Leadership Decapitation
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Leadership Decapitation Of Terrorist Organizations
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Author : Jenna Jordan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Leadership Decapitation Of Terrorist Organizations written by Jenna Jordan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Political Science categories.
Targeting Top Terrorists
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Author : Bryan C. Price
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2019-01-15
Targeting Top Terrorists written by Bryan C. Price and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-15 with Political Science categories.
When President Barack Obama announced the assassination of Osama bin Laden, many Americans hoped the killing of al-Qaida’s leader would sound the death knell for the organization. Since 9/11, killing and capturing terrorist leaders has been a central element in U.S. counterterrorism strategy. This practice, known as leadership decapitation, is based on the logic that removing key figures will disrupt the organization and contribute to its ultimate failure. Yet many scholars have argued that targeted killings are ineffective or counterproductive, questioning whether taking out a terror network’s leaders causes more problems than it solves. In Targeting Top Terrorists, Bryan C. Price offers a rich, data-driven examination of leadership decapitation tactics, providing theoretical and empirical explanations of the conditions under which they can be successful. Analyzing hundreds of cases of leadership turnover from over two hundred terrorist groups, Price demonstrates that although the tactic may result in short-term negative side effects, the loss of top leaders significantly reduces terror groups’ life spans. He explains vital questions such as: What factors make some terrorist groups more vulnerable than others? Is it better to kill or capture terrorist leaders? How does leadership decapitation compare to other counterterrorism options? With compelling evidence based on an original dataset along with an in-depth case study of Hamas, Targeting Top Terrorists contributes to scholarship on terrorism and organizational theory and provides insights for policy makers and practitioners on some of the most pressing debates in the field.
Assessing The Effectiveness Of Leadership Decapitation Against Terrorist Organizations
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Author : Jennifer Elaine Jordan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Assessing The Effectiveness Of Leadership Decapitation Against Terrorist Organizations written by Jennifer Elaine Jordan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with categories.
This project answers four questions: (1) Under what conditions does leadership decapitation result in the dissolution of a terrorist organization? (2) Does leadership decapitation increase the likelihood of organizational collapse beyond the baseline rate of collapse for groups over time? (3) In cases where decapitation does not result in group collapse, to what extent does it result in organizational degradation and hinder a group's ability to carry about terrorist attack? And (4) what explains the success and failure of decapitation?
Measuring The Effectiveness Of Leadership Decapitation In Countering Transnational Criminal Organizations Drug Traffickers Cali Medellin And Sinaloa Cartel Farc Colombia Rivalries And Alliances
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Author : U S Military
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-06-18
Measuring The Effectiveness Of Leadership Decapitation In Countering Transnational Criminal Organizations Drug Traffickers Cali Medellin And Sinaloa Cartel Farc Colombia Rivalries And Alliances written by U S Military and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-18 with categories.
The United States government has utilized leadership decapitation strategies to counter illicit or insurgent organizations since the kingpin strategy was first developed in the late 20th century by the Drug Enforcement Administration. Most critical analysis of this strategy, however, deals with terrorist organizations rather than transnational criminal organizations (TCOs). This study looks to the findings in these critical studies that may also be relevant to countering TCOs and, based on them, asks: what are the main factors that determine the effectiveness of leadership decapitation in countering TCOs? This study applies the four factors found in the literature to impact vulnerability to leadership decapitation-institutionalization, popular support, history of violent rivalry, and law enforcement efforts-to four TCOs. It finds that Medellin and Cali cartels did not gain an advantage from any of the factors. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) received protection from leadership decapitation from three of the four factors but ultimately was defeated. In the final case, the Sinaloa cartel, all four factors were present to provide the organization with protection from decapitation. These results are important for governments and law enforcement organizations to understand as they work to defeat TCOs.This compilation includes a reproduction of the 2019 Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community.Chapter I hypothesized that the same four factors that determine a terrorist organization's vulnerability to leadership decapitation would be applicable to TCOs. Similarly, there is a potential for ancillary results based on the different motivations of the organizations-profit or ideology-that impact how the organization responds to leadership decapitation efforts: peace negotiations versus a fight until the end. Additionally, this chapter examined and defined the different factors from the literature and their potential to impact the vulnerability to leadership decapitation of the chosen case studies. Chapters II through IV analyze historical case studies and determine their relevance in predicting the effectiveness of leadership decapitation. The Medellin and Cali cartels were defeated by leadership decapitation and were made vulnerable by all of the defined factors. Both organizations were highly centralized wheel networks with all power and authority held at the top of the organization before filtering down. This structure made them highly susceptible to leadership decapitation. The popular support for both groups was varied throughout Colombia's population and tended to be localized rather than widespread leading to further vulnerability to leadership decapitation. Despite having long histories of violent rivalries and protracted law enforcement efforts and well-developed alliance structures, neither the Medellin or Cali cartel gained protection from leadership decapitation from these factors. The literature suggested that these relationships should have highlighted organizational and operational vulnerabilities and then provided the operating space for them to make changes and adapt. However, neither organization addressed their organizational vulnerabilities and ultimately this led to a fatal vulnerability to leadership decapitation that was exploited by the Colombian strategy.
