This chapter surveys the past applications of game theory to the study of terrorism. By capturing the strategic … interplay between terrorists and targeted governments, game theory is an appropriate methodology for investigating terrorism and … indicates novel directions for applying game theory to terrorism-related issues (e.g., cooperative collectives to strengthen …

What explains the variation in terrorism within and across political regimes? We contend that terrorism is most likely … judiciaries make government commitments more credible, thereby providing less incentive for the use of terrorism. Using a recently … analyses appropriate for the challenges of terrorism data and then examine the robustness of the results. The results provide …

useful foundation for an economic perspective on ‘offender profiling’ applied within a terrorism context. Mapping attack …

Present anti-terrorist policy concentrates almost exclusively on deterrence. It seeks to fend off terrorism by raising … and induces in some cases even more terrorism. This is, in particular, the case if deterrence policy induces a …