Why Do Terrorists Attack Other Terrorists? Knowledge Discovery from the Global Terrorism Database

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dc.authorscopusid57202001254
dc.authorscopusid55210785600
dc.authorscopusid57195962410
dc.contributor.authorAtsa’am, Donald Douglas
dc.contributor.authorWario, Ruth
dc.contributor.authorAlola, Uju Violet
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-11T19:58:32Z
dc.date.available2024-09-11T19:58:32Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentİstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThe global terrorism database (GTD) shows that 3,207 out of the total 191,464 terror incidents across the world from 1970 to 2018 were targeted at other terrorists and non-state militias. This study investigated why terrorists attack other terrorists. The GTD has three variables on terrorism criteria that indicate the motive of an attack. The criteria include criteria 1: the attack incident was aimed to attain a political, economic, religious, or social goal; criteria 2: the attack incident was aimed to coerce, intimidate, or publicize to larger audiences; criteria 3: the attack incident was an action outside international humanitarian law. Obviously, all terror attacks satisfy criteria 3 by default. The risk ratio was deployed on the GTD to evaluate which of the two criteria (criteria 1 and 2) has an association with terror attacks on terrorists. It was discovered that terrorists attack other terrorists when the purpose is to attain a political, economic, religious, or social goal (criteria 1). However, when the purpose of an attack is to coerce, intimidate, or publicize to larger audiences (criteria 2), it is very unlikely that such an attack would be targeted at other terrorists. The relevance of these findings in counterterrorism is discussed. © 2021 Taylor & Francis.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/23800992.2021.1953825
dc.identifier.endpage138en_US
dc.identifier.issn2380-0992en_US
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85112512183en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage125en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/23800992.2021.1953825
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11363/8513
dc.identifier.volume23en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_US
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Intelligence, Security, and Public Affairsen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.snmz20240903_Gen_US
dc.subjectdivide and conquer; global terrorism database; knowledge discovery; risk ratio; Terror attacken_US
dc.titleWhy Do Terrorists Attack Other Terrorists? Knowledge Discovery from the Global Terrorism Databaseen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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