Der enttarnte Terrorist

Terrorist bombing

Bombings and explosion incidents directed against innocent civilians are the primary instrument of global terror. In the present review we highlight the major observations and lessons learned from these events. Five mechanisms of blast injury are outlined and the different type of injury that they cause is described. Indeed, the consequences of terror bombings differ from those of non-terrorism...

Terrorist Factions ∗

I study how a variety of structural and strategic factors affect terroristmobilization, the likelihood of a splinter faction forming, and the positions adopted by terrorist leaders. The factors considered include the state of the economy, the viability of institutions for the nonviolent expression of grievance, the ability of the factional leaders to provide nonideological benefits, and the ris...

das g?ttliche aus der sicht rumis und der romantiker

die kultur eines jeden landes kann als ein nicht in sich abgeschlossenes system angesehen werden, das durch das handeln der menschen, durch anpassung, ubernahme, bereicherung etc. mit unterschiedlichem grad der dynamik, st?ndig im wandel ist. als eine ihrer auspr?gungen, werden in der literatur verschiedener kulturkreise die interkulturellen gemeinsamkeiten deutlich sichtbar. der ursprung vorha...

Defending Multiple Terrorist Targets

This paper analyzes a situation in which multiple targets are exposed to a potential terrorist threat. The probability of an attack is determined endogenously in a game theoretic model. Assuming identical targets, the first-best policy requires that the investment in deterrence should be equalized across all targets. As each target tries to divert an attack to others, the symmetric equilibrium ...

Mapping Terrorist Organizations