Investigating the Calculated Elimination of Removable Enemies: The Puzzle of Terrorism Decapitation Research
Investigating the Calculated Elimination of Removable Enemies: The Puzzle of Terrorism Decapitation Research

Summary/Abstract: To claim that calculated actors (i.e., the counter-terrorist decision-makers), interested as they are in securing the indirect goal of political stability, will kill (or capture) terrorist leaders when they are in a position to do so, and with good results in terms of terrorist group mortality, may be a double tautology. This is presented as the puzzle of terrorism decapitation research: the paradox of doubts about the utility of something that may be seen as guaranteed to work.

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