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When President Barack Obama announced the assassination of Osama bin Laden, many Americans hoped the killing of al-Qaida's leader would sound the death knell for the organization. Since 9/11, killing and capturing terrorist leaders has been a central element in U.S. counterterrorism strategy. This practice, known as leadership decapitation, is based on the logic that removing key figures will disrupt the organization and contribute to its ultimate failure. Yet many scholars have argued that targeted killings are ineffective or counterproductive, questioning whether taking out a terror network's leaders causes more problems than it solves.In Targeting Top Terrorists, Bryan C. Price offers a rich, data-driven examination of leadership decapitation tactics, providing theoretical and empirical explanations of the conditions under which they can be successful. Analyzing hundreds of cases of leadership turnover from over two hundred terrorist groups, Price demonstrates that although the tactic may result in short-term negative side effects, the loss of top leaders significantly reduces terror groups' life spans. He explains vital questions such as: What factors make some terrorist groups more vulnerable than others? Is it better to kill or capture terrorist leaders? How does leadership decapitation compare to other counterterrorism options? With compelling evidence based on an original dataset along with an in-depth case study of Hamas, Targeting Top Terrorists contributes to scholarship on terrorism and organizational theory and provides insights for policy makers and practitioners on some of the most pressing debates in the field

Introduction -- The evolution of Pakistan: origins of the terrorism issue -- The birth of extremism: internal and external factors -- Pakistan during the Musharraf years: 1999-2002 -- The ungovernable tribal region: post-9/11 centerpiece -- The Talibanization of Pakistan -- Pakistan on the brink -- The third time is not a charm: the reemergence of Nawaz Sharif

Why do hard-line terrorists decide to leave their organizations and quit the world of terror and destruction? This is the question for which Julie Chernov Hwang seeks answers in Why Terrorists Quit.Over the course of six years Chernov Hwang conducted more than one hundred interviews with current and former leaders and followers of radical Islamist groups in Indonesia. Using what she learned from these radicals she examines the reasons they rejected physical force and extremist ideology, slowly moving away from, or in some cases completely leaving, groups such as Jemaah Islamiyah, Mujahidin KOMPAK, Ring Banten, Laskar Jihad, and Tanah Runtuh. Why Terrorists Quit considers the impact of various public initiatives designed to encourage radicals to disengage, and follows the lives of five radicals from the various groups, seeking to establish trends, ideas, and reasons for why radicals might eschew violence or quit terrorism.Chernov Hwang has, with this book, provided a clear picture of why Indonesians disengage from jihadist groups, what the state can do to help them reintegrate into nonterrorist society, and how what happens in Indonesia can be more widely applied beyond the archipelago.

Foreword by Francis T. Cullun -- Part I. Terrorism in Context : 1. Meeting Deniz -- 2. The History of the Kurds and the PKK -- Part II. The Freedom Fighter's Own Story : Section A. Becoming a Terrorist : 3. The Early Years -- 4. Joining the PKK -- 5. Mission Training -- Section B. Being a Terrorist : 6. Rangers and My First Mission -- 7. Turkish Oppression toward the Kurdish Villagers -- 8. The PKK Organization -- 9. On the Way to Damascus, Syria -- 10. War against Barzani's Peshmerghas -- 11. The Chaotic Situation at Central Headquarters Command -- 12. The Women Guerillas of the Organization -- 13. The War against the YNK -- 14. Internal Conflict within the Organization -- 15. That's All She Wrote! -- 16. The Trip to Amed -- 17. Recruiting New Guerillas -- 18. Decision to Keep My Hands Off -- Section C. Prison and Beyond : 19. Leaving the PKK -- 20. The Prison and the General -- 21. Penitence (Second Thoughts) -- 22. The Turks, the Kurds, and the Last Chance -- Part III. Conclusion : 23. Lessons from a Terrorist's Own Story

Government accountability in the nineteenth century -- Bivens and government accountability in the twentieth century -- Human rights and War on Terror litigation -- Evaluating the effectiveness of Bivens litigation -- Evaluating justifications for judicial silence -- Congressional ratification of the bivens action -- Applying Bivens to conduct outside of the United States -- Overcoming qualified immunity -- Common-law solutions to judge-made problems

Matthias (14) besucht seinen Bruder, der auf Sylt in einem Heim lebt, weil er anders ist als es Normen vorgeben. Während dieses Aufenthalts begegnet er Marta, der Betreuerin seines Bruders und verliebt sich in sie. Jahre später - Matthias hat gerade sein Studium in Berlin begonnen - treffen sie sich wieder und kommen einander näher. Doch Marta bewegt sich in radikalpolitischen Kreisen und ist schließlich führend an der Ermordung von Matthias' Pflegevater beteiligt. (Mirjam Kloß-Mallmann)

Introduction 1. - 1. NATO Redux: 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq and Beyond 8. - 2. Facing the Enemy 28. - 3. Tipping the Eurostrategic Balance 53. - 4. Strategic Vacation 74. - 5. The Search for a New Strategic Consensus 93. - 6 .NATO Today 106. - 7. NATO: The Enduring Alliance? 127