Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name:Sergey Zhavoronkov
Author-Name-First: Sergey        
Author-Name-Last: Zhavoronkov
Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy 
Author-Name:Konstantin Yanovskiy
Author-Name-First: Konstantin         
Author-Name-Last: Yanovskiy
Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy
Author-Name:Timofey Ginker 
Author-Name-First: Timofey           
Author-Name-Last: Ginker
Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Author-Name:Ilia Zatkovetsky 
Author-Name-First: Ilia         
Author-Name-Last: Zatkovetsky
Author-Workplace-Name: Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology
Title:   To Kill Hope?   In Search of a Reliable Strategy to Fight Terrorism
Abstract: A panoply of anti-terrorism strategies were utilized in Israel throughout its history, beginning with Palestine under the British Mandate and continuing after the creation of the State of Israel to the present day. This history similar to international experience overall, and provides no basis to link terrorism with poverty or despair.  
Nor does history suggest any reasonable expectation that terrorists will be appeased by concessions of any kind, whether transfer of funds or relinquishing territory to terrorist control. Neither statistical analysis nor the study of particular incidents support such a hypothesis.    
The immediate and most obvious criterion of success for parties in mutual conflict is the control of new territory and its population, which allows terrorists freedom of movement and opportunities to try new terrorist technologies and take the initiative in dynamic situations. Loss of land and population, humiliating defeat, or ostentatious display of triumph by the enemy, in contrast, discourage both terrorist leaders and perpetrators, who would lose the posthumous reward typically promised them in the guise of prestige and income for their families.          
Factual instances and statistical data provide evidence to support the hypothesis that terrorism is best put down by force. When opting for such a strategy, it is of critical importance that military personnel be provided with appropriate legal protection.            
Length:  69 pages
Creation-Date: 2016
Revision-Date:   2016
Classification-JEL: D74, H56  
Keywords: Hope, Government strategy, terrorist rationality, military justice
File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/wpaper/149Zhavoronkov.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
File-Function: Revised version, 2016
Handle: RePEc:gai:wpaper:149