{"571011":{"#nid":"571011","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Does Killing Terrorist Leaders Make Any Difference? Scholars Are Doubtful","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJenna Jordan, an assistant professor in the Ivan Allen College Sam Nunn School of International Affairs,\u0026nbsp;was featured in\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;Does Killing Terrorist Leaders Make Any Difference? Scholars Are Doubtful\u0026quot; for\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThe New York Times\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp class=\u0022story-body-text story-content\u0022 data-para-count=\u0022182\u0022 data-total-count=\u0022873\u0022\u003ETwo features make a terrorist group able to withstand a senior officer\u0026rsquo;s death, according to research by Jenna Jordan, a Georgia Tech professor and a leading expert on the subject.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp class=\u0022story-body-text story-content\u0022 data-para-count=\u0022459\u0022 data-total-count=\u00221332\u0022\u003EThe first is popular support. Groups need a steady stream of recruits and a pool of potential new leaders. Support among civilians in areas in which the groups primarily operate also makes them more stable, by broadening support networks and helping them to safely retrench when needed. Leaders are usually killed in or near communities that support them, resulting in those communities rallying behind the terrorist group and against whoever did the killing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/08\/31\/world\/middleeast\/syria-killing-terrorist-leaders.html?_r=0\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2016-08-31 10:06:28","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:28:22","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Extension of Self","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/08\/31\/world\/middleeast\/syria-killing-terrorist-leaders.html?_r=0","dateline":{"date":"2016-08-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-08-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"385641":{"id":"385641","type":"image","title":"Jenna Jordan","body":null,"created":"1449246262","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:24:22","changed":"1475894398","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:58","alt":"Jenna Jordan","file":{"fid":"75404","name":"jennajordanweb.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/jennajordanweb.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/jennajordanweb.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":132872,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/jennajordanweb.jpg?itok=7OdNAQjB"}}},"media_ids":["385641"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}