Countering Global Terrorism and Insurgency [electronic resource] : Calculating the Risk of State Failure in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq /
Underhill, N.author.
Explores current debates around religious extremism as a means to understand and re-think the connections between terrorism, insurgency and state failure. Using case studies of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq, she develops a better understanding of the underlying causes and conditions necessary for terrorism and insurgency to occur.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; 1 Understanding Terrorism, Insurgency, and State Failure; The problems of defining terrorism; What are the most common types of terrorism?; Insurgency; The problems of defining insurgency; What are the most common types of insurgency?; State failure; Defining and understanding state failure; Assessing and ranking a failed states; Summary; 2 Assessing the Connections between State Failure, Insurgency, and Terrorism; Failed states, terrorism, and insurgency: what are the connections?; State failure = a terrorist/insurgent threat?; Summary
3 Afghanistan: State Failure, Terrorism, and Insurgency in Context - Part 1The pre-Soviet era; The Soviet era (1979-1989); The Taliban era (1994-2001); 9/11 and beyond; State failure in context: Afghanistan a failed state?; Government/state weakness; Breakdown/decline of social, political, and economic order; Safe havens; Porous borders; Pools of recruits; Availability of weapons; Government complicity and support; 4 Afghanistan: State Failure, Terrorism, and Insurgency in Context - Part 2; Terrorism in Afghanistan; Factors influencing terrorism and insurgency in Afghanistan
Part 1: Political factorsPart 2: Economic factors; Part 3: Social/cultural factors; Part 4: External and environmental factors; Summary; 5 Pakistan: State Failure, Terrorism, and Insurgency in Context - Part 1; The creation of a nation-state; Pakistan's rapidly changing leadership; Musharraf's Pakistan; Failure in context: Pakistan a failed state?; The Pakistani state: connections to terrorism and insurgency; Government/state weakness; Breakdown and decline of social, political, and economic order; Safe havens; Porous borders; Pool of recruits; Availability of weapons
Government complicity/support6 Pakistan: State Failure, Terrorism, and Insurgency in Context - Part 2; Terrorism and insurgency in Pakistan; The origins of state failure, terrorism and insurgency in Pakistan; Part 1: Political factors; Part 2: Economic factors; Part 3: Social/cultural factors; Part 4: External and environmental factors; Summary; 7 Iraq: State Failure, Terrorism, and Insurgency in Context - Part 1; The pre-Saddam Hussein era; The Saddam Hussein era (1979-2003); US invasion and post-Saddam Iraq; Failure in context: Iraq a failed state?
The Iraqi state connections to terrorism and insurgencySafe havens; Porous borders; Pool of recruits; Availability of weapons; Government complicity and support; Summary; 8 Iraq: State Failure, Terrorism, and Insurgency in Context - Part 2; Part 1: Political factors; Part 2: Economic factors; Part 3: Social/cultural factors; Part 4: External and environmental factors; Summary; 9 Conclusion; Main findings of research; Concluding observations; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Explores current debates around religious extremism as a means to understand and re-think the connections between terrorism, insurgency and state failure. Using case studies of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq, she develops a better understanding of the underlying causes and conditions necessary for terrorism and insurgency to occur.
Religion and sociology.
Politics and war.
Globalization.
Political science.
Terrorism.
Political violence.
International relations.
Religion and Society.
Military and Defence Studies.
Globalization.
Political Science.
Terrorism and Political Violence.
International Relations.