Journal article
Strategic Targeting: The Islamic State and Use of Violence in Iraq and Syria
Terrorism and political violence, Vol.34(6), pp.1162-1184
08/2022
DOI: 10.1080/09546553.2020.1763963
Abstract
What explains the specific location of Islamic State attacks in Syria and Iraq? We consider how both ethnic and economic factors shape the group's decision-making about where to attack. We explore these competing motivations using spatial analysis of the Islamic State's individual acts of violence from 2013-2017. We find that both areas with ethnic heterogeneity and valuable economic rents are associated with more individual Islamic State violent events. By examing the micro-foundations of the Islamic State's conflict decisions, we provide further nuance to understanding the strategic logic of rebel groups during wartime.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Strategic Targeting: The Islamic State and Use of Violence in Iraq and Syria
- Creators
- Michael Burch - Eckerd CollegeElise Pizzi - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Terrorism and political violence, Vol.34(6), pp.1162-1184
- DOI
- 10.1080/09546553.2020.1763963
- ISSN
- 0954-6553
- eISSN
- 1556-1836
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 06/09/2020
- Date published
- 08/2022
- Academic Unit
- Center for Social Science Innovation; Political Science
- Record Identifier
- 9983988990002771
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