Perseverance of terrorism : focus on leaders / edited by Marko Milosevic and Kacper Rekawek.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Milošević, Marko, editor.

Rękawek, Kacper, editor.

NATO Emerging Security Challenges Division.

Conference Name:

NATO Advanced Research Workshop on The Perseverance of Terrorism: Focus on Leaders (2013 : Belgrade, Serbia)

NATO Advanced Research Workshop on the Perseverance of Terrorism: Focus on Leaders (2013 : Belgrade, Serbia)

Series:

NATO science for peace and security series. Human and societal dynamics ; E, Volume 117.

NATO Science for Peace and Security Series - E: Human and Societal Dynamics, 1879-8268 ; Volume 117

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--Prevention--Congresses.

Leadership--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (148 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Fairfax, Virginia : IOS Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The problem of dealing with the ongoing and constantly evolving threat of terrorism is something which continues to preoccupy governments worldwide. Has sufficient attention been paid to what happens with terrorist organizations after they change leaders? Has enough research been done on how and in what manner they are changed/replaced? This book is a collection of follow-up papers from experts who participated in the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) entitled The Perseverance of Terrorism: Focus on Leaders, held in 2013, and is the third in a series of outputs related to the approach to terrorist leadership. These papers are presented with the aim of further elaborating the challenges of contemporary terrorism and enriching the existing academic debate. The first two papers concentrate on how better to understand, define and analyze terrorism. The next two authors examine the relevance of contemporary terrorism, its approach and its significance as prevailing threat. The core of the debate is structured around the issue of terrorist leadership, and the majority of authors have explored this phenomenon. Seven different approaches are presented which demonstrate the importance of leadership for terrorist organizations. This book will serve as a guidebook on several terrorism-related issues which trigger academic debate, and which must be taken into account by practitioners in their efforts to design appropriate counter-terrorist measures.

Contents:

Editorial / Marko Milosevic and Kacper Rekawek

Methodological challenges in the study of terrorist leaders / Asta Maskaliunaite

Definition of terrorist act in international law and Polish criminal law. Problems and policy implications / Karolina Libront

In favour of a strategic as opposed to a scientific approach to terrorism / Péter Marton

Crime and terror: vanishing and emerging trends

new criminal markets / Xavier Raufer

Towards a full understanding of terrorist leadership elimination: a research agenda / Teun Van Dongen

Lone wolves and network agents in leaderless jihad (the case of the Boston Marathon bombing cell) / Ekaterina Stepanova

The importance of southern leaders in the Sahelisation and hybridisation of AQIM / Dario Cristiani

How terrorists end in the Afpak region?

the extermination of leadership, mid-rank commanders and foot soldiers 2004-2012 / Ryszard M. Machnikowski

Psychological profile and types of leaders of terrorist structures

generic views and experiences from the activities of illegal groups and organizations in the Republic of Macedonia / Tome Batkovski and Rade Rajkocevski

Leadership and right-wing extremist violence: case studies from the Czech territory / Miroslav Mareš

Contesting religious authority in Jordanian Salafi networks / Joas Wagemakers

Two faces of Islam in the Western Balkans: between political ideology and Islamist radicalization / Marko Babić

Intelligence in the Republic of Macedonia in the fight against terrorism / Ljupcho Stevkovski.

Notes:

"The collection of papers in this publication is the third in a series of outputs by experts that have joined efforts trying to elaborate on the complex problem of terrorism. The first set of papers was published in the Polish Quarterly of International Affairs."

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61499-387-4

OCLC:

882610575