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Aspects of the Peruvian Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) are studied, including leadership, structure, & terrorist strategies. Overviews of leader Abimael Guzman's educational & political careers & Maoist political agenda are presented. It is maintained that Sendero Luminoso views armed conflict as the only way to realize its political objectives; the group's escalation of violence during the early & mid-1980s is documented to bolster this position. Multiple factors that have expedited the organization's growth are identified including its isolation from Peruvian society & reliance on violence. However, several elements may threaten Sendero Luminoso's stability in the future, including its decision to not develop international ties with other states or terrorist organizations & the eventual death of Guzman. It is concluded that the weak nature of Peru's democratic institutions renders the government extremely vulnerable to terrorist behavior. J. W. Parker

Ausgehend von einem Überblick über die Entwicklung und den gegenwärtigen Stand der Präsenz und der militärtechnischen Kapazitäten der sowjetischen Seestreitkräfte im Mittelmeerraum untersucht der Autor insbesondere die Bedeutung sowjetischer Nutzungsmöglichkeiten ägyptischer und syrischer Militärbasen für die Militärplanung und die operationelle Flexibilität des sowjetischen Mittelmeerflottengeschwaders - und entsprechend die Implikationen des Verlustes dieser Nutzungsrechte - sowie die Funktion der sowjetischen Flottenpräsenz im Mittelmeer als Instrument sowjetischer Diplomatie in Friedenszeiten und als Druck-/Machtmittel in Kriegszeiten zur Durchsetzung der regionalen bzw. lokalen Ziele und Interessen der UdSSR. (BIOst-Klk)

How do terrorists & terrorist groups make decisions, & what influence do terrorist decision-making styles have on the course of a terrorist campaign? Efforts to answer these questions have centered on three sets of theories. In order of generality, these are (a) strategic theories, in which the decision to employ terrorism & related forms of political violence is considered to be an instrumental choice; (b) organizational theories, in which the sources of violence are found in the internal dynamics of the terrorist group itself; & (c) psychological theories, in which the decision to employ terrorism is explained within the framework of individual psychology. Most observers agree that these lines of inquiry are not mutually exclusive, but each offers a distinctive approach to terrorist decision making. This essay examines each of these theoretical approaches in turn. It concludes with a brief discussion of the decision-making constraints that help shape terrorist life cycles. 1 Figure, 224 References. Adapted from the source document.

Force without war: armed forces as a political instrument / Blechman, Barry M. u.a. (Hrsg.) - Washington : Brookings, 1978 + Diplomacy of power: Soviet Armed Forces as a political instrument / Kaplan, Stephen S. u.a. (Hrsg.). - Washington : Brookings, 1981