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reducing terrorism. The leader changes in the two cases, with the weaker player going first to the advantage of both players …
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The concept of networks has become synonymous with terrorism in recent years. Despite the abundance of material …
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This article develops sequential game models for key operational terrorist (how often to attack) and government (how often to execute targeted killings) decisions taken during a (counter-) terror campaign such as the second intifada. Key results include the following: The government initiates...
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The authors model a terrorist organization’s choice over the scale and planning horizon of terror attacks and the consequences for the organization’s evolution. The organization can engage in short-term attacks planned and executed in a single period, characterized by a low fixed...
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learning. The government is uncertain about both the former terrorists’ ability and skill at providing counterterrorism aid … promised concessions, provides incentives for former terrorists to exert counterterrorism effort, particularly when the … effect of counterterrorism successes on future concessions and the impact of the government’s ability to consider replacing …
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While it is commonly assumed that the United States uses foreign aid as an instrument to combat global terrorism, it is … relationship between transnational terrorism and foreign aid flows is strongly conditional on whether terrorist activity based in a … determinant of both whether that state receives any aid and also how much aid it receives. In contrast, the presence of terrorism …
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This article applies an earlier analysis of interdependent security issues to a general class of problems involving discrete interdependent exposure to terrorist risks. Any agent’s incentive to adopt risk-reducing measures depends on the actions of others because of the negative...
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Poverty is often identified as a determinant of terrorist group participation, but existing research reveals mixed support for this relationship. Some studies find that macroeconomic decline is associated with increased production of terrorists, but micro-level research suggests terrorists have...
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After the events of 9/11, U.S. counterterrorism became more proactive in that the Patriot Act allowed the authorities …
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