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James A. Piazza
James A. Piazza
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Selected Publications
White Demographic Anxiety and Support for Torture of Terrorism Suspects
(Journal Article)
‘Nondemocratic Islamists’ and Support for ISIS in the Arab World
(Journal Article)
Islamist Terrorism, Diaspora Links and Casualty Rates
(Journal Article)
The Online Caliphate: Internet Usage and ISIS Support in the Arab World
(Journal Article)
Democratic Skepticism and Support for Terrorism in the Palestinian Territories
(Journal Article)
Crime Pays: Terrorist Group Engagement in Crime and Survival
(Journal Article)
Regime Types and Terrorism
(Journal Article)
Oil and Terrorism: An Investigation of Mediators
(Journal Article)
Spatial Distribution of Minority Communities and Terrorism
(Journal Article)
Counterterrorism Killings and Provisional IRA Bombings, 1970-1998
(Journal Article)
Characteristics of Terrorism Hotspots
(Journal Article)
Foreign Military Interventions and Suicide Attacks
(Journal Article)
The Determinants of Domestic Right-Wing Terrorism in the USA: Economic Grievance, Societal Change and Political Resentment
(Journal Article)
Repression and Terrorism: A Cross-National Empirical Analysis of Types of Repression and Domestic Terrorism
(Journal Article)
Ethnic Groups, Political Exclusion and Domestic Terrorism
(Journal Article)
Political Exclusion, Oil, and Ethnic Armed Conflict
(Journal Article)
Internally Displaced Populations and Suicide Terrorism
(Journal Article)
Who Tortures the Terrorists? Transnational Terrorism and Military Torture
(Journal Article)
Opening Yourself Up: The Role of External and Internal Transparency in Terrorism Attacks
(Journal Article)
Terrorist Suspect Religious Identity and Public Support for Harsh Interrrogation and Detention Practices
(Journal Article)
Autocracies and Terrorism: Conditioning Effects of Authoritarian Regime-Type on Terrorist Attacks
(Journal Article)
The Cost of Living and Terror: Does Consumer Price Volatility Fuel Terrorism?
(Journal Article)
Regime Age and Terrorism: Are New Democracies Prone to Terrorism?
(Journal Article)
Types of Minority Discrimination and Terrorism
(Journal Article)
The Opium Trade and Patterns of Terrorism in the Provinces of Afghanistan: An Empirical Analysis
(Journal Article)
Games Rivals Play: International Terrorism in Rivalries
(Journal Article)
The Illicit Drug Trade, Counternarcotics Strategies and Terrorism
(Journal Article)
Poverty, Minority Economic Discrimination, and Domestic Terrorism
(Journal Article)
Physical Integrity Rights and Terrorism
(Journal Article)
Why Respecting Physical Integrity Rights Reduces Terrorism
(Journal Article)
Terrorism and Party Systems in the States of India
(Journal Article)
Economic Development, Poorly Managed Political Conflict and Terrorism in India
(Journal Article)
Transnational Terror and Human Rights
(Journal Article)
Is Islamist Terrorism More Dangerous?: An Empirical Study of Group Ideology, Organization, and Goal Structure
(Journal Article)
Incubators of Terror: Do Failed and Failing States Promote Transnational Terrorism?
(Journal Article)
A Supply-Side View of Suicide Terrorism: A Cross-National Study
(Journal Article)
Do Democracy and Free Markets Protect Us from Terrorism?
(Journal Article)
Draining the Swamp: Democracy Promotion, State Failure, and Terrorism in 19 Middle Eastern Countries
(Journal Article)
Rooted in Poverty?: Terrorism, Poor Economic Development, and Social Cleavages
(Journal Article)
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The Conversation: When politicians use hate speech, political violence increases
(START in the News)