Books

This edited volume critically examines the ethical and practical dimensions of the Global War on Terrorism, questioning whether the use of terror as a countermeasure can be morally justified or strategically effective. Through contributions from scholars and practitioners, the book explores themes including the construction and perception of terror...

This study examines two major sources of insecurity in West Africa: longstanding conflicts over natural resources and the emerging threat of terrorism. The first part analyses environmental and socio-economic drivers of resource-based conflicts, including land disputes and agro-pastoral tensions, using a series of case studies to highlight regional...

This book provides a detailed historical and analytical account of terrorism and political conflict in Italy during the 1960s–1980s, focusing particularly on the rise and decline of the Red Brigades and other revolutionary left-wing groups. Through historical narrative, primary documents, interviews (including with former militants such as Adrian...

This monograph provides a systematic examination of conflict through an economic lens, demonstrating how principles of microeconomics, game theory, and strategic interaction help explain the causes, conduct, and consequences of war, terrorism, and genocide. Anderton and Carter present models that clarify why actors choose violence, how resources sh...

This book offers a historically grounded and analytically rich account of Sri Lanka’s separatist conflict between the government and the LTTE, framed within ethnicity, political economy, and global security dynamics. Bandarage challenges simplistic Sinhala–Tamil binaries by presenting a multi-layered framework involving intra-ethnic cleavages, ...

This book examines how victimhood is defined, constructed, politicized, and acknowledged in the context of the Northern Ireland conflict, offering a detailed exploration of the lived experiences of victims and survivors and the institutional frameworks that shape policy responses. Breen-Smyth analyzes the contested nature of labels such as “victi...

In this article, Cornell argues that the Russian-Chechen conflict should not be simplistically labeled as part of the “War on Terror”: while Chechen insurgents are sometimes portrayed as terrorists, the conflict has strong ethno-nationalist and secessionist roots that differentiate it from purely ideological jihadist movements. He warns that co...

This book develops a Clausewitzian theoretical framework to explain terrorism as a strategic form of warfare rather than an aberrational or purely criminal phenomenon, arguing that terrorist groups mimic the logic of war as defined in On War. Through a close reading of Clausewitz and a rich set of historical case studies—from the Fenian Dynamite ...

This book provides a comprehensive psychological exploration of how societies descend into genocide, violent conflict, and terrorism, tracing the origins of mass violence through historical cases such as the Holocaust and contemporary examples including Rwanda, Burundi, the Congo, the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and radicalization within Europe...

This chapter explores the evolutionary and social roots of religious terrorism, examining how intergroup conflict dynamics and the co-optation of religious systems contribute to the emergence and perpetuation of extremist behavior. The authors integrate evolutionary psychology with sociological insights to demonstrate how groups may manipulate reli...

This book provides a structured and academically grounded exploration of major pillars of international security, including world order dynamics, mechanisms of conflict resolution, the evolution of arms control regimes, and contemporary counter-terrorism frameworks. Integrating theoretical foundations with state-centric strategic assessments, Nikit...

This book provides a structured and academically grounded exploration of major pillars of international security, including world order dynamics, mechanisms of conflict resolution, the evolution of arms control regimes, and contemporary counter-terrorism frameworks. Integrating theoretical foundations with state-centric strategic assessments, Nikit...

This book provides an in-depth historical and archival investigation into the “Moro Doctrine”––also known as the “Lodo Moro”––a clandestine security arrangement between the Italian state and Palestinian militant organisations during 1969–1986. Drawing upon extensive archival evidence from over twenty archives across Italy, the Uni...