Counterterrorism
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Unfolding the Rationale Behind Suicide Terrorism as a Weapon of Choice
Abstract: There is a plethora of studies on suicide terrorism from different aspects, but researchers have failed to identify suicide attacks as a weapon of choice. This reluctance may stem from the fact that suicide terrorism does not fall under the strict terminology of ‘weapon’. Suicide attacks have been used as a weapon to accomplish Read more →
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National Risk Assessment on Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing: Lessons Learned
Abstract: As part and parcel of the international standards on combating money laundering and terrorism finance and proliferation, countries need to assess the risk of money laundering and terrorism financing. They should also ideally apply a risk-based approach to commensurate their economic resources according to the risk. To better understand the value of conducting a Read more →
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An Account On Al-Qaeda’s 9/11 Terrorist Attacks Financing
Abstract: Bin Laden and his co-conspirators analysed that a small amount of financing was sufficient for the 9/11 attack. Between $400,000 and $500,000 was spent planning and carrying it out. Experts account that a minute percentage of their total budget of $30 million annually is paid for weapons for AQ. Even though profits may be Read more →
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The International Standards On Countering The Financing Of Terrorism
Abstract: International recommendations on countering the financing of terrorism have been accepted as the benchmark when drafting national policies against terror financing. Still, the international recommendations are yet to clarify what needs to be included in terrorist financing. This paper examines the necessity to revise the international standards catered to countering the financing of terrorism. Read more →
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Financing Of Terrorism And The Characteristics Of A Terrorist Group
Abstract: Countering the financing of terrorism has become a national policy of deep concern in every country, rightly so. With the influence of the G7’s Financial Action Task Force (FATF), every member country commits to implementing the FATF recommendations on terrorist financing, irrespective of the types of terrorist organizations that are restricted. Although the member Read more →
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Assessing The Urban Terrorism Strategy Of The Kurdistan Workers’ Party In Turkey
Abstract: Since its emergence in the 1980s, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has been a significant source of concern to the state of Turkey. With the escalation of conflict between the Turkish state and the ethnic Kurdish community in the 1990s, the level of violence explicitly increased, and the civilian death toll rose to its Read more →
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Preventing Terrorist Activities through Social Media
Abstract: Security services cannot accurately monitor how much information both terrorists and radicalized people share online. Among the major social media platforms, a significant amount of content is posted under different subpages or channels. As such, there is a fundamental lacuna in nearly all research pertaining to harmful online content. For that same reason, civil Read more →
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The Normative Impact of the United States’ War on Terror Since 9/11
Abstract: This work advocates a Poststructuralist view of global terrorism norms, broadly defined, highlighting the understated role of the United States in determining established conceptions of terror. It outlines the US strategy to globally diffuse a purposive representation of terror, which has conditioned international behaviour towards terrorism both in discourse and in practice. Furthermore, the Read more →
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