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Behavior, Internal Organization, and Survival of Terror Groups

In: Economics of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Measures

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  • Satya P. Das

    (University of South Florida)

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This chapter depicts a terrorist organization as a business firm, while recognizing some critical differences. In the process, it prepares grounds for featuring a terrorist group in an economic model. It illustrates competitive and cooperative interaction among terror groups (like business firms), develops the basics of the mathematical theory of networks, and applies it to study the structure of connection or networking in terrorist organizations. We also discuss how, like business firms, terror groups face internal problems of delegation, except that these are more severe in view of security risks. The chapter contains specific recommendations of counter-terrorism measures which are likely to worsen these internal problems and thereby weaken terrorist organizations. It ends with analyzing the factors that explain the survival period or lifetime of terrorist organizations.

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  • Satya P. Das, 2022. "Behavior, Internal Organization, and Survival of Terror Groups," Springer Books, in: Economics of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Measures, chapter 0, pages 323-366, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-96577-8_7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-96577-8_7
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