论恐怖主义网络

Terrorism Networks

恐怖主义领域研究最新发展是:越来越多的人认识到侧重于群体内社会进程的分析框架,在提高我们对恐怖主义集团内部动态的理解方面非常有效。许多研究恐怖主义的学者已经开始研究恐怖主义团体出现和运作的方式以及成员角色和概况之间的关系。而对网络之于理解恐怖主义团体之间关系的潜在贡献以及影响政治对恐怖主义的反应的因素的关注较少。通过解释网络如何增进对恐怖主义集团竞争、合作、合并或分裂的理解以及恐怖主义应对工作中的困境来解决这些鸿沟,这些困境主要涉及各级政府和机构在国际和国家层面的协调与合作。

A recent development in the field of terrorism studies is the growing understanding that analytical frameworks that focus on in - group social processes are highly effective in improving our understanding of the inner dynamics of terrorist groups.Many students of terrorism have begun to challenge some fundamental conventions regarding the way terrorist groups emerge and operate and the relations between members'roles and profiles.Less attention has been given to the potential contribution of network science to understanding the relations between terrorist groups,as well as the factors shaping polities'responses to terrorism.This chapter fills these gaps by explaining how network science can increase understanding of how terrorist groups compete,cooperate,and merge or split,as well as the dilemmas involved in responses to terrorism,which mostly involve coordination and cooperation on the international and national levels among various levels of government and agencies.