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Insights into Dissident Terrorism Paradigms

Explore the revolutionary, nihilist, and nationalist dissident terrorism paradigms, with case studies from Latin America, Middle East, and Europe. Delve into the blurred lines between terrorism and freedom fighting, and uncover the emergence of new dissident terrorist moralities and tactics.

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Insights into Dissident Terrorism Paradigms

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  1. Third EditionUnderstanding TerrorismChallenges, Perspectives, and Issues

  2. Chapter 5 Terror From Below Dissident Terrorism

  3. A Dissident Terrorism Paradigm • Revolutionary Dissident Terrorism • Nihilist Dissident Terrorism • Nationalist Dissident Terrorism

  4. A Dissident Terrorism Paradigm(continued) • Revolutionary Dissident Terrorism • A clear world vision. • Goal: Destroy an existing order to build a well-designed new society. • Case: Marxist revolutionary movements in Latin America.

  5. A Dissident Terrorism Paradigm(continued) • Nihilist Dissident Terrorism • “Revolution for the sake of revolution.” • Goal: Destroy an existing order with no clear alternative for the aftermath. • Victory is destruction of the old society. • Cases: Abu Nidal. Al Qaeda network.

  6. A Dissident Terrorism Paradigm(continued) • Nationalist Dissident Terrorism • Championing the national aspirations of groups of people. • Goal: Mobilize a particular demographic group against another group or a government. • Distinguished by their cultural, religious, ethnic, or racial heritage. • Cases: Kurds in Turkey and Iraq. Catholics in Northern Ireland.

  7. Self-Perception: Terrorists or Freedom Fighters?

  8. Antistate Dissident Terrorism • Antistate Terrorist Environments • Defined by idiosyncrasies of each country and movement. • Histories that are unique to each society/ • The Terrorists’ Faith in Victory • Defeat is unthinkable. Victory is inevitable. • Utopian visions justify their means and guarantee the triumph of their idealized ends.

  9. Communal Terrorism • Ethnonationalist Communal Terrorism • Religious Communal Terrorism • Ideological Communal Terrorism

  10. Communal Terrorism(continued) • Ethnonationalist Communal Terrorism • Terrorism directed against ethnic populations. • Scale of violence varies considerably from region to region. • Case: Violence between Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda and Burundi.

  11. Communal Terrorism(continued) • Religious Communal Terrorism • Sectarian violence often combining religious and ethnic cultural identity. • Case: Breakup of the former Yugoslavia. • Ideological Communal Terrorism • A pattern of post- World War II civil wars. • Cases: Greece. Angola. Indonesia.

  12. Dissidents and the New Terrorism • The New Dissident Terrorist Morality • Fewer moral scruples than previous generations. • Broader definitions of “enemy” groups. • Unrestricted use of modern weapons technologies. • Terrorist Cells and Lone Wolves • Cells: Indistinct command & organizational configurations. • Lone Wolves: Single individuals.

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