Terrorism

Why Time Matters When Proscribing Terrorist Groups

Kodili Henry Chukwuma • Feb 17 2024 • Articles

Flaws are present in Nigeria’s counterterrorism approach, especially regarding the timings of different actions or inactions by the government.

Are Incels Transnational Terrorists?

Katherine E. Brown • Nov 30 2023 • Student Features

Involuntarily celibates (incels) proclaim that feminism has ruined the world such that they are unable to get what they’re entitled to – status and power through sexual relationships with women.

Countering Violent Extremism with a Non-Militarised Model

Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta and Abhijan Das • Nov 19 2023 • Articles

The application of multi-dimensional theoretical models that use a blend of hard and soft approaches should be a critical policymaking ingredient in countering violent extremism.

Does the Public Get What it Wants? The UK Government’s Response to Terrorism

Michael Lister • Sep 21 2023 • Articles

Public opinion and counterterrorism policy are in a complex, mutually instantiating, relationship where one informs the other.

Review – Terrorism: The Power of Weakness and Fear

Nick Brooke • Jul 13 2023 • Features

Juan Romero’s novel approach to the use of fear by terrorists draws on an impressive range of materials and makes a valuable contribution to the terrorism literature.

Review – Scripts of Terror

Louise Pears • Apr 23 2023 • Features

Wilkinson demonstrates that stories matter to terrorists via detailed case studies, but could do more to consider where the scripts come from and the power of narrative.

Violence in the West African Sahel is not about Terrorism

Ian Edgerly • Mar 29 2023 • Articles

There is a crisis in the Sahel, but one that is not readily apparent when viewed through the traditional lenses of international relations and geopolitics.

Opinion – Is Russia a ‘Terrorist State’?

Zachariah Parcels • Feb 26 2023 • Articles

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania’s denunciations of Russia as a “terrorist state” is not categorically helpful.

Interview – Bryan Caplan

E-International Relations • Oct 8 2022 • Features

Bryan Caplan talks about terrorists as rational actors and government responses to terrorism, plus the benefits and challenges of an open borders policy.

Interview – David Lowe

E-International Relations • Aug 3 2022 • Features

David Lowe talks about the challenges for policing in the UK, intelligence exchange, and the balance between surveillance and liberty.

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