The evil of terrorism continued to plague the world throughout 2002, from Bali to Grozny to Mombasa. At the same time, the global war against the terrorist threat was waged intensively in all regions …
Shunning the Frumious Bandersnatch: Current Literature on Information Warfare and Deterence
Attempts to link information warfare and deterrence were inevitable. Emerging at the end of the Cold War, the concept of information warfare seemed to offer new relevancy for old doctrines, …
Restricting Information Warfare: Current Literature on Arms Control and Information Warfare
As the tools and techniques of information warfare continue to develop, policy will also progress to take the new capabilities and applications into account. Although the general subject of …
Terrorism and Newly Independent States
Scanning the Spring 2000 news from Russia's North Caucasus region might suggest that terrorism and insurgency there are on the run: Chechen resistance leader Shamil Basayev lost a leg to a mine while …
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Patterns of Global Terrorism 2000
The year 2000 showed that terrorism continues to pose a clear and present danger to the international community. From the millennium-related threats at the beginning of the year to the USS Cole …
Militias and Millenarians: a preliminary typology
“The Cold War is dead, long live the New World Disorder!” Whilst not exactly the official battle-cry for rogue-states or non-state actors, the sentiment behind this version of events is one that has …
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Patterns of Global Terrorism 1996
Although terrorism remains a concern in East Asia, national reconciliation efforts in Cambodia and the Philippines, and successful prosecutions in Japan, have helped reduce the terrorist profile in …
Patterns of Global Terrorism 1991
Terrorism in 1991 was marked by three major features. First, the number of international terrorist incidents increased 22 percent, from 456 in 1990 to 557 last year. This increase is solely …
Patterns of Global Terrorism 1990
The continuing decline in the number of international terrorist incidents during 1990 is encouraging. From a peak of 856 in 1988, the number of incidents decreased to 455 in 1990. Even more …
Patterns of Global Terrorism 1989
The year 1989 saw a steep decline in the number of terrorist acts committed worldwide-one of the sharpest yearly drops we have recorded since the advent of modern terrorism in 1968. The number of …