Social Science Research Council
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Amsterdam. Photo by P. Ticha, 2002 |
On June 17-18, 2002, the GSC Program of the SSRC, along with NUPI, convened an inaugural workshop entitled "Assessing Political/Military Responses to Political Violence: A Comparative Case Analysis." Held in Amsterdam, this workshop brought together nine distinguished scholars who have extensive field experience with militant groups of the type often designated as terrorist. The participants examined a broad cross section of groups ranging from the Free Aceh Movement in Indonesia and the FARC in Colombia, to the PKK in Turkey and Hamas in the Palestinian territories. The groups chosen include those that derive their legitimacy from religious as well as secular ideologies, and those that operate under varying degrees of authoritarian regimes and those active in modern democratic societies. Workshop discussions were guided by a series of analytical questions focusing on the groups' leadership structures, the character of their social bases, the role of diasporas and the function of violence.
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