Moghadam Nexus of Global Jihad

Understanding Cooperation Among Terrorist Actors
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-231-53815-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten

Reihe: Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare

Considering the causes, nature, and implications of cooperation among contemporary terrorist actors.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moghadam, Assaf

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I. Understanding Contemporary Terrorist Cooperation
1. The Puzzle of Terrorist Cooperation
2. Actor Spectrum: Organizations, Networks, and Entrepreneurs
3. Shifting Environment: Ideology, Social Media, and Armed Conflicts
4. Contemporary Terrorist Cooperation: A Holistic Typology
Part II. Terrorist Cooperation in the Global Jihad
5. Pre-9/11 Cooperation in the Global Jihad
6. Post-9/11 Cooperation in the Global Jihad
7. High -End Cooperation: Al Qaeda and Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
8. Low-End Cooperation: Al Qaeda, Iran, and Hizballah
9. Networked Cooperation: From Bojinka to the Sharia4 Movement
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Assaf Moghadam is associate professor at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC) and director of academic affairs at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT). He is also a fellow at the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. He is the author of The Globalization of Martyrdom (2008) and coeditor of Fault Lines in Global Jihad (2011).