Ersun N Kurtulus
Biographic Data
| ID | 4413506 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ersun N Kurtulus |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ersun N |
| FAMILY NAME | Kurtulus |
| SIGNATURE | KURTULUS E N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kent |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Marxism and Terrorism
Explaining left wing terrorist behaviour – the missing link between terrorist tactics and mass mobilization in anarchist and Marxist-Leninist terrorist thinking
One of the well-established claims in terrorism studies is that terrorist organizations attempt to delegitimize the state by provoking state repression. This study argues that there is little empirical evidence to support this claim while there are a number of terrorist ideologues who openly warn against the perils of provoking state repression. Starting with a survey of the classical left-wing terrorist doctrines, "propaganda by the deed" and "a…
Terrorism and fear
There is a widespread tendency among academics, state institutions and international organisations to regard intention to cause fear and intimidation as a key definitional characteristic of terrorism. This article argues that such a conceptualisation of terrorism is unfounded. A survey of mainstream terrorist doctrines (propaganda by the deed, foco theory–urban guerrilla warfare and armed propaganda, and jihadist doctrines) and writings of severa…
Ashes of Hama
Published in a period of political and social turmoil in the Arab world, where Islamists of various orientations—moderates, conservatives and radical-jihadists—are among the most salient actors, Ra
Exploring the Paradoxical Consequences of State Collapse
Relative social and economic well-being in the aftermath of a state's collapse is usually explained on the basis of a single case, Somalia, and with reference to the impact of endogenous factors such as the repressive and predatory nature of the state which collapsed and the ability of civil society actors and institutions to fulfil those functions that are normally performed by a state. This article challenges this theoretical view. As can be se…
The “New Terrorism” and its Critics
This article attempts to fulfill a lacuna in the literature on terrorism by providing a systematic response to the widespread criticism of the concept of “new terrorism.” According to this conceptualization, the “new terrorism” is characterized by religious motivation, networked organizational structures, tendency to launch mass casualty attacks and possible use of weapons of mass destruction. This conceptualization is criticized by scholars who …
The New Counterterrorism
In the first decade of the twenty-first century we are witnessing the emergence of a new form of counterterrorism in several democratic states. This new counterterrorism is ideological–religious in its rhetorical outlook, networked in its organizational structures, increasingly lethal in its operational tactics and more and more brutal in its methods. The shift to an ideological–religious discourse can be traced back to a conceptual transformatio…
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The Cedar Revolution’
The article rejects the notion conveyed by the expression ‘the Cedar Revolution’ that Lebanon has recently experienced radical political changes. On the basis of an empirical survey of recent developments, it identifies four elements of continuity; the confessional nature of Lebanese politics, the omnipresence of trans-national alliances, the confrontational nature of the political rhetoric and the continuation of foreign interventions in Lebanon…
The Notion of a “pre-emptive War
The article presents a critical assessment of the widespread conceptualization of the June 1967 War between Israel and its neighboring Arab states as a pre-emptive war both in academic and non-academic writing. Tracing the origins of the notion of pre-emptive war to international law, the article identifies three necessary conditions for such a war to be classified as pre-emptive: acute crisis combined with high alert levels; vulnerable offensive…
Theories of Sovereignty
Tracing the confusion surrounding the concept of sovereignty to its complex referent, to epistemological relativism, and to metaphorical uses of the term "sovereignty", this article proposes an interdisciplinary approach as a partial remedy to this problem. As a preliminary step, the article starts with an analysis of the intricate relationship that exists between legal stipulations, descriptive statements and normative theories. This is followed…
Sovereign rights in international relations
The article is a critical assessment of three explanations in relation to the question of which types of entities actually enjoy sovereign rights. Concluding that two of these—constitutional independence and legal criteria of statehood—are empirically untenable, it then focuses on a third, more plausible, answer: recognition as a state. Pointing out the almost consensual attitude toward the issue adopted by political scientists and finding the tw…
The “New Terrorism” and its Critics
This article attempts to fulfill a lacuna in the literature on terrorism by providing a systematic response to the widespread criticism of the concept of “new terrorism.” According to this conceptualization, the “new terrorism” is characterized by religious motivation, networked organizational structures, tendency to launch mass casualty attacks and possible use of weapons of mass destruction. This conceptualization is criticized by scholars who …
Terrorism and fear
There is a widespread tendency among academics, state institutions and international organisations to regard intention to cause fear and intimidation as a key definitional characteristic of terrorism. This article argues that such a conceptualisation of terrorism is unfounded. A survey of mainstream terrorist doctrines (propaganda by the deed, foco theory–urban guerrilla warfare and armed propaganda, and jihadist doctrines) and writings of severa…
The New Counterterrorism
In the first decade of the twenty-first century we are witnessing the emergence of a new form of counterterrorism in several democratic states. This new counterterrorism is ideological–religious in its rhetorical outlook, networked in its organizational structures, increasingly lethal in its operational tactics and more and more brutal in its methods. The shift to an ideological–religious discourse can be traced back to a conceptual transformatio…
