In Lebanon, religious parties such as Hezbollah play a critical role in providing health care,
food, poverty relief, and other social welfare services alongside or in the absence of …

In this monograph counterterrorism expert James Forest assesses the threat Boko Haram
poses to Nigeria and US national security interests. As Dr. Forest notes, Boko Haram is …

This book provides a multidisciplinary approach to understanding human behavior and uses
it to analyze the forces shaping the life cycle of violent political movements. This new edition …

This article explores those factors that shape a political organization's choice of tactics in
political mobilization with a particular focus on the influence of gender ideology on the …

" Areas of limited statehood are ubiquitous. Most states in the contemporary international
system contain areas in which states are too weak to set and enforce rules and/or lack the …

When rebels provide social services, do they have more leverage negotiating the terms of a
peace deal? The literature suggests service-providing groups may, on average, have a …

Several violent non-state groups also administer social services. Although earlier works
stress the effects of social service provision on support and sympathy for violent groups, this …

This article reviews and synthesizes social science knowledge on the connections between
popular support and terrorist/insurgent sustainment. After distinguishing between …

In the wake of 9/11 and the'War on Terror', transnational Muslim NGOs have too often been
perceived as illegitimate fronts for global militant networks such as al-Qaeda or as backers …

Based on field research in Lebanon and Sri Lanka, this article discusses the ways in which
Hizballah and the LTTE use nonprofit service provision as a tool for increasing community …