Terrorism and Political Violence

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The Origins and Rise of Dissident Irish Republicanism: The Role and Impact of Organizational Splits34
Assessing Violence Risk among Far-Right Extremists: A New Role for Natural Language Processing25
Social Learning Theory and Racial Extremist Ideologies: Differing Learning Processes for Youth/Young Adults Compared to Older Adults24
Mobilizing for Jihad: How Political Exclusion and Organized Protest Contribute to Foreign Fighter Outflows23
Exploring the Intersection of Environmental Events and Domestic Political Violence in the United States22
Understanding Territorial Withdrawal: Israeli Occupations and Exits15
New Currents in the Middle East15
Image Content Indicators of Extremist Group Evolution: A Comparative Study of MENA-Based and Far-Right Groups14
The Relational Dimension of Radicalization: Context and Tie Formation in Dutch Salafi-Jihadi Networks13
Losing Hearts and Minds: Civil Conflict, Counterinsurgency Policing and Postwar Crime in Insurgent Strongholds12
Psychopathologies Among European Women Involved in Islamist Radicalization: A Review12
Censoring Extremism: Influence of Online Restriction on Official Media Products of ISIS12
The Rhetoric of Radicalism: The Anti-Colonial Inspiration Behind Osama bin Laden’s Ideology11
Deconstructing Fears of Terrorism: A Comparison between Fear from Domestic and International Terrorist Groups11
Four Typologies of Leadership Applied to a Survey of the Provisional IRA and Sinn Féin in the Troubles10
How do Militant Organizations Respond to Counterterrorism? Introducing the LIVE Typology, with Examples from Proscription in Pakistan10
A Call to Dissent: Defending Democracy Against Extremism and Populism9
Citizenship, Family Law, and the Repatriation of Islamic State Affiliates in MENA9
“Why We Have Become Revolutionaries and Murderers”: Radicalization, Terrorism, and Fascism in the Ustaša–Croatian Revolutionary Organization8
Racist and Anti-diversity Attitudes as Predictors of Support for Political Violence among Supporters of Mainstream Political Parties8
Foreign Fighter Mobilization: YPG Volunteers in Their Own Words8
Time Is of the Essence: Temporality and Competition as Drivers of Terrorist Credit-Taking8
Silver Lining? The Effects of Epidemics on Terrorist Groups8
Social Ties and Jihadist Participation: A Mixed-Methods Approach to the Differential Recruitment of Radicalized Youth in Spain8
Elections and Anti-Refugee Violence in Germany from 2014-20207
Climate Migration: Adding Fuel to the Ethnocentric Fire7
Developmental and Biographical Issues in Radicalization Pathways: A Comparative Case Analysis of Homegrown German Convicts of Islamist Terrorism-Related Offenses7
The Coercion-Manipulation-Persuasion Framework: Analyzing the Modus Operandi of Systems of Non-State Actors7
When Home Disappears: South Asia and the Growing Risk of Climate Conflict6
The Origins of International Counterterrorism: Switzerland at the Forefront of Crisis Negotiations, Multilateral Diplomacy, and Intelligence Cooperation (1969-1977)6
Portugal’s Forgotten Overseas Wars in the 20th Century6
When Do Radical Flanks Use Violence? Conditions for Violent Protest in Radical Left-Libertarian Activism in Sweden, 1997–20166
Assessing the Validity of Open-Source Biographical Data in Terrorism Research6
The Radical Redemption Model: Terrorist Beliefs and Narratives6
Ceasefires: Stopping the Violence and Negotiating Peace6
Croatian Radical Separatism and Diaspora Terrorism During the Cold War6
A New Counterterrorism Strategy: Why the World Failed to Stop Al Qaeda and ISIS/ISIL, and How to Defeat Terrorists6
Public Perceptions of What Qualifies as Terrorism Across Similar Countries with Diverse Terrorism Experiences5
Lethal Beliefs: Ideology and the Lethality of Terrorist Organizations5
Dogs and Cats Living Together? Explaining the Crime-Terror Nexus5
