Reid Sawyer

• On the Duration and Sustainability of Transnational Terrorist Organizations

  Open Access•Brock Blomberg, S Brock Blomberg et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Conflict Resolution•2010•Citada por: 29•Referências: 15

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  This article aims to improve scholars’ understanding of how transnational terrorist organizations emerge, survive, thrive, and eventually die.The authors use a data set that catalogues terrorist organizations and their attacks over time (the ITERATE database of thousands of terrorist events from 1968 through 2007) and merge those data with socioeconomic information about the environment in which each attack occurs. They use these data to trace th…

• White Paper Prepared for The Secretary of Defense Task Force on DoD Nuclear Weapons Management

  Scott Helfstein, Michael J Meese et al.•ARTICLE•Studies in Conflict and Terrorism•2009

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  This article was written at the request of the Secretary of Defense Task Force on DoD Nuclear Weapons Management. While this analysis suggests that certain types of terrorists can be deterred from certain types of attacks, it is less optimistic about the use of nuclear weapons in a terrorist deterrent strategy. A broad approach to deterrence may be effective against certain types of terrorist groups and attacks, making it crucially important to d…

• The Resurgent and Persistent Threat of al Qaeda

  Open Access•Reid Sawyer, M S Foster et al.•ARTICLE•The Annals of the American…•2008•Citada por: 1•Referências: 6

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  While the “Global War on Terror” has succeeded in constricting al Qaeda's ability to operate, it has not eliminated the threat. Al Qaeda is stronger and more resilient than at any time since 2001 due to its ability to adapt, innovate, and reconfigure its resources in response to a hostile counterterrorism environment. This article presents a new framework for considering the war against al Qaeda. Policy makers must recognize that the current conf…

• Countering Al Qaeda

  Brian Michael Jenkins, Russell D Howard et al.•BOOK•Countering Al Qaeda•2002

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• On the Duration and Sustainability of Transnational Terrorist Organizations

  Open Access•Brock Blomberg, S Brock Blomberg et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Conflict Resolution•2010•Citada por: 29•Referências: 15

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  This article aims to improve scholars’ understanding of how transnational terrorist organizations emerge, survive, thrive, and eventually die.The authors use a data set that catalogues terrorist organizations and their attacks over time (the ITERATE database of thousands of terrorist events from 1968 through 2007) and merge those data with socioeconomic information about the environment in which each attack occurs. They use these data to trace th…

• The Resurgent and Persistent Threat of al Qaeda

  Open Access•Reid Sawyer, M S Foster et al.•ARTICLE•The Annals of the American…•2008•Citada por: 1•Referências: 6

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  While the “Global War on Terror” has succeeded in constricting al Qaeda's ability to operate, it has not eliminated the threat. Al Qaeda is stronger and more resilient than at any time since 2001 due to its ability to adapt, innovate, and reconfigure its resources in response to a hostile counterterrorism environment. This article presents a new framework for considering the war against al Qaeda. Policy makers must recognize that the current conf…

• Countering Al Qaeda

  Brian Michael Jenkins, Russell D Howard et al.•BOOK•Countering Al Qaeda•2002

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• The Resurgent and Persistent Threat of al Qaeda

  Open Access•Reid Sawyer, M S Foster et al.•ARTICLE•The Annals of the American…•2008•Citada por: 1•Referências: 6

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  While the “Global War on Terror” has succeeded in constricting al Qaeda's ability to operate, it has not eliminated the threat. Al Qaeda is stronger and more resilient than at any time since 2001 due to its ability to adapt, innovate, and reconfigure its resources in response to a hostile counterterrorism environment. This article presents a new framework for considering the war against al Qaeda. Policy makers must recognize that the current conf…

• White Paper Prepared for The Secretary of Defense Task Force on DoD Nuclear Weapons Management

  Scott Helfstein, Michael J Meese et al.•ARTICLE•Studies in Conflict and Terrorism•2009

  Incluir item

  This article was written at the request of the Secretary of Defense Task Force on DoD Nuclear Weapons Management. While this analysis suggests that certain types of terrorists can be deterred from certain types of attacks, it is less optimistic about the use of nuclear weapons in a terrorist deterrent strategy. A broad approach to deterrence may be effective against certain types of terrorist groups and attacks, making it crucially important to d…

• On the Duration and Sustainability of Transnational Terrorist Organizations

  Open Access•Brock Blomberg, S Brock Blomberg et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Conflict Resolution•2010•Citada por: 29•Referências: 15

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  This article aims to improve scholars’ understanding of how transnational terrorist organizations emerge, survive, thrive, and eventually die.The authors use a data set that catalogues terrorist organizations and their attacks over time (the ITERATE database of thousands of terrorist events from 1968 through 2007) and merge those data with socioeconomic information about the environment in which each attack occurs. They use these data to trace th…

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