The geopolitics of terrorism: A commentary on Flint and Radil's approach

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 172-183

  Clem, Ralph S ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capitalist world economy; France; GWOT; Nationalism; Organized crime; Palestinians; Relative deprivation; Religious fundamentalism; Spain; Sri Lanka; Terrorism; United Kingdom; Yemen

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649965040     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.50.2.172     Document Type: Note

References (32)

1. Agnew, John, "Sovereignty Regimes: Territoriality and State Authority in Contemporary World Politics," Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 95, 2:437-461, 2005.
2. Arrillaga, Pauline and Olga Rodriguez, "The Terror-Immigration Connection: Illegal Immigrants from Nations with Terror Ties Channeled to U.S.," Associated Press, July 2005 [http:/ /www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8408009].
3. Barnett, Thomas P. M., The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century. New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2004.
4. BBC, "French Hold Morocco Bomb Suspects," BBC News, April 5, 2004 [news.bbc.co.uk].
5. Bergesen, Albert J. and Omar Lizardo, "International Terrorism and the World-System," Sociological Theory, 22, 1:38-52, 2004.
6. Buckley, Martin, "Turbulent Corsica Spurns Autonomy," BBC News, July 12, 2003 [news.bbc.co.uk].
7. Connor, Walker, "Nation-Building or Nation-Destroying?" World Politics, XXIV, 3:319-355, 1972.
8. Cooper, Robert, The Breaking of Nations: Order and Chaos in the Twenty-first Century. London, UK: Atlantic Books, 2003.
9. Dempsey, Judy, and John F. Burns, "NATO Agrees to Take Aim at Afghan Drug Trade," New York Times, October 10, 2008, A10.
10. Elden, Stuart, "Terror and Territory," Antipode, 39, 5:821-845, 2007.
11. "Failed States: Fixing a Broken World," The Economist, January 31, 2009, 65-67.
12. Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2008 [http:// www.freedomhouse.org/].
13. Flint, Colin, "Geographies of Inclusion/Exclusion," in Susan L. Cutter, Douglas B. Richardson, and Thomas J. Wilbanks, eds., The Geographical Dimensions of Terrorism. New York, NY and London, UK; Routledge, 2003, 53-58.
14. Flint, Colin and Steven M. Radil, "Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: Situating al-Qaeda and the Global War on Terror within Geopolitical Trends and Structures," Eurasian Geography and Economics, 50, 2:150-171, 2009.
15. Guisan, M. Carmen, and Eva Aguayo, "Employment and Regional Development in France," Applied Econometrics and International Development, 1, 1:63-92, 2001.
16. Gurr, Ted Robert, Why Men Rebel. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1970.
17. Klein, Naomi, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. New York, NY: Holt, 2007.
18. McDonald, Mark, "As Sri Lanka Fighting Seems Near an End, Fears Rise Over What Comes Next," New York Times, February 7, 2009, p. A5.
19. Packer, George, "Knowing the Enemy," New Yorker, December 18, 2006, 60-69.
20. Payne, Robert, Lenin. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1964.
21. Rapoport, David, "The Four Waves of Modern Terrorism," in Audrey Cronin and J. Ludes, eds., Attacking Terrorism: Elements fo a Grand Strategy. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2004, 46-73.
22. Russell, John, "The Geopolitics of Terrorism: Russia's Conflict with Islamic Extremism," Eurasian Geography and Economics, 50, 2:184-196, 2009.
23. Sánchez, W. Alejandro, "Corsica: France's Petite Security Problem," Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 31, 7:655-664, July 2008.
24. Schaub, Michael, "Illegal Immigrants, Special Interest Aliens, and the Continental United States: The Assessed Threat and Potential US Northern Command Response." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, 48th Annual Convention, Hilton Chicago, Chicago, IL, February 28, 2007.
25. Schmid, Alex, "Links between Terrorism and Drug Trafficking: A Case of Narco-terrorism?" Paper presented at the International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism, and Security, Madrid, Spain March 8-11, 2005.
26. Slackman, Michael, "Jordanian Students Rebel, Embracing Conservative Arm of Islam," New York Times, December 24, 2008, 1.
27. START (Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism), database, n.d. [www.start.umd.edu/data].
28. UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), "Human Development Indices: A Statistical Update 2008," 2008 [http:/ /hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDI_2008_EN_Content.pdf].
29. United Nations Security Council, "Security Council Unanimously Adopts Wide- Ranging Anti- Terrorism Resolution," September 28, 2001 [http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2001/ sc7158.doc.htm].
30. U.S., Department of State, National Counterterrorism Center, "Annex of Statistical Information," April 30, 2008 [www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt].
31. Volkogonov, Dmitri, Lenin. New York, NY: The Free Press, 1994.
32. Worth, Robert F., "Freed by the U.S., Saudi becomes a Qaeda Chief," New York Times, January 22, 2009, 1.