NB Terrorism

06/01/2021

In recent years, attacks originating from the far right of American politics have targeted religious and ethnic minorities, with a series of antigovernment militants, religious extremists, and lone-wolf mass shooters inspired by right-wing ideologies. The need to understand the nature and danger of far-right violence is greater than ever.

Drawing on a comprehensive dataset of more than 5,000 attacks and their perpetrators from 1990-2017, AMERICAN ZEALOTS: Inside Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism by Arie Perliger (Columbia University Press) provides a wide-ranging and rigorously researched overview of right-wing domestic terrorism. Arie Perliger joins the NBN's Beth Windisch on the podcast 👇

https://newbooksnetwork.com/american-zealots

06/07/2020

In RADICALIZATION to TERRORISM: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press), Sophia Moskalenko and Clark McCauley propose 12 mechanisms that can move individuals, groups, and mass publics from political indifference to sympathy and support for terrorist violence, offering a rigorously informed overview of the insight that will enable readers to see beyond the relentless news cycle to understand where terrorism comes from and how best to respond to it. Listen in ⤵️

https://newbooksnetwork.com/s-moskalenko-and-c-mccauley-radicalization-to-terrorism-what-everyone-needs-to-know-oxford-up-2020/

09/06/2020

Kurt Braddock‘s new book, WEAPONIZED WORDS: The Strategic Role of Persuasion in Violent Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization (Cambridge University Press), applies existing theories of persuasion to domains unique to this digital era--social media, YouTube, websites, and message boards--to fight terrorist propaganda and the damage it causes. Braddock joins Beth Windisch ↙️

https://newbooksnetwork.com/kurt-braddock-weaponized-words-cambridge-up-2020/

04/03/2020

Maria Ryan's research explores how secondary fronts in the War on Terror in the Philippines, sub-Saharan Africa, Georgia, and the Caspian Sea Basin became key test sites for developing what the Department of Defense called “full spectrum dominance”: mastery across the entire range of possible conflict, from conventional through irregular warfare. Find out more about FULL SPECTRUM DOMINANCE (Stanford University Press) as Ryan joins Beth Windisch on the podcast ↙️

https://newbooksnetwork.com/maria-ryan-full-spectrum-dominance-irregular-warfare-and-the-war-on-terror-stanford-up-2019/

14/02/2020

Robin Pickering-Iazzi’s DEAD SILENT: Life Stories of Girls and Women Killed by the Italian Mafias, 1878-2018 is the first history of its kind in English. An open access ebook, this study literally “unburies” the identities of over 200 girls and women who lived in Italy between 1878 and 2018 and were killed by members of the organized crime from different regions of Italy. Learn more about the project on the podcast ⬇️

https://newbooksnetwork.com/robin-pickering-iazzi-dead-silent-life-stories-of-girls-and-women-killed-by-the-italian-mafias-1878-2018-u-wisconsin-milwaukee-2019/

09/12/2019

Never have so many possessed the means to be so lethal.

Our guest for this episode is Audrey Kurth Cronin, author of POWER TO THE PEOPLE: How Open Technological Innovation Is Arming Tomorrow's Terrorists (Oxford University Press), a new book on the many ways in which the diffusion of modern technology has given ordinary people access to weapons previously monopolized by the state. Listen in ⤵️

https://newbooksnetwork.com/audrey-kurth-cronin-power-to-the-people-how-open-technological-innovation-is-arming-tomorrows-terrorists-oxford-up-2019/

04/12/2019

The Bush School of Government & Public Service's David H. McIntyre joins Beth Windisch to discuss HOW TO THINK ABOUT HOMELAND SECURITY (Rowman & Littlefield), a two-volume guide to analyzing and evaluating theories of bureaucratic change against the national-level catastrophic threats we are most likely to face. Listen in 👇

https://newbooksnetwork.com/david-h-mcintyre-how-to-think-about-homeland-security-rowman-and-littlefield-2019/

15/10/2019

Security expert Joshua Tallis joins Beth Windisch to talk about THE WAR FOR MUDDY WATERS: Pirates, Terrorists, Traffickers, and Maritime Security (U.S. Naval Institute Press), his new book that develops a multidimensional view of the maritime threat environment, exploring the connections between the narcotics trade, trafficking, money laundering, and weak institutions. 🎧⤵️

https://newbooksnetwork.com/joshua-tallis-the-war-for-muddy-waters-pirates-terrorists-traffickers-and-maritime-security-naval-institute-press-2019/

15/06/2019

30/05/2019

The RAND Corporation's Brian A. Jackson is one of the authors of PRACTICAL TERRORISM PREVENTION: Reexamining U.S. National Approaches to Addressing the Threat of Ideologically Motivated Violence, an assessment of interagency efforts to respond to ideologically motivated violence with an emphasis on non-law enforcement means to address threats. Jackson is our guest on the podcast👇

https://newbooksnetwork.com/brian-a-jackson-practical-terrorism-prevention-rand-corporation-2019/

29/04/2019

For years Israel has relied on a strategy whereby they mete out threats and punishments against states that harbor hostile nonstate actors. But is it effective?