South Sudan’s Injustice System. Law and Activism on the Frontline5
Correction5
Measuring the Potential for Hateful Behaviours: Development and Validation of the Hate Behaviours Scale (HBS)5
Success or Shirking in Terror: Control Mechanisms in State Sponsored Terrorism5
Boko Haram’s Child Soldiers: Media Mujahids, Martyrs, and Militants5
Theories of Civilian Victimization: Constraint, Control, or Contestation? Evidence from Afghanistan5
Retribution versus Rehabilitation for Children within Insurgency: Public Attitudes Toward ISIS-Affiliated Youth in Mosul, Iraq5
Gathering Storm: An Introduction to the Special Issue on Climate Change and Terrorism4
Perceived Policy Illegitimacy Leads to Acceptance of Political Violence: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Survey Experiment in Denmark4
Perspectives on Violent Extremism: Insights from Swedish Population Registers in a Global Comparison4
Part-Time Foreign Jihadist Fighters in the Syrian Civil War4
How Terror Evolves: The Emergence and Spread of Terrorist Techniques4
What Drives Counter-Extremism? The Extent of P/CVE Policies in the West and Their Structural Correlates4
Does Incapacitation Effectively Deter the Occurrence of Terror Attacks? Israel as a Case Study4
Predicting Novel Terrorism: Media Coverage as Early-Warning System of Novelty in Terror Attacks4
Killing Strangers: How Political Violence Became Modern4
To Be Experienced or Not? Unpacking the Relationship between Leader Tenure and Counterinsurgency Efforts4
Contentious Rituals: Parading the Nation in Northern Ireland4
Super Mad at Everything All the Time: Political Media and Our National Anger3
Watching Murder: ISIS, Death Videos and Radicalization Watching Murder: ISIS, Death Videos and Radicalization , by Simon Cottee, New York, NY, Routledge, 2022, 156 pp., 3
Why Do Online Countering Violent Extremism Strategies Not Work? The Case of Digital Jihad3
Expressions of Radicalization: Global Politics, Processes and Practices3
Examining the Persisting and Desisting Online Posting Behaviors of Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremists3
White Jihad: Fused Extremism?3
Silent Sympathy: News Attention, Subtle Support for Far-Right Extremism, and Negative Attitudes Toward Muslims3
The Ulster Tales: A Tribute to Those Who Served 1969–20003
How to Make Sense of it All: A Feasibility Study of Meaning-Centered Interventions in Deradicalization Counseling3
Cognitive Distortions in Men Who Have Exited White Supremacist Groups3
Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi: Spiritual Mentor of Wasati Salafism3
(De)legitimization of Private Soldiers without Legal Status: The Case of Ukraine3
Armed and Explosive? An Explorative Statistical Analysis of Extremist Radicalization Cases with Military Background3
Regime Type of Foreign Supporters of Resistance Movements and its Impact on State Repression3
Targeting Taxonomy and Patterns of Political Violence in Stable Societies: Evidence from the Far Right in Italy3
The Gangster and the Bride: The Media Representation of Masculinity and Femininity in News Coverage of Jihadi Terrorists3
U.S. Homegrown Political Violence and Terrorism2
The African Union’s Policy Frameworks, Institutional Mechanisms and Challenges in Countering Terrorism in Africa2
Gaming and Extremism. The Radicalization of Digital Playgrounds2
Pulling the Brakes on Political Violence: How Internal Brakes Limited Violent Escalation from the Provisional IRA in Pre- and Post-Good Friday Northern Ireland2
Islamic Extremism and CBRN Terrorism2
“What Made Me Change”: Transformative Experiences in the Jihadist Radicalization Process2
Nativist and Islamist Radicalism: Anger and Anxiety2
Hate Crime in Northern Ireland: The Need for Legislation and a Bespoke Version of the Prevent Strategy2
The Role of Honeypots and Sabotage in State-Based Operations Against Online Jihadism, 2001-20202
