1st Edition

The Routledge Companion to Terrorism Studies New Perspectives and Topics

Edited By Max Abrahms Copyright 2025
318 Pages
by Routledge

318 Pages
by Routledge

318 Pages
by Routledge

Although the literature on terrorism is vast, there are many holes in it. This book helps to fill these lacunae with entries from top terrorism scholars and counterterrorism practitioners in the world. Grouped thematically by terrorist actors, conflict zones, major attacks, terrorist behaviors, militant group dynamics, terrorist consequences, and counterterrorism approaches, the entries cover a... Read more

Introduction

Max Abrahms

 

I: RECONCEPTUALIZING TERRORISM

1. Defining Terrorism: Why It Matters                       

Alex P. Schmid

2. Terrorism and Research Design: How to Avoid Common Pitfalls and Learn to Spot Them

Anna Getmansky and Charlie Carter

3. The Social History of Political Violence

Timothy K. Wilson

4. State Terrorism: The Elephant in the Room

Richard Jackson

5. Terrorism and Mass Shootings

Adam Lankford

6. Terrorism During Civil War

Costantino Pischedda

 

II: UNDERSTUDIED TERRORISTS

7. Militant Islamist Extremism in Southeast Asia

Peter Chalk

8. Terrorism in the Sahel

Mathieu Bere

9. Terrorism in Latin America: A Neglected Region in Terrorism Studies

Román D. Ortiz

10. The Ustasha Regime, 1941-1945: An Understudied Case Study in Terrorism Studies

Rory Yeomans

11. Women's Engagement with Political Violence and Terrorism

Amira Jadoon and Sibongile Majola

12. Terrorism’s Gender Dynamics: Women, Men, and Da’esh

Valentine M. Moghadam

13. Far-Right Terrorism: The History, Present, and Future

Arie Perliger

III: TERRORIST INNOVATIONS

14. Terrorist Groups and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A Growing Threat

Michael J. Boyle

15. New and Emerging Technologies for Terrorists

Jean-Marc Rickli and Christina Liang

16. Terrorism and Information Warfare

Joseph Mroszczyk

17. Terrorism and Social Media

Alexa Mendoza and Jared R. Dmello

18. Cyberterrorism: How Terror Groups Use Cyberspace

Matthew S. Cohen and Chuck D. Freilich

 

IV: NEW TOPICS IN TERRORISM STUDIES

19. The Social Ecology of Trauma and Extremist Violence

Helary Yakub and Anthony C. Lopez

20. Terrorism and Foreign Interference

Dov H. Levin

21. Terrorism and the United Nations

Miruna Barnoschi

22. The Great Replacement Theory

Tahir Abbas

23. The Crime-Terror Nexus: A Burgeoning Research Area

Annette Idler

24. Vying to Win: Understanding Terrorist Competition

Sloane K. Loges and Stephen C. Nemeth

25. Terrorism and Publicity: Is the Conventional Wisdom Changing?

Aaron M. Hoffman

 

V: HOW MUCH HAS TERRORISM REALLY EVOLVED?

26. Is the ‘New’ Terrorism of Today Truly New?

Marina Eleftheriadou and Andreas Gofas

27. The Evolution of Modern Terrorism

Stuart Gottlieb

28. The Irish Republican Army: Implications for Terrorism Studies

Richard English

29. Islamist Political Violence: Deconstructing the Threat

Mohammed M. Hafez

30. Black September and Its Enduring Counterterrorism Legacy

Fred Burton

31. The Evolution of Hezbollah

Daniel Sobelman

32. Palestinian Terrorism: How Is It Different?

Boaz Ganor

 

VI: RESPONSES TO TERRORISM

33. Is Terrorism an Effective Tactic? Evolution in the Conventional Wisdom

Max Abrahms

33. Terrorism and Overreaction

James J.F. Forest

34. Human Rights and Terrorism

Tom Parker

35. Targeted Killing: Weighing the Pros and Cons

Dan DePetris

36. The War on Terror: The Past and Future Problem

Navin A. Bapat

Biography

Max Abrahms is a tenured professor of political science at Northeastern University, where he specializes in international security, especially terrorism. Abrahms has published extensively in leading academic and popular outlets such as International Security, International Organization, Foreign Affairs, New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and The Atlantic. He regularly consults for government agencies and provides analysis in the media on the contemporary terrorism landscape. Previously, Abrahms taught at Harvard, Johns Hopkins, and Dartmouth.