This edition of eJournal USA, "Countering the Terrorist Mentality," provides a look at the complex, global problem of terrorism. Several of the world’s leading scholars in this field, including Walter Laqueur, Bruce Hoffman, Jerrold Post, David Kilcullen, Mohammed Hafez, and Mia Bloom, examine the motivations of those who carry out terrorist attacks and the techniques terrorist organizations like al-Qaida use to recruit and motivate them.
Children suffer many loses when their societies are torn apart by terrorism, and their subsequent vulnerability to being recruited into extremism.
Terrorism is intended to intimidate or otherwise affect the behavior of a wide target audience.
The most powerful lens through which to view terrorist behavior is that of group, organizational, and social psychology, emphasizing collective identity.
Although women have long been involved in terrorist movements, they have recently migrated to more active, operational roles, including suicide bombers.
Like any theatrical engagement, modern terrorism pays meticulous attention to script preparation, cast selection, sets, props, role-playing, and stage management.
A leading terrorism expert provides some historical context for the phenomenon of modern-day terrorism.
With so many people exposed to the presumed generating conditions for terrorism, why is it that so few are actually recruited?
Jihadists in Iraq play on themes of humiliation, collusion, and redemption to demonize their enemies, motivate their cadres, and galvanize public support.
The need for a grand anti-terrorism strategy that can be sustained by the American people, successive U.S. administrations, key allies, and partners worldwide.
Cooperative international efforts against transnational terrorists have produced genuine security improvements, but major challenges remain.
The terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, raised the visibility of terrorism as a political tool and spurred nations around the globe to strengthen their cooperation and institutions to combat it.
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