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Terrorism As A Backfire Process, Brian Martin
Terrorism As A Backfire Process, Brian Martin
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
Terrorism is widely seen as an injustice, naturally enough because it is a blatant violation of human rights. The reaction against actions that are perceived as unjust can be called 'backfire'. The concept of backfire is an extension of Gene Sharp's political jiujitsu concept. The strange thing about terrorism is that it seems designed to backfire. Look in turn at each of the five methods of inhibiting backfire. First is cover-up. Terrorists commonly carry out their actions publicly and announce responsibility for them. They expose their actions rather than covering them up. Second is devaluing the target. Usually terrorists have …
Jemaah Islamiyah And The Threat Of Chemical And Biological Terrorism, Adam Dolnik, Rohan Gunaratna
Jemaah Islamiyah And The Threat Of Chemical And Biological Terrorism, Adam Dolnik, Rohan Gunaratna
Faculty of Law - Papers (Archive)
Over the course of the past decade, the possibility of the use of chemical and biological weapons (CBW) by non-state actors has been a topic of extensive academic and public debate. Originally, this debate concentrated primarily on capabilities, where the ease of acquisition of CBW materials after the breakup of the Soviet Union, as well as more widespread availability of information needed for the production and weaponization of CBW agents, were the sources of major concern. Relatively recently, the debate was brought to a more realistic level through the acknowledgment of technical hurdles associated with the successful delivery of CBW …