Suicide terrorism has become one of the most destructive and complex aspects to international terrorism of recent years. This study attempts an understanding of the phenomenon that causes numerous diverse people to sacrifice their own lives for terrorist attacks against Israel. The authors propose a typology of Palestinian suicide terrorists and identify four prototypes: the religious fanatic, the nationalist fanatic, the revenge seeker, and the exploited. These prototypes – especially the religious fanatic and nationalist fanatic...
The spectacular act of terrorism recently carried out in North Ossetia began as a hostage-taking incident and ended as a suicide attack resulting in over three hundred casualties, about half of them pupils at the school in which it took place. This attack, which provides additional and dramatic evidence of unrest in the Caucasus, is also one more example of the process that has transformed local conflicts into international terrorism since the attack of 9/11. For while the roots of the violent conflicts in the Caucasus lie in...
Table of Contents Preface Introduction Part I: Middle East Strategic Assessment Chapter 1 / The Middle East in Transition: An Overview / Ephraim Kam United States Involvement...
Table of Contents Preface Part I: Middle East Strategic Assessment Chapter 1 / The Middle East: The Stability Factor / Ephraim Kam The Region's Stability The Middle East After September 11...
Table of Contents Preface Part I: Middle East Strategic Assessment / Shlomo Brom Chapter 1: Major Developments in the Middle East Chapter 2: The Israeli-Arab Sphere: Crisis and Consequences Israel and the Palestinians Syria, Lebanon and Israel Regional Effects of the Israeli-Palestinian Violence Chapter 3: The Gulf: Back to the Future Iraq Rattles its Cage, Again Iran: Reform in Retreat Chapter 4: The Role of Extra-Regional Actors U.S. Policy at a Crossroads September 11 and its Middle East Aftermath Russia:...
