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When Insurgents Go Terrorist: The Role of Foreign Support in the Adoption of Terrorism

Fourman, Jeffrey F.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1399546682

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2014, Master of Arts (MA), Wright State University, International and Comparative Politics.
What role does foreign support play when an insurgent group adopts terrorism? Utilizing both quantitative analysis and in-depth case studies, this thesis examines the effects of foreign support among other commonly cited explanations for an insurgency's adoption of terrorism. In addition to observing the effects of foreign support on the adoption of terrorism, the effects of government regime type, insurgent group goal type, insurgent group strength, and foreign benefactor type are analyzed. After executing a multiple logistic regression analysis of 109 intrastate conflicts occurring from 1972 to 2007 and conducting detailed case studies for the Tamils in Sri Lanka and the Kurds in Iraq, this thesis concludes that specific types of foreign support from non-state actors not only make insurgent groups significantly stronger but also make them more likely to adopt terrorism thus calling into question the weapon of the weak argument.
Vaughn Shannon, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Pramod Kantha, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
R. William Ayres, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
197 p.
Comparative; International Relations; Political Science
Insurgency; Terrorism; Foreign Support; Political Violence; Sri Lanka; Tamil; Iraq; Kurd; Statistical Analysis; Indian Peace Keeping Forces; Kurdistan Democratic Party; Patriotic Union of Kurdistan; Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

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  • Fourman, J. F. (2014). When Insurgents Go Terrorist: The Role of Foreign Support in the Adoption of Terrorism [Master's thesis, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1399546682

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Fourman, Jeffrey. When Insurgents Go Terrorist: The Role of Foreign Support in the Adoption of Terrorism . 2014. Wright State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1399546682.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Fourman, Jeffrey. "When Insurgents Go Terrorist: The Role of Foreign Support in the Adoption of Terrorism ." Master's thesis, Wright State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1399546682

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