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Conflict & Terrorism Studies with WisdomEntity-Elimination or Threat Management? Explaining Israel’s Shifting Policies Towards Terrorist Semi-States by Ido Yahel & Or HonigABSTRACT
Israel’s policy towards both terrorist semi-states (TSS)—Fatahland and Hamas-controlled Gaza—shows a puzzling variation over time between threat-management (i.e., deterrence and/or brute force capacity-reduction) and entity-elimination. We hold that a military-based cost-benefit analysis cannot fully account for this variation. This explanation predicts that Israel would avoid the costly and risky TSS-elimination as long as Israel can effectively manage the military danger through the much cheaper deterrence/periodical capacity reduction or when there is a high risk of not getting a much better option partly due to the danger of creating a power-vacuum into w...
2021-06-2723 minConflict & Terrorism Studies with WisdomCountering or contributing to radicalisation and violent extremism in Kenya? A critical case study -Torhild BreidlidAbstract
In this article, I argue that the “theological and social-psychological radicalisation model”, which has been primarily used in a Western context, has influenced the strategies used by the Kenyan government to explain and combat radicalisation and terrorism. The model predominantly focuses on religion and social networks as crucial to the radicalisation process. My research in Kenya demonstrates how the underlying principles of the model are used in a non-Western context. I claim that the Kenyan government is increasingly using the model to delegate surveillance, especially to the security sector but also to some civil society actors. As il...
2021-06-0819 min
Conflict & Terrorism Studies with WisdomCamp follower or counterinsurgent? Lady Templer and the forgotten wives Hannah WestABSTRACT
British counterinsurgency thinking today remains strongly influenced by the Malaya Emergency (1948–1960) but little-known is the extensive women’s outreach program, pioneered by Lady Templer, involving the Women’s Institute and British Red Cross. Through discourse analysis of archival records, this article identifies four discourses characterizing British women’s participation, used, at the time, to make acceptable their presence whilst distancing them from the counterinsurgency campaign. By exploring how women’s presence has been negotiated and marginalized, I will reveal the blurred boundaries of counterinsurgency, questioning how the role of the counterinsurgent is constructed and sustained over time and fo...
2021-05-0725 min
Conflict & Terrorism Studies with WisdomInsecurity in the Niger Delta: A Report on Emerging Threats in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo and Rivers States - Tarila Marclint EbiedeInsecurity in the Niger Delta: Emerging Threats in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, and Rivers States is a European Union-funded in-depth study of the issue of insecurity in the Niger Delta, the oil-producing region of Nigeria. Security in the region is usually assessed from the context of the absence of threats to the oil industry. This study goes beyond that limited view, using case studies drawn from the six states in the South-South geopolitical zone to show emerging security threats in the region and the complex network of factors behind them. The chapters address issues of insecurity...
2021-04-3024 min
Conflict & Terrorism Studies with WisdomMerchants of Terror: Neo-Patrimonialism, Counterterrorism Economy, and Expansion of Terrorism in Nigeria by Emeka Thaddues NjokuPlease subscribe to your preferred podcast platform; we are available on Apple, Google, Spotify, and 6 others. https://anchor.fm/wisdom-iyekekpolo
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How can neo-patrimonialism aid our understanding of the materiality of counterterrorism and the expansion of terrorism? While previous works on the growth of terrorism have focused on issues such as the spread of radical religious ideology, US foreign policy...
2021-04-2324 min
Conflict & Terrorism Studies with WisdomDe-Talibanization and the Onset of Insurgency in Afghanistan. - Tricia Bacon and Daniel Byman.Please subscribe to your preferred podcast platform; we are available on Apple, Google, Spotify and 6 others. https://anchor.fm/wisdom-iyekekpolo
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This article examines the reasons for the rise of the Taliban and the onset of the insurgency in Afghanistan after the 2001 U.S. invasion, using counterfactual and path dependence analysis to bolster its arguments. We argue th...
2021-04-1620 min
Conflict & Terrorism Studies with WisdomUnmasking Boko Haram Exploring Global Jihad in Nigeria - Jacob ZennPlease subscribe to your preferred podcast platform; we are available on Apple, Google, Spotify and 6 others. https://anchor.fm/wisdom-iyekekpolo
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The kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls from the village of Chibok, Nigeria, in 2014 drew the world's attention to the previously little-known extremist group Boko Haram. Numerous questions followed, among them: Where did Boko Haram come from? What explains the rise of...
