A Policy of Deterrence Is Likely to Fail Against Terrorist

question 18

Multiple Choice

A policy of deterrence is likely to fail against terrorist groups because

• A) history has shown that only democratic nation-states respond well to deterrence.
• B) deterrence has been made illegal under international law.
• C) terrorist groups are nonstate actors who may believe that their lack of a fixed geographic location prevents their targets from retaliating militarily.
• D) terrorist groups do not yet have access to nuclear weapons.
• E) terrorist groups do not typically enter into negotiations with nation-states.

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Definitions:

Population Locations

The geographical sites or areas where members of a specific population can be found.

Independent Samples

Independent samples refer to two or more groups of observations that are collected from separate populations and are not dependent on each other.

Wilcoxon Rank-Sum Test

A nonparametric statistical test used to compare two independent samples to determine if they come from the same distribution.

Nonparametric Test

A statistical test that does not assume a specific distribution for the variable being analyzed.