On this episode featuring TRIADIC COERCION (Columbia University Press) authors Wendy Pearlman and Boaz Atzili, we learn not only the details of this strategy, but also the logic behind its continued application and whether or not it actually works. 🎧⬇️

https://newbooksnetwork.com/wendy-pearlman-and-boaz-atzili-triadic-coercion-israels-targeting-of-states-that-host-nonstate-actors-columbia-up-2018/

12/04/2019

From the NBN archives: Mark Lauchs spoke with University of Oxford sociologist Federico Varese about his 2011 book, MAFIAS ON THE MOVE: How Organized Crime Conquers New Territories (Princeton University Press). Combining detailed stories with strategic data, Professor Varese's book explains how mafias expand across the globe and what circumstances help or hinder their operations.👂👇

https://newbooksnetwork.com/federico-varese-mafias-on-the-move-how-organized-crime-conquers-new-territories-princeton-up-2011/

11/02/2019

Based on three case studies of asymmetric conflicts, INSURGENT WOMEN: Female Combatants in Civil Wars (Georgetown University Press) investigates the mobilization of female fighters, their combat roles, and what happens to women when conflicts end. Check out Beth Windisch's conversation with the contributors 👇

https://newbooksnetwork.com/jessica-trisko-darden-alexis-henshaw-and-ora-szekley-insurgent-women-female-combatants-in-civil-wars-georgetown-up-2019/

02/10/2018

The use of social media by insurgents, criminal organizations, and nation-states raises questions about the internet's role as a propaganda tool. P.W. Singer, co-author of LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade, 2018) joins the NBN's Beth Windisch to discuss social media's role in modern conflict. Check it out!

https://newbooksnetwork.com/p-w-singer-and-emerson-t-brooking-likewar-the-weaponization-of-social-media-houghton-mifflin-harcourt-2018/

01/10/2018

Samuel Helfont‘s COMPULSION IN RELIGION: Saddam Hussein, Islam, and the Roots of Insurgencies (Oxford University Press, 2018) describes how Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein harnessed Islam in support of his Baathist regime. Hear Helfont's interview with James M. Dorsey on the podcast 👇

https://newbooksnetwork.com/samuel-helfont-compulsion-in-religion-saddam-hussein-islam-and-the-roots-of-insurgencies-in-iraq-oxford-up-2018/

31/08/2018

PAKISTAN UNDER SIEGE: Extremism, Society, and the State (The Brookings Institution, 2018) provides insight into Pakistan’s complex relationship with militancy and the role of the state in Islamicizing society. Author and UMD School of Public Policy professor Madiha Afzal joins us ⬇️

https://newbooksnetwork.com/madiha-afzal-pakistan-under-siege-extremism-society-and-the-state-brookings-2018/

30/08/2018

New Books in Terrorism & Organized Crime is now on Google Play!

https://play.google.com/music/m/Ihub2mucqkfqezwrn3vwwg37al4?t=New_Books_in_Terrorism_and_Organized_Crime

Interviews with Scholars of Terrorism and Organized Crime about their New Books

22/08/2018

Philip Thai sits down with Laurie Dickmeyer to discuss CHINA'S WAR ON SMUGGLING: Law, Economic Life, and the Making of the Modern State, 1842-1965 (Columbia University Press, 2018), which provides a fresh, insightful take on the development of the modern state during a period of dramatic change and challenges. 👇

https://newbooksnetwork.com/philip-thai-chinas-war-on-smuggling-law-economic-life-and-the-making-of-the-modern-state-1842-1965-columbia-up-2018/

10/08/2018

WITH US AND AGAINST US: How American's Partners Help and Hinder the War on Terror (Columbia University Press, 2018) offers a fresh and insightful perspective on U.S. counterterrorism cooperation with complex countries like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Egypt, Yemen, and Mali. Author Stephen Tankel joins James M. Dorsey for this podcast. ⬇️

http://newbooksnetwork.com/stephen-tankel-with-us-and-against-us-how-americas-partners-help-and-hinder-the-war-on-terror-columbia-up-2018/