Local alliances and rivalries shape near-repeat terror activity of al-Qaeda, ISIS, and insurgents [Political Sciences]
We study the spatiotemporal correlation of terrorist attacks by al-Qaeda, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and local insurgents, in six geographical areas identified via k-means clustering applied to the Global Terrorism Database. All surveyed organizations exhibit near-repeat activity whereby a prior attack increases the likelihood of a...
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - Category: Science Authors: Yao–Li Chuang, Noam Ben–Asher, Maria R. D’Orsogna Tags: Social Sciences Source Type: research
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