James A. Piazza
Do Democracy and Free Markets Protect Us From Terrorism?
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
study empirically tests become central component us antiterrorism policy bush administration terrorism byproduct illiberal political economic systems employing series statistical analyses incidents terrorism 153 countries 1986 2003 author finds variables measuring democracy degree economic openness significant predictors terrorism however study find experience state failures significant thus providing empirical backing small descriptive body scholarship linking failed states terrorism