-- The deadly nexus of globalization, oil, and terrorism -- How globalization amplifies the terrorist threat …

. This article analyses the Islamic State’s (IS) contextual use of different forms of violence and argues that the attacks … article explains how the group has exhibited a three-stage "cycle of violence" in which violence has served specific functions …. In the first stage, from roughly 2003 to 2010, violence was used as part of a mobilisation strategy. In the second stage …

How do we understand illicit violence? Can we prevent it? Building on behavioral science and economics, this book …, creates more transnational opportunities for deception, coercion, and violence. If the economist's perspective helps to … explain violence, then it must also facilitate insights into promoting peace and security. If we can approach violence as …