The Role of Safe Havens in Islamist Terrorism

Cristiana C. Kittner

Terrorism and Political Violence, 2007, vol. 19, issue 3, 307-329

Abstract: This article will develop an explanatory theory on terrorist safe havens. Focusing on Islamist Terrorist networks, this article argues that four specific conditions are necessary for the establishment of a safe haven for Islamist terrorist networks: geographic features, weak governance, history of corruption and violence, and poverty. At the conclusion of the article, the developed theory is applied to the Tri-Border Area of South America (TBA), where the frontiers of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay meet, an area overlooked by the 9/11 National Commission Report's list of Islamist terrorists' safe havens.

Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1080/09546550701246791

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