“This special issue of the Journal of National Defense Studies comes from a conference in held in 2006 in Herzelia/Gelilot, at the Israel National Defence College. Principal organizers were Edna Erez and Pini Yehezkeally, with the assistance of Orit Shalev and Jay Albanese, who sought to bring together experts on terrorism from relevant countries to address the different legal, cultural, religious, and political dimensions of terrorism found among different locations and groups. The National Institute of Justice, the research arm of the U.S. Department of Justice, co-sponsored the conference, and participated in the coediting of this issue. The findings and conclusions of the research reported here are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official positions or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.”

Read the whole special issue: New Perspectives on Terrorism