Globalization and terrorism

This paper has multiple objectives. I set out linkages of a causal model to portray how globalization influences international terrorist strategies. I also point to methodological and theoretical shortcomings in the literature with respect to the levels of disaggregation at which issues are analyzed, and I evaluate the opportunity-cost argument for assessing international terrorism. The paper and conclusions present perspectives on developments of terrorism in the context of globalization, including the relationship of terror to immigration.

► I develop a causal model of global influences on international terrorist strategies. ► I address methodological and theoretical shortcomings in the levels of analysis. ► I evaluate the opportunity-cost argument to assess international terrorism. ► I discuss developments of terrorism in the context of globalization, including the link to immigration.