Political Activism

The development of the Internet has revolutionised communications. It has never been easier to speak to wide audiences or to communicate with peopl...

The fragmented Abu Sayyaf may be many things, but insurgents fighting for liberation they are not. The various groups, with many leaders, have desc...

Having previously tied the world record, Eddie Hart was a strong favorite to win the 100-meter dash at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany. Then t...

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a wave of political violence swept across the globe, causing widespread alarm. Described by the m...

Congress has long sought through legislation and oversight to protect the United States against terrorist threats, especially from chemical, biolog...

This book explores the drivers of violent extremism, with special reference to the Muslim world in the past three decades. This book summarises wha...

This new and important book discusses the radicalisation process and the forces driving violent extremist activity. It analyses post-9/11 domestic ...

Al Qaeda has evolved into a significantly different terrorist organisation than the one that perpetrated the September 11 2001 attacks. At the time...

Rendition is the practice of detaining a terrorist operative in a foreign country and transferring him or her to the U.S. or to another foreign cou...

Committing acts of violence against others for political purposes can be traced throughout history. With the growth of the mass media in the 20th c...

Scholars and policymakers disagree on the most effective way to counter transnational terrorism, generating debate on a range of questions: Do mili...

During the Cold War, deterrence theory was the cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy. Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, however, popular wisdom di...

During the Cold War, deterrence theory was the cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy. Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, however, popular wisdom di...

The Iran-Iraq War was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the 20th Century and accidentally created the current nightmare of Islamic fundamentalist t...

The United States remains vulnerable to terrorist and other threats posed by chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) agents. Medical...

'Cyber war is coming,' announced a landmark RAND report in 1993. In 2005, the U.S. Air Force boasted it would now fly, fight, and win in cyberspace...

This new book examines a variety of issues related to terrorism on a global scale, as well as the policies and legal actions surrounding these issu...

This book looks at the issues involved with terrorism insurance and includes a side-by-side comparison of the previous law, the two House TRIA-exte...