Six things we’ve learned about terrorism since 9/11
Today is the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania. This unprecedented attack prompted many academics to study terrorism, which is violence by a subnational group to obtain a political goal through intimidation.
We’ve pulled together an exhaustive survey of the terrorism literature. Here are six things we learned about terrorism around the globe.
1. Terrorists are rational.
Politicians and the news media often portray terrorists as irrational fanatics. Scholars disagree. They see terrorists as rational and sane individuals who think strategically about how to pursue their goals, however abhorrent those goals may be.… Seguir leyendo »