POLI 3314
Global Terrorism
Winter 2026
Topics
- Definitions, history and theories of terrorism
- Ethnonationalist, revolutionary, religious and state terrorism
- Radicalization and political violence in the Global North and South
- Terrorism in the United States
- Media and terrorism
- Counterterrorism, the Global War on Terror and ethical questions
- Comparative case studies and future trends
Readings
- Required: Lipman, Mathew. Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Theory, History and Contemporary Challenges. Cognella Academic Publishing, 2019.
- Assigned exercise reading: UNODC, Education for Justice, Counter-Terrorism Module 2 exercises: https://www.unodc.org/e4j/en/terrorism/module-2/exercises.html
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- syllabus ↗Winter 2026
- Course source ↗
- Manually checked pages 1–2 and weekly schedule. Header explicitly says 2026W. Required bibliography reproduces the author spelling as printed, Lipman, Mathew; no external bibliographic correction has been silently made. Schedule repeatedly assigns this book. Excludes generic AI-policy and university-resource text.