The course covers the history of terrorism, the causes of terrorism, the goals and strategies pursued by terrorist groups, the extent to which terrorism succeeds in achieving its goals, the potential for terrorism with weapons of mass destruction, counterterrorism and counterinsurgency, and the normative debates about torture and civil liberties in the context of terrorism.
Semester: Fall
Offered: 2023
Related Materials
Week 1: Defining Terrorism
Week 2: Revolutionary Terrorism
Week 3: Nationalist Terrorism
Week 4: Islamist/Religious Terrorism 1
Week 5: Islamist/Religious Terrorism 2
Week 6: Domestic Terrorism and White Nationalism in the US
Week 7: Quantitative Dataset and Research on Terrorism
Week 8: Rationality vs Psychological Explanations of Terrorism
Week 9: Suicide Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
Week 10: Scientific Method and Research Essay on Terrorism
Week 11: The War on Terror
Week 12: Human Rights and Counterterrorism
X. (Xunchao) Zhang 