Thursday, August 9, 2012

What Makes An Extremist Extreme?


Max Abrahms recent paper challenges the hegemonic bargaining models of conflict and brings psychology back into the center of conflict studies and attempts to show that terrorism is generally associated with failure. Excerpt from Joseph Young review of Abrahms work: 


Abrahms provided more context in his response to Young:


Image: An anti-government protester piles tires on a fire at the Central World shopping center in Bangkok, Thailand.  (AP Photo/Wally Santana)