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  • 9 - Can Blacklisting Reduce Terrorist Attacks?

  • from Part III - Beyond and Within State
  • Edited by Judith G. Kelley, Duke University, North Carolina, Beth A. Simmons, University of Pennsylvania
  • Book:
    The Power of Global Performance Indicators
    Published online:
    28 February 2020
    Print publication:
    19 March 2020, pp 271-299

  • Summary

    Within global security governance, a number of governments monitor and label certain organizations as “terrorist groups” with the aim of curtailing their capacity. The most prominent example of this is the U.S. Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list. Under what conditions is FTO listing an effective counterterrorism tool? We develop a theory of blacklisting in the context of FTOs, arguing that the impact of FTO designation depends on the types of support terrorist organizations rely on. We theorize that FTO blacklisting has capacity-curtailing effects on terrorist groups when funding sources are vulnerable to detection, sanctions, and stigmatization. Specifically, we hypothesize that groups with private funding (e.g. charities, diaspora networks) are more likely to reduce attacks after FTO designation, compared to groups with other funding sources such as criminal activities. Analysis of data on terrorist organizations between 1970 and 2014 takes into account the political processes of listing and provides support for the argument. The findings highlight the importance of understanding the nature of the target in evaluating the performance of global indicators.

  • Can the International Criminal Court Deter Atrocity?—CORRIGENDUM

  • Hyeran Jo, Beth A. Simmons
  • Journal:
    International Organization / Volume 71 / Issue 2 / Spring 2017
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    08 May 2017, pp. 419-421
    Print publication:
    Spring 2017
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  • Can the International Criminal Court Deter Atrocity?

  • Hyeran Jo, Beth A. Simmons
  • Journal:
    International Organization / Volume 70 / Issue 3 / Summer 2016
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    08 July 2016, pp. 443-475
    Print publication:
    Summer 2016

  • Whether and how violence can be controlled to spare innocent lives is a central issue in international relations. The most ambitious effort to date has been the International Criminal Court (ICC), designed to enhance security and safety by preventing egregious human rights abuses and deterring international crimes. We offer the first systematic assessment of the ICC's deterrent effects for both state and nonstate actors. Although no institution can deter all actors, the ICC can deter some governments and those rebel groups that seek legitimacy. We find support for this conditional impact of the ICC cross-nationally. Our work has implications for the study of international relations and institutions, and supports the violence-reducing role of pursuing justice in international affairs.

Compliant Rebels
  • Rebel Groups and International Law in World Politics
  • Hyeran Jo
  • Published online:
    05 September 2015
    Print publication:
    21 August 2015
  • Seventeen million people have died in civil wars and rebel violence has disrupted the lives of millions more. In a fascinating contribution to the active literature on civil wars, this book finds that some contemporary rebel groups actually comply with international law amid the brutality of civil conflicts around the world. Rather than celebrating the existence of compliant rebels, the author traces the cause of this phenomenon and argues that compliant rebels emerge when rebel groups seek legitimacy in the eyes of domestic and international audiences that care about humanitarian consequences and human rights. By examining rebel groups' different behaviors such as civilian killing, child soldiering, and allowing access to detention centers, Compliant Rebels offers key messages and policy lessons about engaging rebel groups with an eye toward reducing civilian suffering in war zones.

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