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International NGOs (INGOs) operate in insecure environments where they provide life-saving services to the world's neediest populations. This study examines the impact of organizational attributes and activities on INGO vulnerability to insurgent attacks in Afghanistan. The study operationalizes three organizational attributes: 1)sustainability, measured by the organization’s longevity; 2)perceived independence from the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), measured by whether the INGO operated in Afghanistan before or after September 11, 2001; and 3)religiosity coded as secular, faith-inspired, or faith-based. In addition, the study operationalizes three INGO activities: 1)type of gender-focused activities and programs of each organization; 2)transformational advocacy, measured as promoting democracy, women empowerment, or women’s rights in Afghanistan; and 3)level of exposure to violence in Afghanistan, measured by the number of provinces in which the organization operated. The study uses a matched sample design with a 1:2 ratio. Each victim INGO is matched with two non-victim INGOs by year and province. Matching INGOs on these two factors lessens the impact of structural and environmental factors, such as insurgent control of territory, in the analysis. Binomial logistic regression identified one organizational activity, level of exposure, and one organizational attribute, sustainability, as predictors of attacks against INGOs.
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The Journal of Strategic Security (JSS) is a double-blind peer-reviewed professional journal published quarterly by Henley-Putnam School of Strategic Security with support from the University of South Florida Libraries. The Journal provides a multi-disciplinary forum for scholarship and discussion of strategic security issues drawing from the fields of global security, international relations, intelligence, terrorism and counterterrorism studies, among others. JSS is indexed in SCOPUS, the Directory of Open Access Journals, and several EBSCOhost and ProQuest databases.