Terrorist Attacks on the Energy Sector: The Case of Al Qaeda and the Islamic State

Lukáš Tichý and Jan Eichler

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 2018, vol. 41, issue 6, 450-473

Abstract: The article focuses on the attitudes of two militant Islamist groups, Al Qaeda and the Islamic State, toward the issue of terrorist attacks in the energy sector. The main aim of the article is both to analyze the importance of attacks on energy infrastructure for the strategies of these two organizations, and to describe specific examples and manifestations of terrorist activities from the side of Al Qaeda and the Islamic State with regard to the energy sector in the Middle East and North Africa. The article is based on the concept of terrorist attacks on the energy sector.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2017.1323469

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