Compare/contrast two terrorist campaigns and identify the counterterrorism policies that were implemented in response. The two terrorist campaigns are the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).
1. Explain why you chose these two cases. How are they similar or different on key dimensions, and why do they offer an appropriate comparison?
2. What does the comparison tell us about terrorism campaigns generally? In other words, what lessons can be drawn from these cases that may apply to other terrorism cases?
3. Which elements of the campaigns do you think are unique to the cases you selected? In other words, which elements probably do not apply elsewhere?
4. What does the comparison tell us about counterterrorism responses generally? What lessons can be drawn from these cases that may apply to counterterrorism in other cases?
Please involve these 2 sources at least once each in the paper:
Ressler, Steve. 2006. Social network analysis as an approach to combat terrorism: Past, present, and future research (Links to an external site.). Homeland Security Affairs, 2(2).
Daxecker, Ursula E. and Hess, M.L., 2013. Repression hurts: coercive government responses and the demise of terrorist campaigns (Links to an external site.). British Journal of Political Science, 43(3), pp.559-577.