Handbook of Terrorist and Insurgent Groups

A Global Survey of Threats, Tactics, and Characteristics
Herausgeber: Fabe, Amparo Pamela; Romaniuk, Scott N.; Besenyo, Janos; Roul, Animesh

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the most current and significant terrorist and insurgent groups around the world. The purpose is to create a descriptive mosaic of what is a pointedly global security challenge.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 770
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 210mm
• Gewicht: 1450g
• ISBN-13: 9781032714905
• ISBN-10: 1032714905
• Artikelnr.: 70005627

Autorenporträt

Scott N. Romaniuk is a research fellow at the Corvinus Centre for Contemporary Asia Studies (CAS) within the Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies (CIAS) at Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary, and a senior research affiliate with the Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society (TSAS). Animesh Roul is the executive director of the New Delhi-based policy research group Society for the Study of Peace and Conflict and a contributing analyst for The Jamestown Foundation. Amparo Pamela Fabe is a visiting fellow at the International Centre for Policing and Security at the University of South Wales and a 2023 fellow of the Irregular Warfare Initiative with the Modern War Institute of the United States Military Academy. János Beseny¿ is a professor at Óbuda University, Donát Bánki Faculty of Mechanical and Safety Engineering, and head of the Africa Research Institute. He served as a professional soldier for 31 years and participated in several peace operations in Africa and Afghanistan.

Inhaltsangabe

I. Conceptual Matters 1. Conceptualizing Insurgency 2. The Architecture of
Counterinsurgency: From Classical to Quantum and Beyond 3. A Typology of
Insurgency and Counterinsurgency 4. Western Counterinsurgency Theoretical
Development in the 20th and 21st Centuries 5. Terrorism: Looking Though the
Definitional Kaleidoscope 6. Epistemological Foundations of Terrorism 7.
Religion as a Source of Terrorism 8. Correlations Between Terrorism,
Extremism, and Fundamentalism 9. Wars for Limited Political Aims - Not
"Limited War" 10. Examining the Roots of Modern Urban Terrorism: M19 and
Shining Path in the Western Hemisphere 11. Blending Counterinsurgency to
Defeat Hybrid Threats 12. The Crime-Terror Nexus 13. State Sponsored
Terrorism: Perspectives on its Practice, Evolution, and Impacts 14. The
Terror of War: Ever Present and Always in Error? 15. From Nation State
Terrorism to Market State Terrorism 16. Homegrown Terrorism 17. The Rise in
Lone Wolf Attacks: Myth or Reality 18. Non-State Armed Group Transition to
Party Politics 19. Jihadist Governance in the Middle East 20. The Anatomy
of Terror: The Agents and Audiences of Political Terror 21. Franchising
Terrorism and Insurgencies: From Al-Qaeda, ISIS, to Boko Haram 22. High
Value Targeting and International Society's "Warfare Trap" 23. Disengaging
from Armed Conflict: Cameroon's Disarmament, Demobilization, and
Reintegration of Former Boko Haram Militants and Anglophone Separatists
24. From "Black Widows" to "ISIS Brides:" Female Recruitment Practices of
Islamist Terrorist Networks 25. Cyber-Terrorism: A Concept in Flux 26.
Turning to Terror Online: Social Media, Recruitment, and Radicalization 27.
Cyber Counter-Terrorism: States, Security Services, and Investigations in a
Digital Age 28. The Importance of Security Awareness in Healthcare: Threat
Vectors, Environmental Specifics, and Mitigation Opportunities Part II. The
Cases. Africa. 29. Jihad in the Horn of Africa: Somalia's Al-Shabaab
Islamist Insurgency 30. The Role of the Amniyat in Aiding Al-Shabaab's
Leadership Motivations (Somalia) 31. Boko Haram 32. Ansar al-Dine:
"Defenders of the Faith" and State Fragility in Mali 33. Al-Qaeda in the
Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) 34. National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad
(MNLA) 35. The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) Insurgency in Uganda. The
Americas. 36. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army
(Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - Ejército del Pueblo,
FARC-EP) 37. Understanding Sendero Luminoso's Peruvian Terrorism 38. The
Zapatista Army of National Liberation's (EZLN) Revolutionary Struggle 39. A
History of Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN) 40. Camarena as
Context: Mexico, Drug Cartels, and Structures of Insecurity. Europe. 41.
Terrorists as Defenders: The Irish Republican Army 42. The Fighting
People's Revolutionary Powers 43. Chechen Terrorism: From Modest
Nationalist Claims to the Caucasus Emirate 44. Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA).
Near and Middle East. 45. The Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK): Origins,
History and Strategic Transformation 46. The Syrian Muslim Brotherhood
(SMB) 47. Hezbollah 48. Hezbollah in Turkey: ¿lim 49. Harakat Al-Mukavvama
Al-Islamiyah - Hamas Filiz Katman 50. ISIS: The Dramatic Rise and Decline
of an Al-Qaeda Offshoot 51. Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham and Jabhat al-Nusra 52.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) 53. Ansar Allah (Houthi Rebels)
54. Military Dimension of Palestinian Religious Nationalism: Izz ad-Din
al-Qassam Brigades 55. Jaish al-Mahdi (The Mahdi Army). Central Asia. 56.
Al-Qaeda Central in Afghanistan and Pakistan: Past, Present and Future 57.
Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) in Pakistan 58. Terrorism,
Insurgency, and Peace: The Afghan Taliban and Composite Factions 59. The
Haqqani Network 60. Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) 61. Islamic
State-Khorasan Group (ISK): Dominating Jihad in Afghanistan and Pakistan
(2015-2022) 62. The Balochistan Insurgency. South Asia. 63.
Hizbul-Mujahideen (Kashmir) 64. Indian Mujahedeen: Homegrown Jihadist of
India 65. The Indian Maoists: Naxalbari, Lalgarh, Dantewada, and Beyond 66.
The Wave of Global Maoism and the Maoists of Nepal 67. Lashkar-e-Taiba
(LeT) 68. Jaish-e-Mohammad (The "Army of Mohammed") 69. Tehreek-i-Taliban
Pakistan (TTP) 70. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) 71.
Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh: Core and Offshoots 72. United Liberation
Front of Asom (ULFA). Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific. 73. Tibetan
Resistance and Insurgency 74. Between Criminality and Terrorist Violence:
The Abu Sayyaf Group in the Philippines 75. The Evolution of the Moro
Islamic Liberation Front: From Armed Conflict Actor to Peace Agreement
Signatory with the Philippines 76. Leaving a Wake of Death and Destruction:
The Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army, and the National
Democratic Front 77. Ethnic Divide and Armed Insurgent Groups in Myanmar
78. Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army: Spearheading Myanmar's Islamic
Insurgency 79. Islamic Insurgency in Southern Thailand: The Mara Patani and
Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) 80. Jema'ah Islamiyah in Indonesia 81. From
Rebels to Terrorists: The Future of the Maoist Insurgency in the
Philippines