The Territorial Contours of Terrorism
A Conceptual Model of Territory for Non-state Violence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4087258 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jaume Castan Pinos (0000-0002-3202-9452, University of Southern Denmark, corresponding author), Steven M Radil (0000-0002-0985-8930, University of Idaho) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1027-1046 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Terrorism and Political Violence (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0954-6553 • E-ISSN: 1556-1836 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09546553.2018.1442328 |
| OpenAlex | W2797715362 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 29 |
Our article challenges a common discourse that terrorist groups are relatively disinterested in territory by exploring emerging theories about territory and territoriality. We use these theories to introduce a new conceptual model of the importance of territory for terrorism that contrasts a group’s Sovereignty Claims over Territory (SCOT), which corresponds with the ultimate territorial aims of the group, with its Effective Control of Territory (ECOT), which relates to the ability of an organization to exert influence over a particular territory. Contrasting these dimensions of territory allows us to develop several archetypes of territorially-motivated terrorism. Our model predicts that, in contrast to common deterritorial discourses, truly non-territorial terrorism is likely to be quite rare as most groups engaged in violence have territorial ambitions in one way or another. We then use our model to interrogate the salience of territory to three representative cases: the Islamic State, ETA, and FARC-EP. Our analysis shows that territory remains a central motivating factor for these groups as their overall territorial aims tend to remain constant whereas their ability to control territory is more susceptible to change. We conclude by discussing the implications of our model and analysis for future research
Criminology · Political science · Political violence · Politics · Sociology · Terrorism · Computer Science · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
Emerging Trends in Social Network Analysis of Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Introduction
Introduction to Geopolitics
The Logic of Violence in Civil War
The particularities of territory
The Myth of the Failed State and the War on Terror
Endgame for ETA Elusive Peace in the Basque Country
Rethinking Terrorist Safe Havens
Disaggregating and Defeating Terrorist Safe Havens
How Armed Groups Fight
Al-Qaeda's Innovative Improvisers
Misunderstanding terrorism
Learning about terrorism
No Man’s Land
More Terrible than Death
Missing the point
Sovereignty Regimes
Human Territoriality
Territory's Continuing Allure
Inside Al Qaeda
The significance of territory
Territoriality and beyond
Sovereign Inequalities and Hierarchy in Anarchy
Prosaic geographies of stateness
The territorial trap
Understanding the Islamic State's competitive advantages
A Fifth Wave of Terrorism? The Emergence of Terrorist Semi-States
The Dynamics Of Nationalist Terrorism
Paramilitarism and Colombia's Low-Intensity Democracy
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |