Introduction: Terrorism and its future. The changes wrought by the fourth wave
Part 1. History and the invention of terrorism
The history and emergence of modern terrorism
Writings on tyranny and the origins of the philosophy of the bomb. Russia's terrorism as a doctrine
Turkey, India, and the Russian example. Terrorism by Indian nationalists and former pacifists
Propaganda by the deed. Arms and the class struggle: Spain and the United States ; Terrorism and nationalism
The philosophy of the bomb and the Far Right. The Right Wing elsewhere ; The history of terrorism
Final remarks on the history of terrorism.
Part 2. Contemporary terrorism
The new face of terrorism. Why was IS successful?
A truncated history of IS. The Iraq War and the emergence of Al-Qaeda in Iraq ; How Iraqi politics created Islamic State ; The Arab Spring, Al-Qaeda, and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ; The Jabhat Al-Nustra threat, the Khorasan Group, and the co-optation of Islamic State's credibility ; Stymied Iraqi reforms, Islamic State's decline since 2014, and the future of terrorism
Beyond Islamic State. Religion and a globalized decentralized ideology ; Al-Qaeda and Islamic State: battle of egos in the process of final victory ; The (not) forever war: what is beyond Islamic State?
The battlefields of the future. Yemen: a regional cold war fought through proxies ; Libya: a mosaic civil war ; Afghanistan: a legacy of failed state reconstruction ; Where to next?
Terrorism in Europe and in the United States. The lone-wolf phenomenon ; The foreign fighter flow ; The Islamic State threat to Europe ; The terrorism threat in the United States ; Terrorism going forward?
Part 3. Reflections on terrorism
The culture of modern terrorism. IS and the nature of evil ; Jihad cool
Terrorism misinterpreted. Terrorism and the psychiatrists
Economic explorations of terrorism. Terrorist organizations as industrial activity ; Why is terrorism effective?: the club goods theory ; Terrorism as theater and the macro/micro divide within conflicts ; The economics of terrorism
Religious violence and terrorism. Suicide terrorism ; Refugees
Terrorism: the future. Lessons from the current wave of terrorism ; When terrorism prevails? ; So what about this current wave of terrorism?
Epilogue: Terrorism under President Trump.
