Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

Suicide terrorism is rising around the world, but the most common explanations do not help us understand why. Religious fanaticism does not explain why the world leader in suicide terrorism is the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka, a group that adheres to a Marxist/Leninist ideology, while existing psychological explanations…

• SUAT BEGEÇ

The aim of this paper is to analyze significant trends which collectively have enough potential to transform the image of world order shaped through the globalization debates of 90s, by using Hardt and Negri’s work Hardt and Negri, 2000 as a base point. The main trends under review in this article are: the change in t…

Abstract This study investigated how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in a country perceive major global risks. The aim was to explore how country attributes and circumstances affect SME assessments of the likelihood, impacts, and rankings of global risks, and to find out if SME risk assessment and rankings differ…

Abstract States in Disguise provides a rigorous theoretical framework, within which to study the complex and fluid network of relationships between states and nonstate armed groups, including ethnic and religious insurgents, revolutionary groups, and terrorists. The theoretical framework builds on the presumption that…

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• SUZAN CEYLAN BATUR

This article draws on Hobbes and existentialist philosophy to contend that anxiety needs to be integrated into international relations (IR) theory as a constitutive condition, and proposes theoretical avenues for doing so. While IR scholars routinely base their assumptions regarding the centrality of fear and self-hel…

• BAHAR RUMELİLİ SANCAK

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• NURAY SAKALLI

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• ERHAN GENGEÇ
• GÜLÇİN AKBAŞ USLU

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• İREM METİN ORTA

We use a novel nonparametric causality-in-quantiles test to study the effects of terror attacks on stock-market returns and volatility in G7 countries. We also use the novel test to study the international repercussions of terror attacks. Test results show that terror attacks often have significant effects on returns,…

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• AGUSTİN MARİANO IBANEZ

The purpose of this study was to determine the associations between religion, suicidal behavior, attitudes and psychological distress in 5572 students from 12 countries by means of a self-report questionnaire. Our results showed that an affiliation with Islam was associated with reduced risk for suicide ideation, howe…