Transitioning from Operation Iraqi Freedom I to Operation Iraqi Freedom II, the United States' strategy of "the Surge" faced great challenges and achieved no clear result after its implementation. The Surge brought additional military equipment to Iraq and maximized U.S. forces'…
In this study, the researcher aims to look at how people would react to Islamists' online persuasive messages. This study is designed to measure the effects of two types of persuasive messages on people's attitude changes and information seeking behavior. Participants were recru…
The surge of international terrorism witnessed near the end of the twentieth century is often attributed to a Western-provoked aberration of ideological themes within the Islamic fundamentalist community. But is this perception accurate, or is it based on an institutionalized te…
The battle was clumsy, but decisive. It was won by the combined efforts of American Armed Forces, Afghan ground forces, Canadian Light Infantry, and special forces from a variety of nations. It was a pick-up fight that started off badly, but training, good will, and professional…
The purpose of this research is to gain a greater understanding of the current threat of al-Qaeda through the lens of economic analysis using the tools of both public choice theory and institutional analysis. Both analytic and game theoretic frameworks are employed to gain an op…
Despite the exponential growth in the number of publications in the field of terrorism, few of these studies are research-based, due to the secretive and dangerous nature of terrorists and terrorist groups. This study aimed to contribute the field by focusing on terrorist recrui…
The majority of studies on terrorist groups in the past have been conducted from the perspectives of political science, sociology, or psychology. This historical comparative study examines two terrorist organizations through a human resource development (HRD) lens. The study's g…
Since September 11, 2001, studies of Al Qaeda and international terrorism have focused almost exclusively on the roles of religious ideology, psychological deviation. and internal organizational features of terrorist organizations. Absent is an appreciation of the international …