Analysis of topologies and key players in terrorist networks. (December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ozgul, Fatih
• Is Part Of: Socio-economic planning sciences. Number 56(2016)
• Page Start: 40
• Page End: 54
• Publication Date: 2016-12
• Subjects: Terrorist networks -- Topology -- Structure -- Key players -- Degree -- Eigenvector centrality -- Closeness -- Betweenness; Planning -- Periodicals; Economic policy -- Periodicals; Social policy -- Periodicals; Planification -- Périodiques; Politique économique -- Périodiques; Politique sociale -- Périodiques; ECONOMIC PLANNING; SOCIAL PLANNING; DECISION-MAKING; 361
• DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2016.07.002
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0038-0121

Abstract

Abstract: While topologies and key player positions and roles differ across terrorist networks, similar ideological networks share similar structures and topologies, maintaining structural properties of their predecessor groups. In this study, we look at basic ideological waves of terrorism in history, classify terrorist network ideologies, and describe the patterns in network topologies and key player characteristics. We show that ideological differences in terrorist networks in part explain the differences in the structure of links between key players.