Studies in Conflict and Terrorism

2000 - 2025

Current editor(s): Bruce Hoffman

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Volume 48, issue 4, 2025

How Members of the Islamic State-Linked Ripoll Cell Grouped, Radicalized and Plotted Mass Casualty Terrorist Attacks in Barcelona pp. 341-368

Carola García-Calvo and Fernando Reinares

Comparing Online Posting Typologies among Violent and Nonviolent Right-Wing Extremists pp. 369-391

Ryan Scrivens, Garth Davies, Tiana Gaudette and Richard Frank

From Punishment to Pre-emption: The Changing Nature of Regional Organizations’ Legal Responses to Terrorism, 1990–2010 pp. 392-418

Bernhard Blumenau

Violent Extremist Disengagement and Reintegration: A Framework for Planning, Design and Evaluation of Programmatic Interventions pp. 419-438

Andrew Glazzard

And the Last Straw Falls: The Cumulative Influence of Disillusionment among Former Viet Cong Insurgents pp. 439-461

Elizabeth M. Jenaway and Steven Windisch

Volume 48, issue 3, 2025

Transnational Jihad as a Bundled Conflict-Constellation pp. 219-230

Mona Kanwal Sheikh

Failed Transnationalization? The Challenges Faced by al-Qaeda and IS in South Asia pp. 231-249

Dino Krause

Exploring the Agency of the Affiliates of Transnational Jihadist Organizations: The Case of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula pp. 250-264

Maria-Louise Clausen

Capitalizing on Cleavages: Transnational Jihadist Conflicts, Local Fault Lines and Cumulative Extremism pp. 265-283

Isak Svensson and Desirée Nilsson

Redefining Global Jihad and Its Termination: The Subjugation of al-Qaeda by Its Former Franchise in Syria pp. 284-299

Jerome Drevon and Patrick Haenni

Jihadist Ideological Conflict and Local Governance in Mali pp. 300-315

Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde and Boubacar Ba

Operational Convergence or Divergence? Exploring the Influence of Islamic State on Militant Groups in Pakistan pp. 316-340

Amira Jadoon

Volume 48, issue 2, 2025

From Superiority to Supremacy: Exploring the Vulnerability of Military and Police Special Forces to Extreme Right Radicalization pp. 115-138

Daniel Koehler

The Kurdish Protection Units in Northern Syria: A Deviant Case of Peaceful Cohabitation between Foreign Fighters and Local Civilians? pp. 139-160

Edoardo Corradi

A Framework for Explaining National P/CVE Programs: A Case Study of Kazakhstan pp. 161-178

Anastassiya Reshetnyak and Mariya Omelicheva

The Logic of Non-State Armed Groups Survival in Syria: A Contemporary Framework of Analysis pp. 179-204

Murat Yeşiltaş and Muhammed Karakuş

The Image War as a Significant Fighting Arena – Evidence from the Ukrainian Battle over Perceptions during the 2022 Russian Invasion pp. 205-217

Moran Yarchi

Volume 48, issue 1, 2025

Primed for Violence: Intrareligious Conflict and the State in Sectarian Societies pp. 1-20

Brittnee Carter and Cora Caton

Blueprints for Red Insurgencies: Revolutionary Ideology and Strategy in India and Colombia pp. 21-45

Luis Fernando Medina and Radha Sarkar

Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) from an Insurgent Group to a Local Authority: Emergence, Development and Social Support Base pp. 46-66

Ahmet Keser and Fareed Fakhoury

One or Many? Disentangling the Puzzle of Pro-Government Militia Deployment pp. 67-91

Kamil C. Klosek and Emil A. Souleimanov

The Model Muslim Minority: Wasatiyah (Justly-Balanced) as a Counter-Ideology Tool in Singapore pp. 92-114

Muhammad Haniff Hassan and Walid Jumblatt Abdullah

Volume 47, issue 12, 2024

Assessing al-Qaeda: A Debate pp. 1559-1598

Daniel Byman and Asfandyar Mir

Beyond Greed: Why Armed Groups Tax pp. 1599-1622

Tanya Bandula-Irwin, Max Gallien, Ashley Jackson, Vanessa van den Boogaard and Florian Weigand

The Constraints Hypothesis: Rethinking Causality in Deradicalisation, Disengagement and Reintegration Pathways. A Complex Systems Perspective pp. 1623-1647

