Building the Base
Al Qaeda's Focoist Strategy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12408241 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kenneth Payne (0000-0002-4688-9285, King's College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 124-143 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Conflict and Terrorism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1057-610X • E-ISSN: 1521-0731 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1057610x.2011.538832 |
| OpenAlex | W2057854225 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
Al Qaeda has developed a coherent strategy for insurgent violence that has much in common with the focoism advocated by Che Guevara in the 1960s. In their strategic writing, explored here, key Islamist strategists stress the role of violence in creating revolution, and describe the export of committed fighters to focoist enclaves at the margins of enemy control. In contrast to some prominent themes in recent scholarship, the article argues that physical space is demonstrably important to the revolutionaries, that their development of leaderless jihad is designed to supplement not replace territorial control, and that their violence is avowedly strategic
Al qaeda · Base (topology · Computer security · Forensic engineering · Political science · Terrorism · Computer Science · Engineering · Law · Mathematics · Military History and Strategy · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.62 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2022 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |