{"title":"Measuring the effectiveness of Israel’s targeted killing campaign 1","authors":"Ophir Falk","doi":"10.4324/9780429330322-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429330322-3","url":null,"abstract":"With targeted killing long becoming a key and perhaps primary counterterrorism measure used by a number of States in their confrontation with lethal terror, this article looks at the pros and cons of this method of warfare while focusing on the underlying justification for its use–namely its objective driven effectiveness. Israel’s use of targeted killing, intended to mitigate Palestinian suicide terrorism during the first decade of the 21st century, serves as the key case study in this article. A quantitative approach was adopted, using growth model analysis, and isolation of designated area, to demonstrate the effectiveness of targeted killing in reducing fatalities caused by suicide bombings. The period examined was from 2000 to 2010, with a key finding being that targeted killings of ideological leaders, primarily in Gaza, were more effective than operative level targeted killings in the context of confronting suicide bombing fatalities.","PeriodicalId":37532,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Terrorism","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70614219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A History of the Hofstadgroup","authors":"B. Schuurman, Q. Eijkman, E. Bakker","doi":"10.2307/j.ctv5rf757.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv5rf757.6","url":null,"abstract":"This Research Note provides a chronological overview of the most important events that occurred during the 2002-2005 existence of the Dutch Hofstadgroup. This group is frequently cited as a leading example of the ‘homegrown’ jihadist threat that arose in Europe from 2004 onwards. Despite this status in the literature, a detailed and above all primary sources-based account of the main developments of this group has so far been missing. With this contribution, the authors hope to provide fellow researchers with a useful resource for their own work on the Hofstadgroup and homegrown jihadism more broadly.","PeriodicalId":37532,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Terrorism","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68816106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysing terrorism from a systems thinking perspective","authors":"Lukas Schoenenberger, A. Schenker-Wicki, M. Beck","doi":"10.5167/UZH-99663","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5167/UZH-99663","url":null,"abstract":"Given the complexity of terrorism, solutions based on single factors are destined to fail. Systems thinking o\"ers various tools for helping researchers and policy makers comprehend terrorism in its entirety. We have developed a semi-quantitative systems thinking approach for characterising relationships between variables critical to terrorism and their impact on the system as a whole. For a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying terrorism, we present a 16-variable model characterising the critical components of terrorism and perform a series of highly focused analyses. We show how to determine which variables are best suited for government intervention, describing in detail their e\"ects on the key variable—the political in%uence of a terrorist network. We also o\"er insights into how to elicit variables that destabilise and ultimately break down these networks. Because we clarify our novel approach with #ctional data, the primary importance of this paper lies in the new framework for reasoning that it provides.","PeriodicalId":37532,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Terrorism","volume":"8 1","pages":"16-36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70666556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium (TRAC).","authors":"A. Schmid","doi":"10.5860/choice.49-6647","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.49-6647","url":null,"abstract":"Published online at by the Beacham Group LLC. Priced from US $ 350.- upwards, depending on type of user (individual, organization, government) Reviewed by Alex P. Schmid","PeriodicalId":37532,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Terrorism","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71138444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hall Gardner and Oleg Kobtzeff. The Ashgate Research Companion to War: Origins and Prevention","authors":"M. Boyle","doi":"10.5860/choice.50-0525","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.50-0525","url":null,"abstract":"Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2012. 682 pages. ISBN: 978-0-7546-7826-7. # 95.-/US$ 165.- Reviewed by Michael Boyle","PeriodicalId":37532,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Terrorism","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71139000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Jeffrey William Lewis. The Business of Martyrdom: A History of Suicide Bombing","authors":"A. Moghadam","doi":"10.5860/choice.50-2327","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.50-2327","url":null,"abstract":"Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2012. 346 pp.; ISBN: 97816110514. US $ 39.95 Review by Assaf Moghadam","PeriodicalId":37532,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Terrorism","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71140411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Living with terror, not Living in Terror: The Impact of Chronic Terrorism on Israeli Society","authors":"D. Waxman","doi":"10.4135/9781473917248.n14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4135/9781473917248.n14","url":null,"abstract":"This article discusses the impact of chronic terrorism on a targeted society by examining the case of Israeli society during the second Intifada. The Israeli case demonstrates both the extensive effects of repeated terrorist attacks and their limitations. The article argues that while Israelis were seriously affected by Palestinian terrorist attacks during the second Intifada, this did not result in major, lasting changes in Israeli behaviour. Despite being profoundly affected by terrorism, Israeli society was not demoralized by it, and in this respect Palestinian terrorism failed to achieve its aim. This is because the Israeli public grew accustomed to chronic terrorism and possessed a high level of social resilience.","PeriodicalId":37532,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Terrorism","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70600452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Jennifer Jefferis. Armed for Life: The Army of God and Anti-Abortion Terror in the United States","authors":"A. Cotter","doi":"10.5860/choice.49-2968","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.49-2968","url":null,"abstract":"Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger. 2011. 176 pp.; ISBN: 978-0-313-38754-8; $49.95/ € 50.23 (hardcover). Reviewed by Aylish Cotter","PeriodicalId":37532,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Terrorism","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71136311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Who Becomes a Terrorist Today","authors":"S. Atran","doi":"10.1057/9781137001931_5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137001931_5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37532,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Terrorism","volume":"2 1","pages":"45-58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1057/9781137001931_5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"58217428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}