The Logic of Terrorist Target Choice: An Examination of Chechen Rebel Bombings from 1997–2003

McCartan, Lisa M.; Masselli, Andrea; Rey, M.; Rusnak, Danielle

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“…Assessing potential indicators of terrorist motivation or capability also requires an appreciation for contextual factors, both large and small. Suspects’ ideological convictions are one relevant element in this regard, but research has also pointed, for instance, to the influence of socio‐geography on terrorists’ targeting and weapon selection preferences . More generally, terrorism seldom occurs in isolation from broader societal, economic, and (geo) political developments .…”

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Lone Actor Terrorist Attack Planning and Preparation: A Data‐Driven Analysis,

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Journal of Forensic Sciences

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ABSTRACT:This article provides an in-depth assessment of lone actor terrorists' attack planning and preparation. A codebook of 198 variables related to different aspects of pre-attack behavior is applied to a sample of 55 lone actor terrorists. Data were drawn from open-source materials and complemented where possible with primary sources. Most lone actors are not highly lethal or surreptitious attackers. They are generally poor at maintaining operational security, leak their motivations and capabilities in numerous ways, and generally do so months and even years before an attack. Moreover, the "loneness" thought to define this type of terrorism is generally absent; most lone actors uphold social ties that are crucial to their adoption and maintenance of the motivation and capability to commit terrorist violence. The results offer concrete input for those working to detect and prevent this form of terrorism and argue for a re-evaluation of the "lone actor" concept.

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Section: Insights From the Literature On Group‐based Terrorismmentioning

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Lone Actor Terrorist Attack Planning and Preparation: A Data‐Driven Analysis,

Schuurman

Bakker

Gill

et al. 2017

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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“…One might still call such behavior instrumentally rational and assume that the ultimate goal of terrorists is to damage the targeted economy to the most possible extent. While clinical studies might come to the conclusion that terrorists aiming at destruction as an ultimate objective are mentally disturbed, rationality in an economic sense 12 See for instance Crenshaw, 1981;Ruby, 2002b;Richardson, 2006;Abrahms, 2008;McCartan et al 2008;Post, 2008. 13 For an overview compare Jackson et al (2007).…”

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Discussing Concepts of Terrorist Rationality: Implications for Counterterrorism Policy

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Defence and Peace Economics

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“…The lack of other primary data (interviews and ethnographic material) regarding suicide attacks limits our capacity to criticize, challenge, or fully reject Speckhard and Akhmedova's model. In order to compensate for this lack of primary data about terrorism and suicide bombings, the majority of researchers have looked at the ideology behind these attacks, or their strategic and tactical characteristics (McCartan et al 2008;Moore 2012).…”

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A critical assessment of the scholarship on violent conflicts in the North Caucasus during the post-Soviet period

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This article provides an in-depth literature review of the different trends and debates in the English academic literature on the violent conflicts in the North Caucasus during the postSoviet period. This literature review is separated into three major debates and focused on four major themes that consistently appear in the study of violent conflicts in the North Caucasus: nationalism and identity (grievance), criminality and opportunism (greed), repression (revenge and trauma), and religion (radicalization). The first debate concentrates on the structural factors explaining mass mobilization in the North Caucasus following the end of the Soviet Union. The second debate underscores the role of religious radicalization in mobilization patterns in Chechnya and the North Caucasus, as well as its potential links with other conflicts (Afghanistan and Syria) and the importance of suicide bombings. Finally, the third debate focuses on the study of counter-insurgency and counterterrorism, the development of the Caucasus Emirate, and the diffusion of insurgent violence across the region. The article concludes by underlining the need to engage on a larger theorization of violent mobilization in the North Caucasus seeking to integrate structural, organizational and individual variables linking the global dynamics and local specificities of the region.

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The Logic of Terrorist Target Choice: An Examination of Chechen Rebel Bombings from 1997–2003

Cited by 22 publications

References 39 publications

Lone Actor Terrorist Attack Planning and Preparation: A Data‐Driven Analysis,

Lone Actor Terrorist Attack Planning and Preparation: A Data‐Driven Analysis,

Discussing Concepts of Terrorist Rationality: Implications for Counterterrorism Policy

A critical assessment of the scholarship on violent conflicts in the North Caucasus during the post-Soviet period

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