Mohammed Samir Elshimi

Under the Hood – Learning and Innovation in the Islamic State’s Suicide Vehicle Industry pp. 1648-1671

Ellen Tveteraas

Maintaining Dominance: Explaining the Rise of Late-Entering Insurgent Groups in El Salvador and Guatemala pp. 1672-1698

Vasabjit Banerjee

The Paradox of the Heavy-Handed Insurgent: Public Support for the Taliban among Afghan Pashtuns pp. 1699-1723

Karl Kaltenthaler, Arie W. Kruglanski and Austin J. Knuppe

The European Union as a Maritime Security Provider – The Naval Diplomacy Perspective pp. 1724-1746

Oscar L. Larsson and J. J. Widen

Understanding the Role of the Internet in the Process of Radicalisation: An Analysis of Convicted Extremists in England and Wales pp. 1747-1771

Jonathan Kenyon, Jens Binder and Christopher Baker-Beall

Social Cohesion and Collective Violence: Latent Variable Approach to Explaining Riots in East Jerusalem pp. 1772-1799

Amiad Haran Diman and Dan Miodownik

The “Lightning” Brigade: Security Force Assistance and the Fight Against al-Shabaab pp. 1800-1825

Ido Levy and Abdi Yusuf

Volume 47, issue 11, 2024

Radicalization in the Asia-Pacific Region: Themes and Concepts pp. 1383-1387

Claire Smith, Lucy Resnyansky and Craig Taylor

Mechanisms of 3N Model on Radicalization: Testing the Mediation by Group Identity and Ideology of the Relationship between Need for Significance and Violent Extremism pp. 1388-1402

Mirra Noor Milla, Whinda Yustisia, Muhammad Abdan Shadiqi and Haykal Hafizul Arifin

Education and Islamist Jihadism: A Survey of Muslim Australians pp. 1403-1426

Halim Rane, Shane Satterley and Riyad H. Rahimullah

Reclaim the Beach: How Offline Events Shape Online Interactions and Networks Amongst Those Who Support and Oppose Right-Wing Protest pp. 1427-1449

Emma F. Thomas, Nathan Leggett, David Kernot, Lewis Mitchell, Saranzaya Magsarjav and Nathan Weber

Masculinities and Disengagement from Jihadi Networks: The Case of Indonesian Militant Islamists pp. 1450-1470

David Duriesmith and Noor Huda Ismail

Does Martialization Contribute to Australia’s Right-Wing Extremism? Implications of an Analysis of the General Social Survey pp. 1471-1494

Willem de Lint and Rodrigo Praino

Making Moderate Islam in Indonesia pp. 1495-1509

Wahyudi Akmaliah, Priyambudi Sulistiyanto and Sukendar

The Relationship between Existential Anxiety, Political Efficacy, Extrinsic Religiosity and Support for Violent Extremism in Indonesia pp. 1510-1518

Muhammad Iqbal, Kerry S. O’Brien and Ana-Maria Bliuc

Willingness to Engage in Religious Collective Action: The Role of Group Identification and Identity Fusion pp. 1519-1532

Susilo Wibisono, Winnifred R. Louis and Jolanda Jetten

Reasons behind Reasons: A Communitarian Reading of Women’s Radicalization and Family Bombings in Southeast Asia pp. 1533-1558

Lucy Resnyansky, Claire Smith, Craig Taylor, Priyambudi Sulistiyanto, George Merryman and Mujahiduddin

Volume 47, issue 10, 2024

Casting Shadow: Founders and the Unique Challenges of a Terrorist Group’s First Leadership Change pp. 1147-1171

Barak Mendelsohn

The ONA Network and the Transnationalization of Neo-Nazi-Satanism pp. 1172-1199

Ariel Koch

Beyond Healthy Skepticism: Exploring German News Media Framing of Terrorism-Affiliated Women Returnees pp. 1200-1229

Lotta Rahlf

A Comparative Analysis of Australian and Canadian Foreign Fighters Traveling to Syria and Iraq pp. 1230-1260

Shandon Harris-Hogan, Amarnath Amarasingam and Lorne L. Dawson

Post-Fordism and the Transformation of Transatlantic Counter-Terrorism pp. 1261-1285

