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2012.
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| Summary/Abstract |
Increasingly, individuals and small groups are responsible for some of the most lethal acts of terrorism. In many parts of the world, the setting is not conducive to large, clandestine groups insofar as many foreign governments are coordinating their counterterrorism efforts with the US government, as they seek to dismantle terrorist organizations and deny them funding and resources. On the other hand, the emergence of new technology, such as the Internet, allows like-minded activists to operate on their own initiative without the direction of a formal organization - hence, the emergence of leaderless resistance as a new operational strategy and the miniaturization of terrorist and insurgent movements around the world today. The article discusses the development of the leaderless resistance concept and examines four case studies - the American extreme right, the anti-globalization movement, eco-terrorism, and the global Islamic resistance movement.
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