Studies in Conflict and Terrorism

2000 - 2025

Current editor(s): Bruce Hoffman

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Volume 46, issue 12, 2023

A Downward Spiral: The Role of Hegemonic Masculinity in Lone Actor Terrorism pp. 2363-2380

Beth Windisch

Identifying Key Players in Violent Extremist Networks: Using Socio-Semantic Network Analysis as Part of a Program of Content Moderation pp. 2381-2399

Maxime Bérubé, Laurie-Anne Beaulieu, Pierre Mongeau and Johanne Saint-Charles

An Attack against Us All? Perceived Similarity and Compassion for the Victims Mediate the Effects of News Coverage about Right-Wing Terrorism pp. 2400-2425

Helena Knupfer and Jörg Matthes

Too Close for Comfort: Cyber Terrorism and Information Security across National Policies and International Diplomacy pp. 2426-2453

Dennis Broeders, Fabio Cristiano and Daan Weggemans

Blowin’ in the Wind? The Musical Response to the War on Terror pp. 2454-2477

David Martin Jones and M. L. R. Smith

Investigating the Influence of Islamic State’s Discourse in Jordan pp. 2478-2500

Juline Beaujouan

A Peaceful Interpretation of Jihad in the Qur’an pp. 2501-2520

Saleh Hasanzadeh and Ali Abedi Renani

Everyday Religion and Radical Islamism – A Contribution to Theorizing the Role of Religion in Radicalization Studies pp. 2521-2537

Jeppe Fuglsang Larsen and Sune Qvotrup Jensen

Countering Violent Islamist Extremism in Muslim Mindanao the 4M Way: The Role of Alternative Narratives pp. 2538-2563

Kumar Ramakrishna, Yusuf Roque Santos Morales and Sheryl Renomeron-Morales

Counter-Insurgency Strategies and Transnational Attacks by Rebel Groups pp. 2564-2597

Victor Asal, Christopher Linebarger and J. Michael Greig

Violent and Nonviolent Strategies of Terrorist Organizations: How Do Mixed Strategies Influence Terrorist Recruitment and Lethality? pp. 2598-2621

Burcu Pinar Alakoc, Stephanie Werner and Michael Widmeier

To Escalate, or Not to Escalate? Private Military and Security Companies and Conflict Severity pp. 2622-2645

Nicholas Lees and Ulrich Petersohn

Volume 46, issue 11, 2023

Disengaging from Left-Wing Terrorism and Extremism: Field Experiences from Germany and Research Gaps pp. 2099-2119

Daniel Koehler

From Bombs to Books, and Back Again? Mapping Strategies of Right-Wing Revolutionary Resistance pp. 2120-2148

Jacob Aasland Ravndal

Examining Online Indicators of Extremism in Violent Right-Wing Extremist Forums pp. 2149-2173

Ryan Scrivens, Amanda Isabel Osuna, Steven M. Chermak, Michael A. Whitney and Richard Frank

Investigating the Effects of Right-Wing Terrorism on Government Satisfaction: A Time Course Analysis of the 2019 Christchurch Terror Attack pp. 2174-2187

Nicole Satherley, Kumar Yogeeswaran, Danny Osborne, Sadi Shanaah and Chris G. Sibley

ISIS and the Crime-Terror Nexus in America pp. 2188-2213

Raphael D. Marcus

Foreign Terrorist Fighters from Russia in and after Syria and Iraq: (Trans) National Trends and Threats pp. 2214-2240

Ekaterina Stepanova

Listening to the “Voice of Islam”: The Turkestan Islamic Party’s Online Propaganda Strategy pp. 2241-2266

Miron Lakomy

Barriers to Entry to Jihadist Activism on the Internet pp. 2267-2284

Manuel R. Torres-Soriano

A Crime Script Analysis of Violent and Nonviolent Extremists pp. 2285-2302

D. A. Keatley, S. Knight and A. Marono

Names Are Never Only Names: A Nominal Analysis of Terrorist Organizations pp. 2303-2326

