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Frey and Rohner (2007) propose that governments credibly commit to reconstruction of cultural monuments, as this would … deter terrorist attacks on monuments. We contend that precommitment will serve primarily to redirect terrorist attacks … monuments. The cost savings from lowering onsite security are minimal, thus funds would need to be redirected from other …
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Counter-terrorism and health policies converge in the complex world of Middle East politics. Hamas, labeled a terrorist … these services can be part of a counter-terrorism strategy as long as violence is part of the Hamas agenda. This paper … public institutions to help thwart terrorism and promote peace and prosperity in the region. …
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The US claim that the invasion and occupation of Iraq was a necessary component of the war on terror has been roundly criticized in both popular and scholarly discourse, while many major US allies were unsupportive. However, the present article argues that the US strategy can be viewed as a...
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When rational choice theory is applied to the study of terrorism, it is important that attention be given to the …
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adversaries. Deterrence is, however, ineffective and pre-emptive defense is required when a population of intended victims …
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This paper presents a simple model to characterize the outcome of a land dispute between two rival parties using a Stackelberg game. Unlike Gershenson and Grossman (2000), we assume that the opposing parties have access to different technologies for challenging and defending in conflict. We...
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What is the causal impact of terrorism on immigration policy preferences? Under what circumstances and due to which … well-powered experiments for Germany and the United Kingdom. We find that anti-immigration responses to terrorism follow an … emotional proximity rationale: terrorism leads to more restrictive migration policy preferences only among individuals with high …
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We examine the effect of class cleavages on terrorist activity by anarchist and leftist terrorist groups in 99 countries over the 1860–1950 period. We find that higher levels of political exclusion of the poor, our main measure of class conflict, were associated with higher levels of...
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's external sponsor. The external sponsor also utilises deterrence against potential terrorists, which only lowers terrorism if … intrinsic motivation. A rise in the external power's preference for deterrence against terrorism may backfire in these …This paper models transnational terrorism as a three-way strategic interaction involving a government that faces armed …
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In the early 1980s scholars and laymen expected an explosion of terrorism fed by media attention. Instead, the quantity … of terrorism settled into familiar patterns, rather than spiraling upward. This paper attempts to explain why the dire …
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