Does Terrorism Win Conflicts? - The Atlantic - 0 views
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Yet some of the most basic information about terrorism remains surprisingly elusive. For example: Does it work?
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There have been some attempts at answering the question, but many of them are either largely anecdotal or geographically constrained. Other studies have focused on international terror. But as political scientist Page Fortna of Columbia University notes, the vast majority of terrorism isn’t transnational—it’s localized, utilized in the context of civil wars and fights for territorial control.
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In short, no. “The disadvantages of terrorism generally outweigh its advantages,” Fortna writes
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