While a small political economy literature on terrorism and counterterrorism dates back over two decades, there has been an explosion of such research since the attacks of September 11, 2001. This literature has attacked critical questions about terrorism and its consequences—including the structural determinants of terrorism, who becomes a terrorist, optimal counterterrorism policy, terrorism ...

When the subject of terrorism is discussed in the context of international law, the issue inevitably arises of how to define ‘terrorism’. A substantial number of international conventions have been agreed which deal with various aspects of terrorism, but in all these conventions terrorism is defined in a way that is specific to the subject-matter of the particular convention. No universal defin...

For decades, emergency planning for natural disasters, public health emergencies, workplace accidents, and other calamities has been the responsibility of government agencies on all levels and certain nongovernment organizations such as the American Red Cross. In the case of terrorism, however, entirely new approaches to emergency planning are under development for a variety of reasons. Terrori...

A the George W. Bush Administration has successfully prosecuted dozens of terrorism cases in the federal courts since the 9/11 attacks,1 Administration officials and other observers continue to argue that we need a special forum or specialized procedures for at least some sorts of terrorism cases. The principal concern has been that the rights available in federal court—especially the defendant...

Traditionally, the pricing of terrorism risk has been discovered from the balance of supply and demand in the insurance market, rather than evaluated from actuarial principles. Risk selection through the use of site security surveys has helped reduce the number of inferior risks, and systematic portfolio risk aggregation has limited the Probable Maximum Loss from any attack scenario. With such ...

Terrorist groups are currently using information and communication technologies (ICTs) to orchestrate their conventional physical attacks. More recently, terrorists have been developing a new form of capability within the cyber-arena to coordinate cyber-based attacks. This paper identifies that cyber-terrorism capabilities are an integral, imperative, yet under-researched component in establish...

Terrorist organizations change over time because of processes such as recruitment and training as well as counter-terrorism (CT) measures, but the effects of these processes are typically studied qualitatively and in separation from each other. Seeking a more quantitative and integrated understanding, we constructed a simple dynamic model where equations describe how these processes change an o...

While the study of terrorism has expanded dramatically since the 1970s, most analyses are limited to qualitative case studies or quantitative analyses of international incidents only—which comprise a very small proportion of all terrorist events. Until now, empirical data on both domestic and international terrorist events have not existed. We have compiled information from more than 69,000 ter...

Terrorist groups are currently using information and communication technologies (ICTs) to orchestrate their conventional attacks. More recently, terrorists have been developing a new form of capability within the cyber-arena to coordinate cyber-based attacks. This chapter identifies that cyber-terrorism capabilities are an integral, imperative, yet under-researched component in establishing, an...

This article explores the impact of counter-terrorism legislation and policy in Australia. In particular it explores how legislation facilitated prosecution and conviction of persons involved in home-grown terrorism, including analysis of investigation and prosecution policy surrounding the ul-Haque and Haneef cases. Particular attention is given to the terrorism trials involving Benbrika & Ors...