TERRORISM IS NOT RANDOM NOR CHAOTIC
TERRORISM IS NOT RANDOM NOR CHAOTIC

Summary/Abstract: Amid the multiplications of terrorist attacks in several areas of the Globe, it is important to understand the processes and conditions that lead to such events. Although they might seem random, we must take into account the Aristotle’s concept according to which “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts”. In complex adaptive systems, a relatively small number of players react to a set of changeable, dynamic, situational factors. Furthermore, they are not repeated in any known pattern and cannot be malleable in a predictive analysis.Analyzing terrorist networks as complex systems, this paper examines the general framework looking to understand their interlocking elements.

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