Illuminating the global suicide-attack network / Benjamin Acosta, Steven J. Childs
Language: English Subject(s): In: Studies in Conflict & terrorism . -- v.36, n.1 (Jan. 2013)Scope and content: This article examines the contemporary phenomenon of suicide attacks by fusing network analysis and time-series econometrics. The authors find that a global network of militant organizations drives the reproduction of the suicide-attack phenomenon, and brokers within the network mark the primary perpetrators and diffusers of the tactic.Revista R0118 (MAEC- Biblioteca Central)
This article examines the contemporary phenomenon of suicide attacks by fusing network analysis and time-series econometrics. The authors find that a global network of militant organizations drives the reproduction of the suicide-attack phenomenon, and brokers within the network mark the primary perpetrators and diffusers of the tactic.