Terrorist groups attain notoriety  through acts of violence, but threats of future violence are just as  important in attaining their political goals. Today, I talked with Dr. Joseph Brown about how terrorists use threats, true and false, to achieve key outcomes such as social  control, economic attrition, and policy concessions.

Bio: I am an  Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the  University of Massachusetts Boston. I research political conflict,  including protest,  state repression, and terrorism. My book, Force of Words: The Logic of Terrorist Threats (Columbia University Press 2020)  is a detailed study of how violent  non-state actors use threats to achieve their political aims. I  completed my Ph.D. at Columbia University.  I have conducted fieldwork  in Northern Ireland, Spain, Sri Lanka and Peru, interviewing members of  the Irish Republican Army, ETA, the Tamil Tigers, Shining Path, and the  Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement. My research has been supported by  the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy, the Earth Institute, and the  Global Public Policy Network. Please browse my site and my Google Scholar page and feel free to contact me with questions.

Website - https://josephmbrown.com/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/Joseph_M_Brown

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