http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/articles/stephan110407 Comments for "Does terrorism work?, Maria Stephan Erica Chenoweth David Ackers " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/articles/stephan110407 <p>In their study, &quot;Challenging Goliath: Comparing the Relative Strategic Effectiveness of Violent and Nonviolent Asymmetric Warfare&quot;, <a href="http://nonviolent-conflict.org/whoWeAre_bio_stephan.shtml" class="orange"><strong>Dr. Maria Stephan</strong></a>, Director of Educational Initiatives at the <a href="http://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/" class="orange"><strong>International Center on Nonviolent Conflict</strong></a>, and <a href="http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/person.cfm?program=CORE&amp;item_id=994" class="orange"><strong>Dr. Erica Chenoweth</strong></a> seek to examine the successes and failures of different asymmetric means of warfare - in which a weaker non-state actor challenges the state. In doing so, Stephan explains, they aim to assess &quot;the relative strategic effectiveness of different asymmetric warfare types (i.e. guerrilla warfare, terrorism, and non-violent conflict), and look at the extent to which these groups have achieved their stated objectives&quot;. </p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/articles/stephan110407" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/articles/stephan110407">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/articles/stephan110407#comment Creative Commons normal David Ackers Erica Chenoweth insurgency Maria Stephan non-violent action terrorism Wed, 23 May 2007 16:15:02 +0100 KVB Tharoor 18062 at http://www.opendemocracy.net