Terrorism

Social and Behavioral Science Responds to 9/11: Some Readings
Bookshelf
September 9, 2021

Social and Behavioral Science Responds to 9/11: Some Readings

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When Is a Terrorist Not a Terrorist?
International Debate
February 20, 2020

When Is a Terrorist Not a Terrorist?

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The Dean of ‘Ism’ Studies: Walter Laqueur, 1921-2018
Career
October 4, 2018

The Dean of ‘Ism’ Studies: Walter Laqueur, 1921-2018

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When Is It Appropriate to Call a Crime ‘Terrorist’?
International Debate
October 16, 2017

When Is It Appropriate to Call a Crime ‘Terrorist’?

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Scott Atran on Sacred Values

Scott Atran on Sacred Values

In this Social Science Bites podcast, anthropologist Scott Atran describes how ‘sacred values’ prove remarkably immune to negotiation and can empower vicious terrorism or victorious revolution.

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Suffragette – More than a Feminist Movie

Suffragette – More than a Feminist Movie

With most works of art looking at the past, the real focus is the present. The new movie ‘Suffragette,’ writes Robert Dingwall, invites us to think about the consequences of political systems that are supposedly democratic but systematically exclude many voices.

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The Banality of Terrorism

The Banality of Terrorism

David Canter, editor of the ‘The Faces of Terrorism,’ questions the psychology of terrorists in the wake of the rise of ISIS.

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Rethinking Our Responses to Terrorism

Rethinking Our Responses to Terrorism

Understanding what drives terrorism offers a good first step in deterring or derailing it. In the latest article from our collaboration with the journal ‘Policy Insights from Brain and Behavioral Science,’ two psychologists examine what motivates terrorism — and how our response to it can succor the bad actors.

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Book Review: Jacob N. Shapiro: The Terrorist’s Dilemma: Managing Violent Covert Organizations

Book Review: Jacob N. Shapiro: The Terrorist’s Dilemma: Managing Violent Covert Organizations

Jacob N. Shapiro : The Terrorist’s Dilemma: Managing Violent Covert Organizations. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2013. 335 pp. $29.95/£19.95, hardcover. Anita […]

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The Social Scientist Who Knew Torture Wasn’t Worth the Game

The Social Scientist Who Knew Torture Wasn’t Worth the Game

Game theory neatly — and sadly — predicted the futility of using torture to extract meaning information from terror suspects, neatly predicting the results of the recent U.S. Senate report years before its release.

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What is the Organizational Definition of Terrorism?

What is the Organizational Definition of Terrorism?

According to the Department of State’s Country Reports on Terrorism 2013, international terrorist groups are progressively evolving and continue to present a […]

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Moving Beyond Deterrence

Moving Beyond Deterrence

The Effectiveness of Raising the Expected Utility of Abstaining from Terrorism in Israel

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