Monsters to Destroy: Understanding the War on Terror2
Taming the Beast: Democratic Institutions and Terrorist Groups’ Involvement in Civil War2
Deterring Terrorism: A Model for Strategic Deterrence2
Inequality and Radicalisation: Systematic Review of Quantitative Studies2
Why do Insurgents Target Religion? The Case of Shining Path in Peru2
Needs, Rights and Systems: Increasing Canadian Intimate Bystander Reporting on Radicalizing to Violence2
Non-Western Responses to Terrorism Non-Western Responses to Terrorism , edited by Michael J. Boyle, Manchester, England, Manchester University Press, 2019, 504 pp., $36.2
Assessing Racial and Ethnically Motivated Extremist Cyberattacks Using Open Source Data2
Key Thinkers of the Radical Right: Behind the New Threat to Liberal Democracy2
The Representational Strategies of Lionization and Victimization in ISIS’s Online Magazine, Dabiq2
Automating Terror: The Role and Impact of Telegram Bots in the Islamic State’s Online Ecosystem2
The Violence of Peace: Post Good Friday Agreement Paramilitary Vigilantism in Northern Ireland2
Countering Terrorist Narratives: Assessing the Efficacy and Mechanisms of Change in Counter-narrative Strategies2
Never-Ending War on Terror2
Local Conditions for Anti-immigrant Violence: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) of Asylum Housing Attacks in Sweden2
Urban Terrorism in the Arab World: Introducing a Dataset of Jihadist Attack Plots in Jordan2
Reluctant Spies: The Role of Neighbourhood Leaders in Indonesia’s PVE Strategy2
Drone Activity and Cyber Terrorism Cyber Enigma: Unravelling the Terror in the Cyber World , by E. Dilipraj, New York, NY Routledge, 2019, 262 pp., $155.00 (hardcover), 2
Longevity of Partnering Terrorist Organization: An Empirical Study Using A Network Diffusion Model2
“Press F to Pay Respects”: An Empirical Exploration of the Mechanics of Gamification in Relation to the Christchurch Attack1
Typology of Terrorist Profiling Using Centrality Metrics: Hinge Figures, Influential Operatives and Trusted Assets1
The Evolution of Transnational Jihad: Identities, Grievances, and Legitimacy Crisis in Arab States1
“Freedom Fighters:” Motivations of Western Volunteers to Fight on the Side of Ukraine in the Russo-Ukrainian War, 2014-20221
“White Jihad” and “White Sharia”: Jihadism as an Instrument of Intra-Extremist Outbidding among Right-Wing Extremists1
Disengaged but Still Radical? Pathways Out of Violent Right-Wing Extremism1
The Extreme Right, Climate Change and Terrorism1
Combating the Terrorist Stigma: Communicating Rehabilitation and Reducing Barriers to Reintegration1
Jihadist Extremism in Spanish Prisons: Characterisation of the Inmates Linked to Jihadist Radicalisation and Analysis of Their Behaviour in Prison1
Exploring the Relationship between Opportunity and Self-Control in Youth Exposure to and Sharing of Online Hate Content1
‘Playing the System’: Agency and Everyday Negotiations during LTTE Rule1
Sympathy for ISIS Among Political Islamists: The Moderating Role of Institutional Trust1
White Jihad: How White Supremacists Adopt Jihadi Narratives, Aesthetics, and Tactics1
Moving into Terrorism: How Climate-Induced Rural-Urban Migration May Increase the Risk of Terrorism1
Dying for Sex? Sexual Frustration, Socioeconomic Factors and ISIS Foreign Fighters1
Before Boko Haram: Islamic Fundamentalism and Violence in Northern Nigeria1
From Extreme Ideas to Violent and Nonviolent Outcomes: An In-Depth Analysis of Probation Files on Terrorist Suspects in the Netherlands1
Frustrated Aspirations and Different Types of Political Violence: Evidence from “Folk Knowledge” in Kosovo1
Sources of Conventional and Guerrilla Strategies in Ethno-Territorial Civil Wars1
Crowdsourcing Samples for Research on Violent Extremism: A Research Note1
Violence and Terrorism in East Africa1
A Tale of Terror: Autoethnography and the Study of Terrorism1