Military Strategy A Very Short Introduction
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Author : Antulio J. Echevarria II
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2024
Military Strategy A Very Short Introduction written by Antulio J. Echevarria II and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with History categories.
Military Strategy: A Very Short Introduction adapts Clausewitz's framework to highlight the dynamic relationship between the main elements of strategy: purpose, method, and means. Drawing on historical examples, Antulio J. Echevarria discusses the major types of military strategy and how emerging technologies are affecting them. This second edition has been updated to include an expanded chapter on manipulation through cyberwarfare and new further reading.
How Terrorism Ends
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Author : Audrey Kurth Cronin
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2011-08-28
How Terrorism Ends written by Audrey Kurth Cronin and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-28 with Political Science categories.
Annotation This work answers questions concerning the length of time that terrorist campaigns last and when targeting leadership finishes a group. It examines a wide range of historical examples to identify the ways in which almost all terrorist groups die out.
Targeting The Challenges Of Modern Warfare
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Author : Paul A.L. Ducheine
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-11-03
Targeting The Challenges Of Modern Warfare written by Paul A.L. Ducheine and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-03 with Law categories.
This book offers a multidisciplinary treatment of targeting. It is intended for use by the military, government legal advisers and academics. The book is suitable for use in both military training and educational programs and in Bachelor and Master degree level courses on such topics as War Studies and Strategic Studies. The book first explores the context of targeting, its evolution and the current targeting process and characteristics. An overview of the legal and ethical constraints on targeting as an operational process follows. It concludes by surveying contemporary issues in targeting such as the potential advent of autonomous weapon systems, ‘non-kinetic’ targeting, targeting in multinational military operations and leadership decapitation in counter-terrorism operations. The deep practical experience and academic background of the contributors ensures comprehensive treatment of current targeting and use of force issues. Paul Ducheine is Professor for Cyber Operations and Cyber Security, Netherlands Defence Academy, Breda, The Netherlands; and Professor of Law of Military Cyber Operations and Cyber Security at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Michael Schmitt is Charles H. Stockton Professor & Director, Stockton Center for the Study of International Law, U.S. Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, and Professor of Public International Law, University of Exeter, UK. Frans Osinga is Chair of the War Studies Department, Netherlands Defence Academy, Breda, The Netherlands, and Professor of Military Operational Art and Sciences.
Votes Drugs And Violence
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Author : Guillermo Trejo
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-09-03
Votes Drugs And Violence written by Guillermo Trejo and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-03 with Political Science categories.
When widespread state-criminal collusion persists in transitions from autocracy to democracy, electoral competition becomes a catalyst of large-scale criminal violence.
Terror In Transition
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Author : Tricia Bacon
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2022-09-13
Terror In Transition written by Tricia Bacon and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-13 with Political Science categories.
What is the role of founding leaders in shaping terrorist organizations? What follows the loss of this formative leader? These questions are especially important to religious terrorist groups, in which leaders are particularly revered. Tricia L. Bacon and Elizabeth Grimm provide a groundbreaking analysis of how religious terrorist groups manage and adapt to major shifts in leadership. They demonstrate that founders create the base from which their successors operate. Founders establish and explain the group’s mission, and they determine and justify how it seeks to achieve its objectives. Bacon and Grimm argue that how successors position themselves in terms of the founder shapes a terrorist group’s future course. They examine how and why different types of successors choose to pursue incremental or discontinuous change. Bacon and Grimm emphasize that the instability surrounding succession can place a group at its most vulnerable—the precise time to explore options to weaken or defeat it. Bacon and Grimm highlight similarities between Islamic terrorist groups abroad and Christian white nationalist groups such as the 1920s Ku Klux Klan in the United States. Drawing on extensive field research in Afghanistan, Somalia, and Pakistan, Terror in Transition features detailed analysis of groups such as al-Shabaab, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, and al-Qaeda in Iraq / the Islamic State in Iraq, as well as the KKK. Offering a rigorous theoretical perspective on terrorist leadership transition, this policy-relevant book provides actionable recommendations for counterterrorism practitioners.
Removing The Devil You Know
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Author : Bryan C. Price
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Removing The Devil You Know written by Bryan C. Price and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with categories.