that war is politics by other means is a reminder that the primary goal of the war against terror is not to defeat and eliminate those who aim to attack the United States and its allies. Rather it is to enhance the security of the American people and their allies. These goals are the same only if terrorist organizations such as al-Qaeda are isolated groups of criminals that need only be found a...

Studies of terrorism in general and suicide terrorism in particular tend to view terrorist groups independently+ However, what if the propensity for a terrorist group to adopt suicide tactics depends in part on its external linkages and the relationship between the organizational capabilities required to adopt the innovation and the organizational capabilities of the group? This article shows t...

September 11, 2001, when Islamists affiliated with the terrorist organization Al Qaeda attacked iconic buildings in United States, marked a turning point recent human history. The impact of these attacks goes far beyond other contemporary events, which triggered major geopolitical processes, such as 1956 Suez Crisis or 1979 Islamic Revolution Iran. If initially humanity was state shock, seeing ...