Kutluer Karademir and Mahmut Cengiz

A Witch’s Brew of Grievances: The Potential Effects of COVID-19 on Radicalization to Violent Extremism pp. 2327-2350

Garth Davies, Edith Wu and Richard Frank

Complexity, Lethality, and the Perverse Imagination: Modelling Nonstate Actors’ Means of Attack pp. 2351-2362

Brandon del Pozo

Volume 46, issue 10, 2023

Eating, Shitting and Shooting: A Scatological and Culinary Approximation to the Daily Lives of Rebels pp. 1817-1839

José Antonio Gutiérrez D

De-Talibanization and the Onset of Insurgency in Afghanistan pp. 1840-1867

Tricia Bacon and Daniel Byman

Violent Islamism and Shame-Inducing Narratives pp. 1868-1893

Gaetano Joe Ilardi

Insurgent Group Cohesion and the Malleability of ‘Foreignness’: Al-Shabaab’s Relationship with Foreign Fighters pp. 1894-1911

Samantha Kruber and Stephanie Carver

How Emotional Traits and Practices Lead to Support in Acts of Political Violence pp. 1912-1932

Natalie Anastasio, Arie Perliger and Neil Shortland

Tugging on Superman’s Cape: Why Some Insurgencies Are Targets of Foreign Militaries pp. 1933-1959

Victor Asal, Joseph K. Young, Nakissa Jahanbani and Suzanne Weedon Levy

How the “Internal Brakes” on Violent Escalation Work and Fail: Toward a Conceptual Framework for Understanding Intra-Group Processes of Restraint in Militant Groups pp. 1960-1983

Joel Busher, Donald Holbrook and Graham Macklin

British Troops on British Streets: Defence’s Counter-Terrorism Journey from 9/11 to Operation Temperer pp. 1984-2010

John Gearson and Philip A. Berry

Perceptions of Generation Z regarding Terrorism: A Cross-Regional Study pp. 2011-2037

Ahmet Kule, Mustafa Demir, Niyazi Ekici and Huseyin Akdogan

Lone-Actor Terrorism – A Systematic Literature Review pp. 2038-2065

Jonathan Kenyon, Christopher Baker-Beall and Jens Binder

Fragile States, Technological Capacity, and Increased Terrorist Activity pp. 2066-2092

Ore Koren, Sumit Ganguly and Aashna Khanna

Setting the Strategic Cat among the Policy Pigeons: The Problems and Paradoxes of Western Intervention Strategy pp. 2093-2097

M. L. R. Smith

Volume 46, issue 9, 2023

A Typology of Terrorist Attacks: The “32 Profiles” Model pp. 1529-1546

Boaz Ganor

New Models for Deploying Counterspeech: Measuring Behavioral Change and Sentiment Analysis pp. 1547-1574

Erin Saltman, Farshad Kooti and Karly Vockery

Unpacking Public Perceptions of Terrorism: Does Type of Attack Matter? pp. 1575-1598

Rotem Dvir, Nehemia Geva and Arnold Vedlitz

Uncovering the Far-Right Online Ecosystem: An Analytical Framework and Research Agenda pp. 1599-1623

Stephane J. Baele, Lewys Brace and Travis G. Coan

White Supremacist Terrorism in Charlottesville: Reconstructing ‘Unite the Right’ pp. 1624-1652

Emily Blout and Patrick Burkart

The Limits of Ideologically-Unlikely Partnerships: Syria’s Support for Jihadi Terrorist Groups pp. 1653-1677

Barak Mendelsohn

Islamist Militant Groups and Crime-Terror Nexus in Bangladesh pp. 1678-1701

A. S. M. Ali Ashraf and Mohammed Saiful Islam

Causes of Violent Extremism in Central Asia: The Case of Kazakhstan pp. 1702-1724

Dina Sharipova and Serik Beissembayev

The Radical Milieu and Radical Influencers of Bosnian Foreign Fighters pp. 1725-1744

