Handbook of Terrorist and Insurgent Groups: A Global Survey of Threats, Tactics, and Characteristics
The Handbook of Terrorist and Insurgent Groups: A Global Survey of Threats, Tactics, and Characteristics (Edited By Scott N. Romaniuk, Animesh Roul, Amparo Pamela Fabe, János Besenyő, CRC Press, 2024) is an ambitious and wide-ranging edited volume on contemporary terrorism and insurgency. It examines how violent non-state actors have evolved since the September 11, 2001, attacks and how their ideologies, organizational structures, financing methods, operational tactics, and territorial ambitions have changed across regions.
After a brief quiescence, Balochistan has once again gained international attention for extrajudicial killings and disappearance cases since the beginning of this year. In fact, in May 2020, Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa had sought Iranian assistance in tackling Baloch militants suspected to be operating from its soil. Gen.