The wane of command: evidence on drone strikes and control within terrorist organizations

This paper investigates how counterterrorism that targets terrorist leaders, and thereby undermines control within terrorist organizations, affects terrorist attacks. The paper exploits a natural experiment provided by strikes by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) 'hitting' and 'missin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rigterink, A
Format: Working paper
Published: University of Oxford 2019