multiple target countries, and considers both pre-emption and deterrence as counterterrorist policies. The damage from terror …-effect leads to different kinds of equilibria and implications for counter-terrorism policies. In particular, the model identifies … conditions under which greater pre-emption may be the rational response to an increase in terrorism, i.e., it analyzes the merit …

Deterrence has been a crucial element in fighting terrorism, both in politics and in rational choice analyses of … terrorism. However, there are two strategies that are superior to deterrence. The first one is to make terrorist attacks less …