2021-04-0921 min
Conflict & Terrorism Studies with WisdomWhen to Take Credit for Terrorism? A Cross-National Examination of Claims and Attributions - Dr Erin M. KearnsPlease subscribe to your preferred podcast platform; we are available on Apple, Google, Spotify and 6 others. https://anchor.fm/wisdom-iyekekpolo
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Rationalist research expects that groups claim credit for terrorism. Yet, the vast majority of attacks are not claimed. Of the unclaimed attacks, about half are attributed to a specific group. What factors impact claiming decisions? While extant literature largely treats claiming as binary—either claimed or not—the present study disaggregates claiming decisions further to also...
2021-04-0217 min
Conflict & Terrorism Studies with WisdomSectarianism and the Provisional Irish Republican Army - Dr Martin J. McCleeryPlease subscribe to your preferred podcast platform; we are available on Apple, Google, Spotify and 6 others. https://anchor.fm/wisdom-iyekekpolo
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This article addresses the scholarly debate over sectarianism and the Provisional Irish Republican Army’s (PIRA) campaign during the Northern Ireland Troubles. It argues that although there is much merit in the contributions made in this discourse, unfortunately, for, the most part, there is a lack of...
2021-03-2620 min
Conflict & Terrorism Studies with WisdomInfluence through Absence in U.S. Counterinsurgency Interventions? Coercing Local Allies through Threats to Withdraw - Dr Barbara EliasPlease subscribe to your preferred podcast platform; we are available on Apple, Google, Spotify and 6 others. https://anchor.fm/wisdom-iyekekpolo
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In counterinsurgency, U.S. officials often feel trapped by a local ally who appears unable to survive the departure of U.S. forces. Advocates for withdrawal argue that only a deadline to depart will induce local governments to accept greater burdens, while critics of this position...
2021-03-1917 min
Conflict & Terrorism Studies with WisdomEx-combatants thinking differently: attitudes to threatening the state in post-conflict Cote d’Ivoire by Jessica MoodyPlease subscribe to your preferred podcast platform; we are available on Apple, Google, Spotify and 6 others. https://anchor.fm/wisdom-iyekekpolo
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Using data from 10 months of field research in Côte d’Ivoire, this article explores the question of why certain groups of ex-combatants in that country are interested in posing a threat to the state, while others are not. It finds that demobilised pro-Gbagbo fighters who have...
2021-03-1217 min
Conflict & Terrorism Studies with WisdomPower, poverty and peacebuilding: the violence that sustains inequalities and undermines peace in Colombia by Dr Eleanor Gordon, et al.Please subscribe to your preferred podcast platform; we are available on Apple, Google, Spotify and 6 others. https://anchor.fm/wisdom-iyekekpolo
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Despite the promise of the 2016 Colombian peace agreement, this paper argues that the intersection of poverty, insecurity and exclusion threatens sustainable peace in Colombia. In asserting this argument, the paper advances two case studies: the false positives scandal, which demonstrates the vulnerability of the poor to...
2021-03-0516 min
Conflict & Terrorism Studies with WisdomPath Dependence and Critical Junctures: Three Decades of Interstate Conflict in the African Great Lakes Region by Prof. Filip ReyntjensPlease subscribe to your preferred podcast platform; we are available on Apple, Google, Spotify and 6 others. https://anchor.fm/wisdom-iyekekpolo
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As opposed to the three decades following independence, interstate wars have become frequent in the African great lakes region since 1990. This article analyses the unravelling of these wars and looks at their causes and consequences. The conceptual framework to analyse the clear but convoluted line linking...
2021-02-2617 min
Conflict & Terrorism Studies with WisdomUnderstanding Governance by Insurgent Non-State Actors: A Multi-Dimensional Typology by Marta FurlanPlease subscribe to your preferred podcast platform; we are available on Apple, Google, Spotify and 6 others. https://anchor.fm/wisdom-iyekekpolo
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The phenomenon of governance by insurgents characterises many contexts of civil war and influences political, security, social, and economic dynamics in the original conflict zone and beyond. Therefore, understanding how different insurgents govern seems of crucial importance. However, in the existing literature, no typology has been...
2021-02-1915 min
Conflict & Terrorism Studies with WisdomThe Radical Milieu and Radical Influencers of Bosnian Foreign Fighters by Dr. Asya MetodievaPlease subscribe to your preferred podcast platform; we are available on Apple, Google, Spotify and 6 others. https://anchor.fm/wisdom-iyekekpolo
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This research note looks at the radical influencers of Bosnian foreign fighters. This group is important, as the Balkan region has been seen as a spot of jihadist activism and recruitment for the IS and Al-Nusra Front. Previous research on foreign fighters emphasized that a small number of individuals (religious leaders...
2021-02-1220 min2021-01-2100 min