Theories of Sovereignty
Tracing the confusion surrounding the concept of sovereignty to its complex referent, to epistemological relativism, and to metaphorical uses of the term "sovereignty", this article proposes an interdisciplinary approach as a partial remedy to this problem. As a preliminary step, the article starts with an analysis of the intricate relationship that exists between legal stipulations, descriptive statements and normative theories. This is followed…
The Cedar Revolution’
The article rejects the notion conveyed by the expression ‘the Cedar Revolution’ that Lebanon has recently experienced radical political changes. On the basis of an empirical survey of recent developments, it identifies four elements of continuity; the confessional nature of Lebanese politics, the omnipresence of trans-national alliances, the confrontational nature of the political rhetoric and the continuation of foreign interventions in Lebanon…
Sovereign rights in international relations
The article is a critical assessment of three explanations in relation to the question of which types of entities actually enjoy sovereign rights. Concluding that two of these—constitutional independence and legal criteria of statehood—are empirically untenable, it then focuses on a third, more plausible, answer: recognition as a state. Pointing out the almost consensual attitude toward the issue adopted by political scientists and finding the tw…
Sovereign rights in international relations
The article is a critical assessment of three explanations in relation to the question of which types of entities actually enjoy sovereign rights. Concluding that two of these—constitutional independence and legal criteria of statehood—are empirically untenable, it then focuses on a third, more plausible, answer: recognition as a state. Pointing out the almost consensual attitude toward the issue adopted by political scientists and finding the tw…
Theories of Sovereignty
Tracing the confusion surrounding the concept of sovereignty to its complex referent, to epistemological relativism, and to metaphorical uses of the term "sovereignty", this article proposes an interdisciplinary approach as a partial remedy to this problem. As a preliminary step, the article starts with an analysis of the intricate relationship that exists between legal stipulations, descriptive statements and normative theories. This is followed…
The Notion of a “pre-emptive War
The article presents a critical assessment of the widespread conceptualization of the June 1967 War between Israel and its neighboring Arab states as a pre-emptive war both in academic and non-academic writing. Tracing the origins of the notion of pre-emptive war to international law, the article identifies three necessary conditions for such a war to be classified as pre-emptive: acute crisis combined with high alert levels; vulnerable offensive…
The Cedar Revolution’
The article rejects the notion conveyed by the expression ‘the Cedar Revolution’ that Lebanon has recently experienced radical political changes. On the basis of an empirical survey of recent developments, it identifies four elements of continuity; the confessional nature of Lebanese politics, the omnipresence of trans-national alliances, the confrontational nature of the political rhetoric and the continuation of foreign interventions in Lebanon…
A
The “New Terrorism” and its Critics
This article attempts to fulfill a lacuna in the literature on terrorism by providing a systematic response to the widespread criticism of the concept of “new terrorism.” According to this conceptualization, the “new terrorism” is characterized by religious motivation, networked organizational structures, tendency to launch mass casualty attacks and possible use of weapons of mass destruction. This conceptualization is criticized by scholars who …
The New Counterterrorism
In the first decade of the twenty-first century we are witnessing the emergence of a new form of counterterrorism in several democratic states. This new counterterrorism is ideological–religious in its rhetorical outlook, networked in its organizational structures, increasingly lethal in its operational tactics and more and more brutal in its methods. The shift to an ideological–religious discourse can be traced back to a conceptual transformatio…
Exploring the Paradoxical Consequences of State Collapse
Relative social and economic well-being in the aftermath of a state's collapse is usually explained on the basis of a single case, Somalia, and with reference to the impact of endogenous factors such as the repressive and predatory nature of the state which collapsed and the ability of civil society actors and institutions to fulfil those functions that are normally performed by a state. This article challenges this theoretical view. As can be se…
Ashes of Hama
Published in a period of political and social turmoil in the Arab world, where Islamists of various orientations—moderates, conservatives and radical-jihadists—are among the most salient actors, Ra
Terrorism and fear
There is a widespread tendency among academics, state institutions and international organisations to regard intention to cause fear and intimidation as a key definitional characteristic of terrorism. This article argues that such a conceptualisation of terrorism is unfounded. A survey of mainstream terrorist doctrines (propaganda by the deed, foco theory–urban guerrilla warfare and armed propaganda, and jihadist doctrines) and writings of severa…
Explaining left wing terrorist behaviour – the missing link between terrorist tactics and mass mobilization in anarchist and Marxist-Leninist terrorist thinking
One of the well-established claims in terrorism studies is that terrorist organizations attempt to delegitimize the state by provoking state repression. This study argues that there is little empirical evidence to support this claim while there are a number of terrorist ideologues who openly warn against the perils of provoking state repression. Starting with a survey of the classical left-wing terrorist doctrines, "propaganda by the deed" and "a…
Marxism and Terrorism
Political science (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Law (10 works) · Politics (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Terrorism (5 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Ideology (4 works)