Tag: security studies

March 22, 2018

Clarifying the Connection Between Family Violence and Lone Wolf Terrorism

This week The Conversation posted an essay that significantly misrepresents the evidence in, The Age of Lone Wolf Terrorism. Today, authors Mark S. Hamm and Ramon Spaaij offer the following rejoinder.  Rejoinder to “We won’t stop lone-actor attacks until we understand...

May 8, 2015

The Conclusion from Boaz Ganor's Global Alert

Read Boaz Ganor’s Conclusion from GLOBAL ALERT: THE RATIONALITY OF MODERN ISLAMIST TERRORISM AND THE CHALLENGE TO THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC WORLD.

May 7, 2015

Defining Terrorism – Is One Man’s Terrorist Another Man’s Freedom Fighter?

Read excerpts from “Defining Terrorism – Is One Man’s Terrorist Another Man’s Freedom Fighter?,” an article by Boaz Ganor, author of GLOBAL ALERT: THE RATIONALITY OF MODERN ISLAMIST TERRORISM AND THE CHALLENGE TO THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC WORLD.

May 6, 2015

The Definition of Terrorism: A Fundamental Counter-Terrorism Measure

Watch Boaz Ganor, author of GLOBAL ALERT: THE RATIONALITY OF MODERN ISLAMIST TERRORISM AND THE CHALLENGE TO THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC WORLD, discuss the necessity for creating and agreeing upon a definition of terrorism.

May 5, 2015

Boaz Ganor's Introduction to Global Alert

Read Boaz Ganor’s Introduction to GLOBAL ALERT: THE RATIONALITY OF MODERN ISLAMIST TERRORISM AND THE CHALLENGE TO THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC WORLD.

January 15, 2015

Discouraging North American and European Citizens from Foreign Jihad

Read a guest post from Neil Krishan Aggarwal, author of MENTAL HEALTH IN THE WAR ON TERROR, in which he discusses a recent New York Times article on efforts to “stem the flow of their citizens traveling to fight in war zones in Muslim countries.”

January 13, 2015

Mental Health, Culture, and Power in the War on Terror

Read an excerpt from “Mental Health, Culture, and Power in the War on Terror,” the first chapter of MENTAL HEALTH IN THE WAR ON TERROR, by Neil Krishan Aggarwal.