Domestic, international and transnational terror after 2001 : towards a new typology?

Abstract

This article addresses the traditional distinction between domestic and international terrorism, and the blurring of these two types. The latter trend emerged in 2005 when the United States official annual global terror statistics included acts of domestic terror, whereas the focus had previously predominantly been on international terror incidents. Some of the implications of these changes in the statistical database, as well as the developing concept of ‘transnational terrorism' are discussed and analysed.