The World’s Most Threatening Terrorist Networks and Criminal Gangs

Part I. Broader Non-state Actor Issues

1. Suicide Terrorism: Are There Important Counterterrorist Lessons to Be Learned?
James E. Winkates

2. Al Qaeda’s Modus Operandi: Anticipating Their Target Selection
Barry R. Schneider

3. Political Islam and Radical Islam: The Cases of Pakistan and Bangladesh
Stephen F. Burgess

4. “Like Glitter of the Sun”: Iran and Terrorism
Gregory F. Giles

5. Terrorist Use of WMD
James J. F. Forest

Part 2. Specific Non-state Actor Groups

6. Hezbollah: A State within a State
Michael T. Kindt

7. Hamas: The Islamic Resistance Movement
Jerrold M. Post

8. Al Qaeda 2.0 and the Global Salafi Jihad
Jerrold M. Post

9. Jemaah Islamiyah Remains Active and Deadly
James C. “Chris” Whitmire

10. The Mexican Drug Cartels: At War for Control of the U.S.-Mexico Border
Dario E. Teicher

11. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Jerrold M. Post

12. Mara Salvatrucha: A Threat to U.S. and Central American Security
Tina S. Strickland

Avainsanat: Political Science and International Relations, Comparative Politics, International Relations, Terrorism and Political Violence, Military and Defence Studies