Asya Metodieva

An Empirical Assessment of China’s Counterterrorism Efforts and Securitization of Turkic Muslims pp. 1745-1765

Reyhan Topal

Target Them with What? Why States Choose Different COIN Strategies for Different Insurgent Organizations pp. 1766-1783

Victor Asal, Daren Fisher and Joe Young

A Hybrid Threat: The Night Wolves Motorcycle Club pp. 1784-1816

Kira Harris

Volume 46, issue 8, 2023

Biased Coverage of Bias Crime: Examining Differences in Media Coverage of Hate Crimes and Terrorism pp. 1283-1303

Adam Ghazi-Tehrani and Erin M. Kearns

“A Skinhead at Heart with a Hate-Filled Mind”: Understanding the Themes Present in the White Power Music Scene pp. 1304-1322

Jessica M. Grosholz and Zacharias P. Pieri

Escalate to De-Escalate? External State Support and Governments’ Willingness to Negotiate pp. 1323-1344

Niklas Karlén

Research Note: Deception, Drugs, & Death: Interviews with Survivors of al-Shabaab’s Youth Recruitment Traps in Kenya pp. 1345-1367

Gabriel Toole

Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghrib’s Expansion in the Sahara: New Insights from Primary Sources pp. 1368-1392

Vidar B. Skretting

The Barcelona and Cambrils Attacks: A Case Study of the Impact of Political Decentralization and Separatism on Counter Terrorism Policing pp. 1393-1416

Rogelio Alonso and Jesús Castán

Oil and the Islamic State: Revisiting “Resource Wars” Arguments in Light of ISIS Operations and State-Making Attempts pp. 1417-1439

Philippe Le Billon

Rebel Governance at the Time of Covid-19: Emergencies as Opportunities for Rebel Rulers pp. 1440-1463

Marta Furlan

Reframing the Campaign: From Egypt’s Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis to Wilayat Sinai, Islamic State’s Sinai Province pp. 1464-1490

Kira Jumet and Zana Gulmohamad

Family Matters: A Preliminary Framework for Understanding Family Influence on Islamist Radicalization pp. 1491-1507

Nicolò Scremin

Research Note: More Bucks, Still No Bangs? Why a Cost-Benefit Analysis of Cyberterrorism Still Holds True pp. 1508-1517

Giampiero Giacomello

What I Have Learned about Countering Terrorism in the UK: A Conversation with Robert Spencer pp. 1518-1527

George Kassimeris

Volume 46, issue 7, 2023

Iran's Security and the Islamic State through the Lenses of the Copenhagen School pp. 1035-1041

Mahdieh Aghazadeh Khoei

Female Fighters and Militants During the Lebanese Civil War: Individual Profiles, Pathways, and Motivations pp. 1042-1071

Jennifer Philippa Eggert

The Salafi Worldview and the Hermeneutical Limits of Mainstream Sunni Critique of Salafi-Jihadism pp. 1072-1087

Adis Duderija

Keep the Informants Talking: The Pursuit and Use of CBRN Weapons by Terrorist Organizations pp. 1088-1107

Blake Campbell and Amanda Murdie

What is Local Resilience Against Radicalization and How can it be Promoted? A Multidisciplinary Literature Review pp. 1108-1125

Malin E. Wimelius, Malin Eriksson, John Kinsman, Veronica Strandh and Mehdi Ghazinour

Cryptoterrorism: Assessing the Utility of Blockchain Technologies for Terrorist Enterprise pp. 1126-1149

Christopher Whyte

How to Balance Individual Rights and Societal Security? The View of Civil Servants pp. 1150-1166

Tom Christensen, Per Lægreid and Lise H. Rykkja

When Jihadist Factions Split: A Data-Driven Network Analysis pp. 1167-1191

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Samuel Hodgson, Daniele Bellutta, Chiara Pulice and V.S. Subrahmanian

Gender in Countering Violent Extremism Program Design, Implementation and Evaluation: Beyond Instrumentalism pp. 1192-1215

