Terrorism as Transnational Advocacy: An Organizational and Tactical Examination

Victor Asal, Brian Nussbaum and D. Harrington

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 2007, vol. 30, issue 1, 15-39

Abstract: This article attempts to shed light on the dynamics and machinations within terrorist organizations by incorporating a heretofore overlooked literature which is directly applicable, that of transnational advocacy networks (TANs). Terror networks have been described using every possible analogy, from multinational corporations to organized crime to the anthropomorphic classic “cut off the head, and the body will die.” In reality, terrorist organizations function in much the same way, and using many of the same techniques, as transnational advocacy networks concerned with issues like the environment or human rights. By describing these characteristics, and comparing TANs and Terror TANs (TTANs), this article aims to offer insight into the tactics and motivations that define modern, as well as the much heralded post-modern, terrorism.

Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1080/10576100600959713

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