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Discusses the formation, political agenda, actions, and religious beliefs of various groups that use violent means to achieve their ends

This article introduces an extended data set of 760 terrorist groups that engaged in attacks during 1970 to 2016. Unlike most extant group data sets, the extended data on terrorist groups (EDTG) is not tied to terrorist groups and attacks listed in the RAND terrorism data; rather, EDTG is linked to terrorist groups and attacks given in the Global Terrorism Database. Terrorist groups' variables in EDTG include ideology, main goals, start date, duration, base country, attack diversity, peak size, alternative endings (if relevant), and others. We display interesting features of EDTG through a series of tables and figures. Our EDTG-based survival analysis is at odds with some of the literature: for example, the demise of a leader and a larger share of transnational terrorist attacks increase the group's odds of failure. After 2001, religious terrorist groups are more resilient than those with other ideologies. We also analyze terrorist group lethality and productivity.

This book is the definitive guide to the topical issue of the relationship between political parties that embrace the democratic process and terrorist groups which eschew the legal and procedural strictures of democracy.

Terrorist groups are typically classified by ideology or intent. An alternative classification is possible on the basis of functional pattern; its crucial dimensions are domestic versus foreign base of operations, & attacks directed against similar or alien populations. It is hypothesized that foreign-based groups tend to perpetrate international terrorism with the support of foreign countries, & that terrorists opposing groups dissimilar to themselves tend to adopt more indiscriminate tactics than those opposing groups similar to themselves. While foreign-based terrorists need to be opposed by reducing the motivation of the countries sponsoring them, domestic-based terrorists must be opposed by changing domestic public opinion. 1 Table. Modified HA.

Terror attacks have been typically performed by group members, which implies that perpetrators were not independent actors, but acted violently as being part of a larger group. In addition, the execution of terrorist attacks is not only facilitated by macro-level factors but also as the tools to increase payoffs, survival, and maintenance at the group level. As links between disgruntled individuals and society, organizational behavior elements are something that needs to be examined. In this paper, several organizational behavior theories to compare were applied and contrast between terrorist groups and normal organizations under the categories of mobilizations, decision-making, and leadership.