Here’s your weekend reading list with the best articles you didn’t know about from the past week.
New research could predict which terrorist groups will attack civilians.“All of this raises what I’ve coined as The Puzzle of Terrorism: If attacking civilians only encourages governments to dig in their political heels, why do groups do it? … It turns out that certain kinds of groups are significantly more likely to attack civilians than others – those suffering from leadership deficits in which lower level members are calling the shots. Leadership deficits promote terrorism by empowering lower level members of the organization, who have stronger incentives to harm civilians.” — Max Abrahms, for Political Violence @ A Glance, on a study that calls for a reassessment of conventional wisdom on terrorists and their motives.
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