Life Difficulties, Violent Online Extremism and Support for Political Violence in the United States1
Studies on Islamic Extremism and Deradicalization in the Middle East1
Pathways to the Caliphate: Mapping Malaysian Foreign Fighter Networks in Iraq and Syria from 2012-20191
Citizens, Extremists, Terrorists: Comparing Radicalized Individuals with the General Population1
Missing the Spoiler: Israel’s Policy with Regard to Hamas during the Oslo Talks and the First Stages of the Implementation of the Oslo Accords1
Terrorized by Immigration? Threat Perceptions and Policy Preferences1
Making War on the Fabric of Society: A Cross-National Analysis of Terrorism, Urban Public Space and Generalized Social Trust in Europe1
Stop Cop City!—Understanding the Strategic Choices of Protest Movements1
In Memory of David C. Rapoport1
Boko Haram’s Terrorism and the Nigeria State. Federalism, Politics and Policies, Advances in Africa Economic, Social and Political Development1
Islamic State in Australia1
How Wartime Bonds Affect Ex-Combatant Political Attitudes: A Natural Experiment with the FARC1
Correction1
Anti-Terrorism Law and Foreign Terrorist Fighters1
The Impact of Public Holidays on Insurgent Attacks: The Case of Thailand1
Experimenting with Threat: How Cyberterrorism Targeting Critical Infrastructure Influences Support for Surveillance Policies0
Incitement to Violence and Stochastic Terrorism: Legal, Academic, and Practical Parameters for Researchers and Investigators0
Identity and Ideology through the Frames of Al Qaeda and Islamic State0
“Today I Die like Jesus Christ”: An Analysis of Ressentiment in Perceptions, Motivations and Justifications of Violent Extremist Manifestos0
“And the Devil Marches with Us”: Aesthetics and Accelerationism in the Order of Nine Angles0
Supporting Women and Children Returning from Violent Extremist Contexts: Proposing a 5R Framework to Inform Program and Policy Development0
Bayesian Inferences for Counterterrorism Policy: A Retrospective Case Study of the U.S. War in Afghanistan0
Homegrown: Identity and Difference in the American War on Terror0
Supreme Gentlemen: The Path of Radicalization for the Incel Community’s Lone Wolves0
Perceptions of Far-Right Extremist Violence as Terrorism: Exploring Influences on Public Perception in the United Kingdom0
The Management of Police Specialized Tactical Units0
Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Women and Children Returning from Violent Extremist Contexts: A Rapid Review to Inform Program and Policy Development0
Organize and Fight (Online): Assessing the Discursive Extremism of Anti-Lockdown Groups in Australia0
Exploring the Impact of Cryptocurrency on Terrorism0
The Evaluation of Case-managed Programs Targeting Individuals at Risk of Radicalisation0
What Can Economics Contribute to the Study of Terrorism? – The Power and Limitation of Economics0
Martyrdom as a Mask: Unveiling Symbolic Violence in Iraqi Kurdistan’s Civil War Aftermath0
How Socio-Cultural Codes Shaped Violent Mobilization and Pro-Insurgent Support in the Chechen Wars0
Linking Conspiracy Beliefs with Violence: A Scoping Review of the Empirical Literature0
Security Officials’ Perspectives on Reintegration Challenges for Former Al-Shabaab Foreign Terrorist Fighters in Kenya0
Transatlantic Ties of the Far Right: The NSU Case in Germany and its Links to Actors and Incidents in the USA0
The Bad Neighbor Problem: Analyzing the Geographic Spread of Terrorism Across Contiguous Border States0
Homegrown: ISIS in America0
QAnon Beliefs, Political Radicalization and Support for January 6th Insurrection: A Gendered Perspective0
Dark Web Investigation0
What Does Sustained Desistance from Violent Extremism Entail: A Proposed Theory of Change and Policy Implications0
Confluences of Street Culture and Jihadism: The Spatial, Bodily, and Narrative Dimensions of Radicalization0
“We Have Successfully Neutralised an Attack”—Historical Case Studies in Terrorism Prevention Through Cooperation0