Jessica White

Do Vigilante Groups Reduce Cartel-Related Violence? An Empirical Assessment of Crime Trends in Michoacán, Mexico pp. 1216-1240

Juan Del Rio

Starvation as Siege Tactics: Urban Warfare in Syria pp. 1241-1262

Nils Hägerdal

Innovating to Survive, a Look at How Extremists Adapt to Counterterrorism pp. 1263-1281

Isaac Kfir

Volume 46, issue 6, 2023

In Memoriam: Christopher Dickey, August 31, 1951–July 16, 2020 pp. 767-768

Bruce Hoffman

White Demographic Anxiety and Support for Torture of Terrorism Suspects pp. 769-797

James A. Piazza

National Extraction, Geographical Origin and Migratory Ancestry among Jihadists in Spain pp. 798-823

Carola García-Calvo, Fernando Reinares and Álvaro Vicente

The Last Stand of Al Andalus Lessons on the Changing Nature of War from an Early Modern Islamic Insurgency pp. 824-846

Javier Jordán

“Unlikely Recruits”: Why Politically Irrelevant Ethnic Minorities Participate in Civil Wars? pp. 847-869

Huseyn Aliyev

Unity, Segregation, and Obedience: Islamic State’s Use of Quranic Verses and How It Relates to State-Building pp. 870-887

Maria-Louise Clausen

Repeated and Extensive Exposure to Online Terrorist Content: Counter-Terrorism Internet Referral Unit Perceived Stresses and Strategies pp. 888-912

Zoey Reeve

Maoist Hybridity? A Comparative Analysis of the Links between Insurgent Strategic Practice and Tactical Hybridity in Contemporary Non-State Armed Groups pp. 913-937

Edward Stoddard

Developing an Extremist Construct Schema and Measuring Ideological Engagement pp. 938-963

Phillip Conrad De Bruyn

Who Said We Were Terrorists? Issues with Terrorism Data and Inclusion Criteria pp. 964-984

Wesley S. McCann

Defying Rules. Defying Gender?: Women’s Resistance to Islamic State pp. 985-1008

Gina Vale

Reconceptualizing Ideology and Extremism: Toward an Empirically-Based Typology pp. 1009-1033

Sara Doering, Garth Davies and Raymond Corrado

Volume 46, issue 5, 2023

Al-Qaeda’s Iran Dilemma: Evidence from the Abbottabad Records pp. 513-540

Bryce Loidolt

Fake It till You Make It? Representation of Special Operations Forces Capabilities in Jihadist Propaganda Videos pp. 541-558

Daniel Koehler

“Jurisprudence Beyond the State: An Analysis of Jihadist “Justice” in Yemen, Syria and Libya pp. 559-578

Joana Cook, Haid Haid and Inga Trauthig

More Angry than Scared? A Study of Public Reactions to the Manchester Arena and London Bridge Terror Attacks of 2017 pp. 579-593

Jason Roach, Ashley Cartwright and Ken Pease

The Radicalization of Young Jihadi Convicted of Membership of Terrorist Organization in Spain: Analyzing the Pieces of the Puzzle pp. 594-617

Rogelio Alonso and Paul Delgado

The Oxygen of Publicity: Explaining U.S. Media Coverage of International Kidnapping pp. 618-639

Danielle Gilbert

An Alternative Vision of Statehood: Islamic State’s Ideological Challenge to the Nation-State pp. 640-658

Nadia Kaneva and Andrea Stanton

Lethal Violence in Civil War: Trends and Micro-Dynamics of Violence in the Northern Mali Conflict (2012-2015) pp. 659-681

Adib Bencherif, Aurélie Campana and Daniel Stockemer

How Do Leadership Decapitation and Targeting Error Affect Suicide Bombings? The Case of Al-Shabaab pp. 682-702

Mohammed Ibrahim Shire

Theorizing the Influence of Wartime Legacies on Political Stability after Rebel Victories pp. 703-727

Enrique Wedgwood Young

A Model for Counterinsurgency Success? The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in the Struggle against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (2003–2012) pp. 728-751

