Ever wonder why militant groups behave as they do? For instance, why did Al Qaeda attack
the World Trade Center whereas the African National Congress tried to avoid civilian …

Terrorism on the continent of Africa has been rising sharply over the decade. Non-state
(terrorist groups, militias, rebel groups, etc.) have increasingly targeted civilians in their …

Terrorism carries high audience costs for militant leaders because the attacks on civilians
risk tarnishing the entire group as immoral extremists. Image-savvy militant leaders reduce …

Terrorist groups exhibit wide variation in their targeting strategies, particularly the extent to
which they engage in indiscriminate violence against civilian targets as opposed to more …

Recent scholarly efforts to reveal the political effects of transnational terrorism are
encouraging. They contribute to our understanding of how terrorism affects the targeted …

This article aims at challenging the widely accepted argument that Israel has failed to
enforce the law on Jewish communities in the West Bank. It argues instead that, since the …

One of the biggest debates within terrorism studies has been over the effectiveness of the
tactic. To a large extent, the answer depends on how one defines tactical success. By …

Terrorists exhibit wide variation in their target selection. A common distinction in the political
science literature is between indiscriminate violence against civilian targets and selective …

This study quantitatively assesses the impact of Israeli government actions on Palestinian
militant attacks according to different categories: Islamists (Hamas and the Palestinian …

EXPLAINING THE OCCURRENCE AND DYNAMICS OF DOMINANT GROUP VIOLENCE:
UNCERTAINTY, THREAT, AND ISRAELI SETTLER VIOLENCE IN THE WEST Page 1 …