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Digital Resource Guide: Terrorism


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European Terrorism

Rohan Gunaratna. "The Post-Madrid Face of Al Qaeda." The Washington Quarterly, Summer 2004

Sally A.Boniece.  "The Spiridonova Case, 1906: Terror, Myth, and Martyrdom."  Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History, Summer 2003

Alison Jamieson.  "Mafiosi and Terrorists: Italian Women in Violent Organizations." SAIS Review , Summer-Fall 2000

Timothy M. Savage. "Europe and Islam: Crescent Waxing, Cultures Clashing." The Washington Quarterly, Summer 2004
 

Historical Perspective

Patricia Byrne. "The Terror Remembered." America, July 30, 1994

Jacqueline S. Ismael; Tareq Y. Ismael. "Globalization and the Arab World in Middle East Politics: Regional Dynamics in Historical Perspective." Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ), Summer 1999

Walter Laqer, "World of Terror … But Terrorism Itself, with Roots Deep in History and Geography, is Hardly New." National Geographic, Nov 2004

Hostage Observations and Survival

Catherine V. Scott.  "I Had Left One America and Come Home to Another One."   Journal of American Culture, March 2004

Paul Hoffmann. "Human Rights and Terrorism." Human Rights Quarterly, November 2004

Middle Eastern Terrorism

Ladan Boroumand.   "Terror, Islam, and Democracy."  Journal of Democracy, April 2002

Brahma Chellaney.  "Fighting Terrorism in Southern Asia: The Lessons of History."  International Security, Winter 2001

Dalia Dassa Kaye.  "Bound to Cooperate? Transatlantic Policy in the Middle East."  The Washington Quarterly, Winter 2003-04

Gary Sick.  "Iran: Confronting Terrorism." The Washington Quarterly, Autumn 2003

Jennifer L. Windsor. "Promoting Democratization Can Combat Terrorism." The Washington Quarterly, Summer 2003
 

New Types of Terrorism

Gil Anidjar.  "Terror Right." CR: The New Centennial Review, Winter 2004

Michael L. Bruner.   "Global Governance and the Critical Public."  Rhetoric & Public Affairs, Winter 2003

Horace Campbell. "Beyond Militarism and Terrorism in the Biotech Century: Toward a Culture of Peace and Transformation."  Radical History Review, Winter 2003
 

Religious Fundamentalist Groups

Neil DeVotta. "Illiberalism and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka." Journal of Democracy, January 2002

Alfred C. Stepan.  "Religion, Democracy, and the Twin Tolerations." Journal of Democracy, October 2000

Mark P. Whitaker. "Tamilnet.com: Some Reflections on Popular Anthropology, Nationalism, and the Internet." Anthropological Quarterly, Summer 2004
 

Religious Terrorism: Christianity, Islam and Zionism

Hamas members

 

 

Vincent J. Cornell.  "A Muslim to Muslims: Reflections after September 11." The South Atlantic Quarterly, Spring 2002

Mustapha Marrouchi. "Introduction: Colonialism, Islamism, Terrorism." College Literature, Winter 2003

Colin Shindler.   "Likud and the Christian Dispensationalists: A Symbiotic Relationship." Israel Studies, Spring 2000
 

 

Social Revolutionary Groups and Ethnic Separatists

Rupen Cetinyan.  "Ethnic Bargaining in the Shadow of Third Party Intervention." international Organization, Summer 2002

Andreas E. Feldmann.  "Reassessing the Causes of Nongovernmental Terrorism in Latin America." Latin American Politics & Society, Summer 2004

Gary Hoskin.  "Colombia's Perpetual Quest for Peace." Journal of Democracy, April 2001

Charles King.  "The Benefits of Ethnic War: Understanding Eurasia's Unrecognized States." World Politics, July 2001

Deborah Poole. "Terror and the Privatized State: A Peruvian Parable." Radical History Review, Winter 2003
 

Suicide Terrorism and Fanatics

Scott Atran. "Mishandling Suicide Terrorism." The Washington Quarterly, Summer 2004

Ghassan Hage.  "Comes a Time We Are All Enthusiasm: Understanding Palestinian Suicide Bombers in Times of Exighophobia."  Public Culture, Winter 2003
 

The Terrorist

Kevin M. Gilmartin. "The Lethal Triad: Understanding the Nature of Isolated Extremist Groups." The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, September, 1996

Andrew Silke. "Courage in Dark Places: Reflections on Terrorist Psychology." Social Research, Spring 2004

David Van Biema.  "What Makes Them Tick?" Time, Sept. 24 2001
 

Terrorism Analysis

Daniel Byman.   "Al-Qaeda as an Adversary: Do We Understand Our Enemy?World Politics, October 2003.

Alison M. Jaggar.  "Responding to the Evil of Terrorism.Hypatia , Winter 2003

Andrew Kydd. "Sabotaging the Peace: The Politics of Extremist Violence."  International Organization, Spring 2002

Michael Mousseau.   "Market Civilization and Its Clash with Terror,." International Security, Winter 2002/03

Ekaterina Stepanova.  "War and Peace Building," The Washington Quarterly, Autumn 2004
 

The Terrorist Organization

Matthew Levitt.  "Untangling the Terror Web: Identifying and Counteracting the Phenomenon of Crossover between Terrorist Groups."  SAIS Review, Winter-Spring 2004

Katherine McIntire Peters. "Success Begets Success: FBI Agent Robert Clifford Worked Methodically to Help Dismantle a Greek Terrorist Organization." The Atlantic Monthly, Dec 2004

Ray Takeyh.  "Do Terrorist Networks Need a Home?" The Washington Quarterly,  Summer 2002
 

Terrorist Profiling and Socio-Characteristics

Muneer Ahmad.   "Homeland Insecurities: Racial Violence the Day after September 11." Social Text, Fall 2002

Jasbir K. Puar.  "The Remaking of a Model Minority: Perverse Projectiles under the Specter of Counterterrorism." Social Text, Fall 2004
 

Transnational Terrorism and Typologies

Peter Andreas.  "Redrawing the Line: Borders and Security in the Twenty-first Century." International Security, Fall 2003

Audrey Kurth Cronin.  "Behind the Curve: Globalization and International Terrorism." International Security, Winter 2002/03

Thomas M. Sanderson.  "Transnational Terror and Organized Crime: Blurring the Lines." SAIS Review, Winter-Spring 2004


Weapons of Mass Destruction

Jason D. Ellis. "The Best Defense: Counterproliferation and U.S. National Security." The Washington Quarterly, Spring 2003

Gregory Koblentz.  "Pathogens as Weapons: The International Security Implications of Biological Warfare." International Security, Winter 2003/04

Richard Lugar.  "Redefining NATO's Mission: WMD Terrorism." The Washington Quarterly, Summer 2002

John Parachini.  "Putting WMD Terrorism into Perspective." The Washington Quarterly, Autumn 2003


Created by
 Cheryl Gray
, Provost's Office
Last Update: 06/21/2006