Foreign Fighters in Ukraine: The Brown-Red Cocktail0
What Makes a Terrorist? Muslims’ and non-Muslims’ Lay Perceptions of Risk Factors and Their Consequences for Counterterrorism Policy Support0
One Man’s Terrorist: A Political History of the IRA0
Counter Jihad: America’s Military Experience in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria0
The Islamic Rational State and New Religious Foundations for an Islamic Liberal Theory0
The Investigator: Demons of the Balkan War0
How Terrorism Strikes Financial Markets: Evidence from the 1920 Wall Street Bombing0
Blowback Operations as Rebel Strategy: How Sectarian Violence Spread from Syria into Lebanon, 2013–140
What Effect does Ideological Extremism have on Mass Shootings? An Assessment of Motivational Inconsistencies, Risk Profiles, and Attack Behaviors0
The Politics of Eco-Violence: Why Is Conflict Escalating in Nigeria’s Middle Belt?0
Religion, Extremism and Violence in South Asia Religion, Extremism and Violence in South Asia , by I. Ahmed, Z. S. Ahmed, H. Brasted, and S. Akbarzadeh, Singapore, Sprin0
The Field of Fight: How We Can Win the Global War Against Radical Islam and Its Allies0
Sectarian Identity and Mobilization Amongst the Druze: How Do Sectarian Minorities Respond to Religious Terrorism?0
Where Terror Lies: Misrepresentation of Extremist Attitudes and Terrorist Attacks in the Sahel0
The Forgotten Terrorist: Sirhan Sirhan and the Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy0
Online Radicalisation: Moving Beyond a Simple Dichotomy0
Is It Time to De-Proscribe Terrorist Organisations in Northern Ireland?0
Fields of Educational Interest and an Islamist Orientation in Australia0
Ecofascism: An Examination of the Far-Right/Ecology Nexus in the Online Space0
Domestic Terrorism and Sovereign Bond Ratings in the Developing World0
Responding Non-Violently to ETA’s Violence: The Motivations and Emotions of Victims of Terrorism in Spain0
Terrorist Financing: Traditional vs. Emerging Financial Technologies0
The Dynamics of Protest Radicalization0
The Prevalence of Terrorist Motives Among Civilians Who Kill Police Officers: A Mixed-Method Analysis0
Target Hardening and Non-State Armed Groups’ Target Selection: Evidence from India0
The Ideology of Incels: Misogyny and Victimhood as Justification for Political Violence0
Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday Massacre: Lessons for the International Community0
Bad Men, Good Men, and Loving Women: Gender Constructions in British State Messaging on Counterterrorism, Countering Violent Extremism and Preventing Violent Extremism0
Who Becomes a Foreign Fighter? Characteristics of the Islamic State’s Soldiers0
Envy, Emotional Urgency, and Radicalization: The Impulsive Route is Paved in Malice0
Battle for Allegiance: Governments, Terrorist Groups, and Constituencies in Conflict0
Breaking the Bank: Effects of Domestic Conflict on the Banking Sector in Turkey0
Living in Yesterday’s Terror: The Impact of Civil War Violence on the Post-War Election in South Korea0
Incel Violence and Victimhood: Negotiating Inceldom in Online Discussions of the Plymouth Shooting0
The Disappeared: The Hidden Victims of Northern Ireland’s Conflict0
Resisting Radical Rebels: Variations in Islamist Rebel Governance and the Occurrence of Civil Resistance0
What’s in a Word? Revisiting the Role of Ideology in the Practice of and Scholarship on Countering Violent Extremism0
The Politics of Perception: Political Preference Strongly Associated with Different Perceptions of Islamist and Right-Wing Terrorism Risk0
A Self-defense Network against Terrorism and Crime: Evidence from Peru0
The Climate Change–Terrorism Nexus: A Critical Literature Review0
The Emergence of the Incel Community as a Misogyny-Motivated Terrorist Threat0
