Terrorism and counter-terrorism: Situating al-Qaeda and the Global War on Terror within geopolitical trends and structures

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 150-171

  Flint, Colin ^a   Radil, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Al Qaeda; Global War on Terror; Political geography; Terrorism; World systems theory

Indexed keywords

GEOPOLITICS; GLOBAL ECONOMY; ISLAMISM; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; STATE BUILDING; TERRORISM; WAR; WORLD SYSTEM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649909260     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.50.2.150     Document Type: Article

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