Routledge handbook of transnational terrorism / edited by Nicolas Stockhammer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stockhammer, Nicolas, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism.

Transnational crime.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (585 pages)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, England : Routledge, [2024]

Summary:

This handbook provides contributions by some of the world's leading experts in the field on recent phenomena and trends in transnational terrorism.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

CONTENTS

List of Figures and Tables

Note on Editor

Notes on Contributors

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

PART I: The Strategic and Systemic Dimension of Terrorism

2. Strategic Terrorism

3. Geopolitical Game Changers and Their Impact on Global Terrorism

4. The Systemic Dimension of Jihadist Violence: A Root Cause Analysis of Jihadist Terrorism

5. Jihadist Violence: New Terrorist Actors/Groups Emerging - Who will be the Key Players in the Next Decade?

6. From Networks to Social Identity: A Dialectical Model of Terrorism

7. The Atomization of Political Violence

8. The Case of Hybrid Terrorism: Systemic Lessons from Recent European Plots

PART II: Technology and Radicalization

9. The Emerging Terrorist Technological Landscape

10. Online Territories of Terror: The Multiplatform Communication Paradigm and the Information Ecology of the Web3 Era

11. The Virtualisation of Terror: Violent Extremism on the Internet Today

12. The Evolution of Hybrid Radicalization: From Small Group to Mass Phenomenon

13. The Emergence of Decoupled Radicalisation and Franchise Terrorism: McJihad

14. The Crime-Terror Nexus in Europe and its Implication for Jihadist Radicalisation

15. Counter-Narratives

16. Ideological Polarization and Societal Disruption

PART III: Right-Wing Extremism and Stochastic Terrorism

17. The Current and Future Threat Posed by Islamist and Right-Wing Extremist Terrorism in Europe

18. Generation Z and Terrorism

19. Stochastic Terrorism: Mass Media Escalation Against Victim Groups as a Radicalization Platform for Terrorist Individual Perpetrators?

20. The Heightened Threat of U.S. Domestic Terrorism

21. Right-Wing Extremists and State Deniers in Europe: Current Narratives, Trends and Actors.

PART IV: Forecast, Trends, Scenarios and Tactics

22. How to Forecast and Predict Future Terrorist Warfare

23. Recent Trends in International Terrorism and Their Impact on Counterterrorism Ambitions

24. Key Trends in Transnational Terrorism: A Software-Based Key Factor Foresight Analysis

25. Scenarios of Transnational Terrorism: Trends and Developments - A Fact-Based Threat Assessment

26. Foiled Versus Launched Terror Plots: Some Lessons Learned

27. Hybrid Loans and Tactics of Jihadism: Will Hybridity Remain the Narrative of Convergent, Politically Motivated Violence?

28. Terrorism and Hybrid Threats: Analyzing Common Characteristics and Constraints for Countermeasures

PART V: Political Islam, Jihadism, Psychology and Counter-Terrorism

29. Legalistic Islamism: The Transition from Political Islam to Jihadism

30. Jihadism and True Islam: Discourses and Realities

31. Jihadism in the West: A Post-Caliphate Transitory Phase

32. Becoming a Jihadist: A Psychoanalytical Perspective

33. Understanding the Motivations of "Lone Wolf" Terrorists: The "Bathtub" Model

34. Evolving Perspectives on Psychopathology and Terrorism

35. European Approaches to Risk Assessment of Terrorist Offenders

36. A Model for Countering Violent Extremism and Promoting Disengagement from Terrorism

37. Crisis and Catastrophes, Security and Resilience: On the Significance of Finding Definitions for Security Policy

PART VI: COVID-19, Resilience and Terrorism

38. COVID-19 and Global Terrorism Pandemics

39. The False Promise of Salafi-Jihadists: Rhetoric and the Response to COVID-19

40. The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: Reassessing the Evidence

41. A Legacy of Disorder, Desperation, and Defiance: The Possible Effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic on the Future Course of Terrorism.

42. Hybrid Jihad: A Trend Scenario for Transnational Terrorism

43. Terrorist Threats Post-COVID-19

PART VII: Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda and Beyond

44. The Security Situation in Afghanistan and its Implications for Global Terrorism

45. Afghanistan Under Taliban Rule: Consequences for Global Security and Terrorism Against the West

46. Afghanistan After the Withdrawal of the West: The Taliban, Al-Qaeda, and IS-K

47. Global Jihad: Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State's Struggle for Power and Global Dominance

48. Al-Qaeda-20 Years After 9/11

49. The Taliban-Al-Qaeda Nexus: Brothers in Arms

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-332637-4

1-003-32637-4

1-000-90311-7

1-000-90314-1

9781003326373

OCLC:

1380463309