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2015

Terrorism

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Terrorism Deterrence In A Two Country Framework: Strategic Interactions Between R&D, Defense And Pre-Emption, Abhra Roy, Jomon Aliyas Paul May 2015

Terrorism Deterrence In A Two Country Framework: Strategic Interactions Between R&D, Defense And Pre-Emption, Abhra Roy, Jomon Aliyas Paul

Abhra Roy

In this paper, we analyze the equilibrium responses (in terms of defense, R&D and preemption) to a potential terrorist attack in a two-country framework (Home and Foreign) using a multi-stage game with imperfect information. We highlight three different types of strategic interactions: (a) how the choice of defense, R&D and pre-emption affects the choice of the same in the other country (strategic interdependence across countries); (b) the strategic interaction between the instruments of terrorism deterrence, namely, defense, R&D and pre-emption in a given country and (c) the strategic interaction between the terrorist and the defender. Our main results are as …


German Foreign Fighters In Syria And Iraq, Daniel H. Heinke, Jan Raudszus Dec 2014

German Foreign Fighters In Syria And Iraq, Daniel H. Heinke, Jan Raudszus

Dr. Daniel H. Heinke

Description of socio-demographic data on German Islamist fighters for the "Islamic State"/ISIL in Syria and Iraq; discussion of governmental countermeasures.