HERBERT KITSCHELT*
Origins of International Terrorism in the Middle East
Islamist terrorism is a response to predatory regimes which
no longer have the means to co-opt their opponents and resort
to repression rather than negotiated concessions. This type
of regime is widespread in the Middle East, not least due to
the region's oil wealth. Islam is incidental to both the predatory
regimes and the terrorist response. Elsewhere in the world,
structural conditions exist for future non-Islamist terrorism.
Herbert Kitschelt *1955;
Professor of Political Science, Duke University, Durham,
North Carolina;
h3738@duke.edu
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