Explores current debates around religious extremism as a means to understand and re-think the connections between terrorism, insurgency and state failure. Using case studies of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq, she develops a better understanding of the underlying causes and conditions necessary for terrorism and insurgency to occur.

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Nottingham Trent University, UK

Natasha Underhill

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Natasha Underhill is a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, UK where she is dedicated to researching in the areas of terrorism, international relations, state failure and the Middle East. She received her PhD from University College Cork, Ireland.

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Book Title: Countering Global Terrorism and Insurgency
Book Subtitle: Calculating the Risk of State Failure in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq
Authors: Natasha Underhill
Series Title: New Security Challenges
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137383716
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Intern. Relations & Development Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-38370-9Published: 26 November 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-48064-7Published: 01 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-38371-6Published: 16 November 2014
Series ISSN: 2731-0329
Series E-ISSN: 2731-0337
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 242
Topics: Religion and Society, Military and Defence Studies, Globalization, Political Science, Terrorism and Political Violence, International Relations

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