Patrick Bury

Civil-Military Relations and Civilian Victimization in Civil War pp. 1286-1298

Patrick J. Burke

Outbreak: A Comprehensive Analysis of Biological Terrorism♦ pp. 1299-1328

Wesley S. McCann

A Crime Script Analysis of Involuntary Celibate (INCEL) Mass Murderers pp. 1329-1341

A. Wood, P. Tanteckchi and D. A. Keatley

Everyday Prevention of Radicalization: The Impacts of Family, Peer, and Police Intervention pp. 1342-1365

Rune Ellefsen and Sveinung Sandberg

Foreign Policy Orientations and U.S. Counterterrorism Support pp. 1366-1381

Stephen J. Ceccoli

Volume 47, issue 9, 2024

Consolidation of Nonstate Armed Actors in Fragmented Conflicts: Introducing an Emerging Research Program pp. 963-983

Mohammed M. Hafez, Michael Gabbay and Emily Kalah Gade

Strategies of Armed Group Consolidation in the Afghan Civil War (1989–2001) pp. 984-1005

Megan Erickson and Michael Gabbay

How the Tigers Got Their Stripes: A Case Study of the LTTE’s Rise to Power pp. 1006-1025

Kate Cronin-Furman and Mario Arulthas

Operation Jungle Fire: The Consolidation of the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy pp. 1026-1044

Ilmari Käihkö

State Accompli: The Political Consolidation of the Islamic State Prior to the Caliphate pp. 1045-1064

Nadeem Elias Khan and Craig Whiteside

Social Cleavages and Armed Group Consolidation: The Case of Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan Arab Armed Forces pp. 1065-1089

Wolfram Lacher

From the PYD-YPG to the SDF: the Consolidation of Power in Kurdish-Controlled Northeast Syria pp. 1090-1109

Wladimir van Wilgenburg and Mario Fumerton

Real or Imagined Consolidation? The Case of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces pp. 1110-1126

Michael Knights

Side-Switching as State-Building: the Case of Russian-Speaking Militias in Eastern Ukraine pp. 1127-1146

Alexandra Chinchilla and Jesse Driscoll

Volume 47, issue 8, 2024

The Frontlines Have Shifted: Explaining the Persistence of Pro-State Militias after Civil War pp. 817-837

Daniel Odin Shaw and Huseyn Aliyev

Threat Perception, Policy Diffusion, and the Logic of Terrorist Group Designation pp. 838-861

Mirna El Masri and Brian J. Phillips

Extremist Radicalization in the Virtual Era: Analyzing the Neurocognitive Process of Online Radicalization pp. 862-887

Tiffiany Howard, Brach Poston and April Lopez

Queering Terrorism pp. 888-910

Emeka Thaddues Njoku

Bangsamoro Separatism and Classical Counterinsurgency: Reconsidering Revolutionary War in the Southern Philippines pp. 911-939

Mathew L. Bukit

How Proximity and Space Matter: Exploring Geographical & Social Contexts of Radicalization in Northern Ireland pp. 940-962

Emma Ylitalo-James and Andrew Silke

Volume 47, issue 7, 2024

Social Exclusion and Political Violence: Multilevel Analysis of the Justification of Terrorism pp. 701-724

Jeffrey Treistman

Pragmatism and Purism in Jihadist Governance: The Islamic Emirate of Azawad Revisited pp. 725-749

Vidar B. Skretting

Understanding PKK, Kurdish Hezbollah and ISIS Recruitment in Southeastern Turkey pp. 750-770

Kerem Övet, James Hewitt and Tahir Abbas

Exploring the Nexus between Armed Groups and the Trafficking and Smuggling of Human Beings in the Central Sahel and Libya pp. 771-791

Joelle Rizk

The “War on Terror” and Public Diplomacy during the Cold War: Israeli–Turkish Relations and the 1980 Military Coup pp. 792-815

Eldad Ben Aharon

Volume 47, issue 6, 2024

The Fast & The Furious…Torturous?: Examining the Impact of Torture Scenes in Popular Films on Public Perceptions of Torture Policy pp. 583-598

Erin M. Kearns and Casey Delehanty

The (Non) Deus-Ex Machina: A Realistic Assessment of Machine Learning for Countering Domestic Terrorism pp. 599-621

Christopher Wall

Examining the Outcome of Investigations and Prosecutions of Extremism in the United States pp. 622-644

Rachel Yon and Daniel Milton

For God, for Tsar and for the Nation: Authenticity in the Russian Imperial Movement’s Propaganda pp. 645-667