Power, Perception, Group Relationships, and Conflict Dynamics: Loyalist Paramilitary Violence and Its Effects Within the Republic of Ireland During the Troubles, 1969–19980
Is AI-Generated Extremism Credible? Experimental Evidence from an Expert Survey0
Islamic Perspectives on International Conflict Resolution: Theological Debates and the Israel-Palestinian Peace Process0
The Ecocentrists: A History of Radical Environmentalism0
Rebel Power: Why National Movements Compete, Fight, and Win0
What Is It to Explain Extremism?0
Financial Extremism: The Dark Side of Crowdfunding and Terrorism0
Should I Signal Trust? Effect of Terrorism on Interpersonal Trust in Post-Conflict and Non-Post-Conflict Countries0
Power to the People. How Open Technological Innovation is Arming Tomorrow’s Terrorists0
Extremism: A Philosophical Analysis0
“We Want You!” Applying Social Network Analysis to Online Extremist Communities0
The ISIS Reader: Milestone Texts of the Islamic State Movement0
Religion, Family Pressure, Life Conditions: Turkish Female Foreign Fighters in Their Own Words0
Smuggler, Fighter, Preacher, Spy: Motivational Change and Divergence inside FARC Specialized Fronts0
Jihad in the City: Militant Islam and Contentious Politics in Tripoli Jihad in the City: Militant Islam and Contentious Politics in Tripoli , by Raphaël Lefèvre, New Yor0
How Students and the Public Define Terrorism, and How Education Affects Those Definitions0
“The Fighting Made Me Feel Alive”: Women’s Motivations for Engaging in Left-wing Terrorism: A Thematic Analysis0
Armed to Kill: A Cross-Sectional Analysis Examining the Links between Firearms Availability, Gun Control, and Terrorism Using the Global Terrorism Database and the Small Arms Survey0
You Say You Want a Revolution? Radical Idealism and Its Tragic Consequences0
Countering Violent Extremism in Trinidad and Tobago: An Evaluation0
Investigating the Role of Morality in Lone-Actor Terrorist Motivations and Attack Severity0
Do Blasphemy Restrictions Restrict Terrorism?0
Unraveling the Radical Flank Effect: The Role of Moderate Organizations in the Face of Radical Flank Violence0
Fighting Terror After Napoleon: How Europe Became Secure After 18150
Risk and Reward: How Shadow Economies Impact the Financial Practices of Militant Organizations0
A Decade of Media Coverage of the Social Reintegration of Terrorism-Related Convicts: France as a Case Study0
The Psychosocial Imaginaries of Defence Nationalism: Far-Right Extremism in Australia and the UK0
Hizballah’s Intelligence Collection Leading Up to and During the 2006 War With Israel: How a VNSA Conducts Operative Intelligence0
Basic Psychological Needs and Extremism: Understanding Theories Through Meta-Analysis0
The Role of Basic Psychological Needs in Right-Wing Extremism Risk Among American Conservatives0
Introducing the Spatial Conflict Dynamics Indicator of Political Violence0
Location, Location, Location: Disentangling Drivers of Terrorist Credit-Taking0
The Role of Ideology in Terrorist Attack Intentions and Outcomes0
State, Society, and Pro-Government Militias in the Philippines0
Vanity of the Bonfires? Eleventh Night Bonfires and Loyalist Influence After Negotiated Settlement in Northern Ireland0
The Weaponization of Sexual Violence in Neo-Nazi Accelerationism0
A Common Psychology of Male Violence? Assessing the Effects of Misogyny on Intentions to Engage in Violent Extremism, Interpersonal Violence and Support for Violence against Women0
“Killing All Infidels”: Leaking Prior to Islamist Terrorist Attacks in Germany0
Militant Leadership and Terrorism in Armed Conflict0
Accepting Violence? A Laboratory Experiment of the Violent Consequences of Deliberation in Politically Aggrieved Enclaves0
Dams, Terrorism, and Water Nationalism’s Response to Globalization and Development: The Case of South Asia0
Provocation and Attrition Strategies in Transnational Terrorism: The Case of Al-Shabaab0
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