogan, Lorne L. Dawson and Amarnath Amarasingam
Organizational Capacity and Constituency Dominance: Why Some Militant Groups Wage Sustained
Insurgencies
by Michael Shkolnik
The Logic of Violence in Africa’s Extremist Insurgencies
by Anouar Boukhars
Research Notes
Fabricated Martyrs: The Warrior-Saint Icons of Far-Right Terrorism
by Ari Ben Am and Gabriel Weimann
Resources
Counterterrorism Bookshelf: 19 Books on Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism
Reviewed by Joshua Sinai
Book Review: Aaron Zelin, Your Sons Are at Your Service: Tunisia’s Missionaries of Jihad (2020)
Reviewed by Fabio Merone
Book Review: Haroro J. Ingram, Craig Whiteside, and Charlie Winter, The ISIS Reader: Milestone Texts
of the Islamic State Movement (2020)
Reviewed by Aaron Zelin
Bibliography: Democracy and Terrorism
Compiled and Selected by Judith Tinnes
Recent Online Resources for the Analysis of Terrorism and Related Subjects
Compiled and selected by Berto Jongman
Announcements
Conference Monitor/Calendar of Events
Compiled by Olivia J. Kearney
Articles
Restraint in Terrorist Groups and Radical Milieus: Towards a Research Agenda
by Joel Busher and Tore Bjørgo
Non-Involvement in Terrorist Violence: Understanding the Most Common Outcome of Radicalization Processes
by Bart Schuurman
Learning from the Lack of Political Violence: Conceptual Issues and Research Designs
by Leena Malkki
Why the Nordic Resistance Movement Restrains Its Use of Violence
by Tore Bjørgo and Jacob Aasland Ravndal
The Internal Brakes on Violent Escalation within the British Extreme Right in the 1990s
by Graham Macklin
On the Permissibility of Homicidal Violence: Perspectives from Former US White Supremacists
by Steven Windisch, Pete Simi, Kathleen M. Blee, and Matthew DeMichele
Internal Debates, Doubts and Discussions on the Scope of Jihadi Violence: The Case of the Turnup Terror Squad
by Donald Holbrook
A Downward Scale Shift? The Case of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham
by Silvia Carenzi
Crossing the Rubicon: The Limits of Insurgent Violence in Kabardino-Balkaria
by Mark Youngman
Violence and Restraint within Antifa: A View from the United States
by Nigel Copsey and Samuel Merrill
From the Armed Struggle against the Dictatorship to the Socialist Revolution: The Narrative Restraints to Lethal Violence among Radical Left Organisations in Portugal
by Raquel da Silva and Ana Sofia Ferreira
Reality Check: The Real IRA’s Tactical Adaptation and Restraint in the Aftermath of the Omagh Bombing
by John Morrison
The Dynamics of Restraint in the Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty Campaign
by Rune Ellefsen and Joel Busher
Understanding Peace and Restraint amidst Ethnic Violence: Evidence from Kenya and Kyrgyzstan
by Sarah Jenkins
Resources
Counterterrorism Bookshelf: 20 Books on Terrorism & Counter- Terrorism-Related Subjects
Reviewed by Joshua Sinai
Bibliography: Defining and Conceptualizing Terrorism Compiled and selected by Judith Tinnes
Recent Online Resources for the Analysis of Terrorism and Related Subjects
Compiled and selected by Berto Jongman
Announcements
Conference Monitor/Calendar of Events (December 2020)
Compiled by Reinier Bergema