Anna Kruglova

Refugees, Perceived Threat & Domestic Terrorism pp. 668-699

Graig R. Klein

Volume 47, issue 5, 2024

Terrorist Peer Review: Which Autonomous Attacks Does ISIL Accept for Publication? pp. 457-475

Joseph M. Brown

From Rebelling to Ruling: Insurgent Victory and State Capture in Africa pp. 476-501

Christopher Day and Michael Woldemariam

The Trouble with Numbers: Difficult Decision Making in Identifying Right-Wing Terrorism Cases. An Investigative Look at Open Source Social Scientific and Legal Data pp. 502-525

Daniela Peterka-Benton and Francesca Laguardia

Female Combatants and Durability of Civil War pp. 526-547

Keshab Giri and Roos Haer

Jihadists’ Use and Pursuit of Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Comparative Study of Al-Qaeda and Islamic State’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Weapons Programs pp. 548-582

Rueben Ananthan Santhana Dass

Volume 47, issue 4, 2024

Exposure to Extremist Content and Public Sympathy for ISIS pp. 345-365

Suleyman Ozeren, Suat Cubukcu and Gabriel Cash

How Jihadi Salafists Sometimes Breach, But Mostly Circumvent, Facebook’s Community Standards in Crisis, Identity and Solution Frames pp. 366-391

Catherine Bouko, Pieter Van Ostaeyen and Pierre Voué

Ideology and Global Conflicts: Revolutionary Actors and Their Opposition to Liberalism pp. 392-415

Robert S. Snyder

Crossing Battle Death Lines: Why Do Some Insurgent Organizations Escalate Violence to Higher-Intensity Armed Conflicts? pp. 416-431

Victor Asal and Michael Shkolnik

Emotional Trials in Terrorism Research: Running Risks When Accessing Salafi-Jihadist Foreign Fighter Returnees and Their Social Milieu pp. 432-456

Henriette Frees Esholdt and Kathrine Elmose Jørgensen

Volume 47, issue 3, 2024

Counterterrorism and Modern White Supremacy pp. 221-248

Daniel Byman

Bombing It: The Meaning and Sources of Suicide Bombing Failure pp. 249-277

Jason Warner, Ellen Chapin and Quinn Sorenson

How War in Yemen Transformed the Iran-Houthi Partnership pp. 278-300

Thomas Juneau

Legitimation through Collectivization: Al Qaeda and US Discourses on the Use of Force pp. 301-320

Bárbara Motta and David P. Succi Junior

Silesia to Sinjar: The Export and Adaption of Einsatzgruppen Mobilized Killing Tactics from Eastern Europe to the Middle East pp. 321-343

Cooper Vardy

Volume 47, issue 2, 2024

The Age of Ambiguity: Art and the War on Terror Twenty Years after 9/11 pp. 115-134

David Martin Jones and M. L. R. Smith

Nobody More Terrible than the Desperate: Conflict Conditions and Rebel Demand for Foreign Fighters pp. 135-153

Victor Asal and David Malet

The COVID-19 Pandemic: Catalyst or Complication for Bioterrorism? pp. 154-180

Gregory D. Koblentz and Stevie Kiesel

Inter-Secular Party Competition and the (Non-)Formation of Salafi-Jihadist Milieus: Evidence from Tanzania and Kenya pp. 181-198

Jannis Saalfeld

Terrorism Studies and the Far Right – The State of Play pp. 199-219

Yasmine Ahmed and Orla Lynch

Volume 47, issue 1, 2024

Defining and Illustrating “Extremism” Using the Largest Investigation into Islam in Prison pp. 1-35

Matthew L. N. Wilkinson and Muzammil Quraishi

Hospital Attacks Since 9/11: An Analysis of Terrorism Targeting Healthcare Facilities and Workers pp. 36-59

János Besenyő, Krisztina Márton and Ryan Shaffer

On Theory and Practice of No-Fly Zones in Humanitarian Intervention pp. 60-77

Tadeusz Zieliński

Contracting Blowback?: The Use of Violence by Private Security Companies and Insurgents during the Iraq War pp. 78-97

Scott Fitzsimmons

Discussing Terrorism in the Classroom – Adopting an Empathizing and Historical Perspective: A Research Note pp. 98-114

Beatrice de Graaf, Nikki Sterkenburg, Jorin Dijkstra and Tessa Glas