Oscar Palma

Research Note: Spreading Hate on TikTok pp. 752-765

Gabriel Weimann and Natalie Masri

Volume 46, issue 4, 2023

Special Issue Introduction for Terrorism, Gender and Women: Toward an Integrated Research Agenda pp. 353-361

Alexandra Phelan

Women Too: Explaining Gender Ideologies of Ethnopolitical Organizations pp. 362-379

Victor Asal, Nazli Avdan and Nourah Shuaibi

Part and Parcel? Examining Al Shabaab and Boko Haram’s Violence Targeting Civilians and Violence Targeting Women pp. 380-398

Hilary Matfess

From Pawn to Knights: The Changing Role of Women’s Agency in Terrorism? pp. 399-414

Mia Bloom and Ayse Lokmanoglu

Do White Supremacist Women Adopt Movement Archetypes of Mother, Whore, and Fighter? pp. 415-432

Mehr Latif, Kathleen Blee, Matthew DeMichele and Pete Simi

Exceptional Inclusion: Understanding the PKK’s Gender Policy pp. 433-450

Ora Szekely

Outbidding and Gender: Dynamics in the Colombian Civil War pp. 451-469

Alexis Henshaw

The Lure of (Violent) Extremism: Gender Constructs in Online Recruitment and Messaging in Indonesia pp. 470-488

Melissa Frances Johnston, Muhammad Iqbal and Jacqui True

Gendered Reflections? Extremism in the UK’s Radical Right and al-Muhajiroun Networks pp. 489-512

Elizabeth Pearson

Volume 46, issue 3, 2023

Online Jihadi Storytelling: The Case of Najm al-Din Azad pp. 229-248

Gilbert Ramsay

Contextualizing Disengagement: How Exit Barriers Shape the Pathways Out of Far-Right Extremism in the United States pp. 249-277

Michael Jensen, Patrick James and Elizabeth Yates

The Failed Ideological Hybridization of the Islamic State pp. 278-306

Djallil Lounnas

“We Will Conquer Your Rome”: Italy and the Vatican in the Islamic State’s Propaganda pp. 307-329

Francesco Marone and Marco Olimpio

“Sorry, We’re Closed”: Applying Business Models to Failed Terrorist Organizations pp. 330-352

Keith W. Ludwick

Volume 46, issue 2, 2023

Fighting over the Image: The Israeli − Palestinian Conflict in the Gaza Strip 2018 − 19 pp. 123-136

Moran Yarchi and Ami Ayalon

Militants in Retreat: How Terrorists Behave When They Are Losing pp. 137-161

Matthew Dixon

Landmines and Improvised Explosive Devices: The Lingering Terror of the Islamic State pp. 162-182

Aaron Anfinson and Nadia Al-Dayel

Application of the TRAP-18 Framework to U.S. and Western European Lone Actor Terrorists pp. 183-208

Christine Shahan Brugh, Sarah L. Desmarais and Joseph Simons-Rudolph

From Cooperation to Competition: Localization, Militarization and Rebel Co-Governance Arrangements in Syria pp. 209-227

Benedetta Berti

Volume 46, issue 1, 2023

Is Resilience a Good Concept in Terrorism Research? A Conceptual Adequacy Analysis of Terrorism Resilience pp. 1-20

Sissel H. Jore

Whose Interest? Whose Peace? An Evaluation of Pakistan’s Peace Agreements with the Taliban in the Tribal Areas (2004–2015) pp. 21-45

Wali Aslam

Barriers to Peace? Colombian Citizens’ Beliefs and Attitudes Vis-à-Vis the Government-FARC-EP Agreement pp. 46-67

Diana Rico Revelo and Cecilia Emma Sottilotta

What Everybody Should Know about Radicalization and the DRIA Model pp. 68-100

Alessandro Orsini

Testing Deterrence by Denial: Experimental Results from Criminology pp. 101-121

Janice Gross Stein and Ron Levi