Why Terrorist Groups Form International Alliances / Tricia Bacon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bacon, Tricia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorist organizations--Case studies.

Terrorist organizations.

Terrorism--Case studies.

Terrorism.

Terrorists--Case studies.

Terrorists.

International relations and terrorism--Case studies.

International relations and terrorism.

Terrorism--Prevention--Case studies.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Terrorist groups with a shared enemy or ideology have ample reason to work together, even if they are primarily pursuing different causes. Although partnering with another terrorist organization has the potential to bolster operational effectiveness, efficiency, and prestige, international alliances may expose partners to infiltration, security breaches, or additional counterterrorism attention. Alliances between such organizations, which are suspicious and secretive by nature, must also overcome significant barriers to trust—the exposure to risk must be balanced by the promise of increased lethality, resiliency, and longevity.In Why Terrorist Groups Form International Alliances, Tricia Bacon argues that although it may seem natural for terrorist groups to ally, groups actually face substantial hurdles when attempting to ally and, when alliances do form, they are not evenly distributed across pairs. Instead, she demonstrates that when terrorist groups seek allies to obtain new skills, knowledge, or capacities for resource acquisition and mobilization, only a few groups have the ability to provide needed training, safe haven, infrastructure, or cachet. Consequently, these select few emerge as preferable partners and become hubs around which other groups cluster. According to Bacon, shared enemies and common ideologies do not cause alliances to form but create affinity to bind partners and guide partner selection.Bacon examines partnerships formed by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Al-Qaida, and Egyptian jihadist groups, among others, in a series of case studies spanning the dawn of international terrorism in the 1960s to the present. Why Terrorist Groups Form International Alliances advances our understanding of the motivations of terrorist alliances and offers insights useful to counterterrorism efforts to disrupt these dangerous relationships.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 2. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine: Pioneering Partnerships

Chapter 3. The Red Army Faction: Pursuing Palestinian Partners

Chapter 4. Al-Qaida Before 9/11: Building Alliances One Dollar at a Time

Chapter 5. Al-Qaida After 9/11: Calling in Debts and Capitalizing on Cachet

Chapter 6. Egyptian Jihadist Groups: Divergent Solutions, Similar Problems

Conclusion

Notes

Index

Acknowledgments

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Sep 2018)

ISBN:

9780812295023

0812295021

OCLC:

1031214242