Research on Terrorism

Dr Andrew Silke has a background in forensic psychology and has worked both in academia and for the government. He has published extensively on terrorists and terrorism in journals, books and the popular press. His most recent book was Terrorists, Victims and Society: Psychological Perspectives on Terrorism and its Consequences, published by Wiley (2003). He is an Honorary Senior Research Associate of the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at the University of St Andrews and is a Fellow of the University of Leicester. His work has taken him to Northern Ireland, the Middle East and Latin America. He is a member of the International Association for Counterterrorism and Security Professionals and serves on the United Nations Roster of Terrorism Experts.

'Contributors examine the current issues dominating terrorism research and their impact on counter-terrorism policy and practice. All their findings deserve attention among terrorism analysts.'Joshua Sinai, The Washington Times

• 1. An Introduction to Terrorism Research 2. The Case for First-hand Research 3. The Devil You Know: Continuing problems with research on terrorism 4. WMD Terrorism Research: Past & future 5. Everything That Descends Must Converge: Terrorism, globalism and democracy 6. Terrorism and Knowledge Growth: A databases and internet analysis 7. What Do We Know About the Substitution Effect in Transnational Terrorism? 8. Conflict Theory and the Trajectory of Terrorist Campaigns in Western Europe 9. Breaking the Cycle: Empirical research and postgraduate studies on terrorism 10. The Road Less Travelled: Recent trends in terrorism research 11. The Future of Terrorism Research and the Search for Empathy