Verbal Attacks on ISIS Increased Violence Against Civilians

• In Event: Terrorism and Counterterrorism

Brief Overview

We use Bayesian structural VAR models to analyze daily event data on interactions between ISIS and foreign governments for 2014-2021. Rather than deterring ISIS from attacking civilians, verbal conflict substantially increased those attacks.

Authors

• Iliyan Iliev, University of Southern Mississippi

• Nahrain Bet Younadam, University of Arizona

• Brandon J. Kinne, University of California-Davis