Do targeted assassinations work: A multivariate analysis of Israel's controversial tactic during Al-Aqsa uprising

Article Abstract:

A study assesses the impact of Israel's targeted assassinations policy on rates of Palestinian violence from September 2000, the beginning of Al-Aqsa uprising, through June 2004. It concludes that targeted assassinations have no significant impact on rates of Palestinian attacks, implying that they may be useful as a political tool to signal a state's determination to punish terrorists and placate an angry public, but there is little evidence that they actually impact the course of an insurgency.

Israel, Palestine, Israeli foreign relations, Military policy, Palestinian Territories, Assassination, Palestine (Historical region), Arab-Israeli border conflicts

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Misjudging Islamic terrorism: The academic community's failure to predict 9/11

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Intense focus placed on by the International Relations (IR) community on issues concerning Asia, and especially China and Taiwan and Japan is seen as one of the reasons for its failure to predict the events that led to the terrorist attack in New York on 11 September 2001. The results of a quantitative study undertaken to determine the nature and scope of this failure and the reasons behind such failure are presented.

United States, China, Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Islam and politics, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001

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