Rafael Reuveny is Professor of Political Economy at Indiana University. His books include Democracy and Economic Openness in an Interconnected System: Complex Transformations. William R. Thompson is Donald A. Rogers Professor of Political Science at Indiana University. His many books include Causes of War. Together they have coauthored Limits to Globalization: North-South Divergence and Growth, Trade, and Systemic Leadership.

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Acknowledgments

Introduction and Overview

1. Contemporary Terrorism: Origins, Escalation, Counter Strategies, and Responses
Rafael Reuveny and William R. Thompson

Part I: Origins

2. Precursors of Terror: Origins of European Extremism
Manus I. Midlarsky

3. The Technology of Terror: Accounting for the Strategic Use of Terror
Christopher K. Butler and Scott Gates

4. How to Win Enemies and Influence Terrorism: State Repression in Chechnya
Rhonda L. Callaway and Julie Harrelson-Stephens

5. Democratic Pieces: Democratization and the Origins of Terrorism
Erica Chenoweth

Part II: Escalation and Expansion

6. Internationalizing Domestic Conflict: From Local and Political Insurgency Toward Global Terrorism. The Colombian Case
Sandra Borda

7. Unspoken Reciprocity: The Effect of Major Shifts in Israeli Policy on International Terrorism
David Sobek and Alex Braithwaite

8. Unholy Alliances: How Trans-State Terrorism and International Crime Make Common Cause
Lyubov G. Mincheva and Ted Robert Gurr

Part III: Counter Strategies

9. Rational  Counterterrorism Strategy in Asymmetric Protracted Conflicts and its Discontents: The Israeli-Palestinian Case
Gil Friedman

10. Getting it Right: Understanding Effective Counter-Terrorism Strategies
William Josiger

11. Negotiating with Terrorists and the Tactical Question
I. William Zartman and Tanya Alfredson

Part IV: Responses

12. Who Supports Terrorism? Evidence from Fourteen Muslim Countries
C. Christine Fair and Bryan C. Shepherd

13. How Northern Norms Affect the South: Adopting, Adapting, and Resisting the Global War on Terror in South and Southeast Asia
Peter Romaniuk

14. Winners and Losers in the War on Terror: The Problem of Metrics
Michael Stohl

15. Reacting to Terrorism: Probabilities, Consequences and Persistence of Fear
John Mueller