http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.all,pubID.24647/pub_detail.asp
Michael Rubin, Suzanne Gershowitz
"The Evolving Threat: International Terrorism in the post 9-11 Era - To combat terrorism effectively, political leaders and diplomats should look not at the terrorists’ goals, but rather at their success. After all, terrorism is only a tactic. Adversaries commit terrorist acts when they win more than they lose. Some commit terrorism for publicity, others for ransom, and still others for concession. The key to defeat of terrorism is not through diplomacy, but rather through strategies more forceful and less compromising. Terrorism will only cease to be a useful tactic only when its costs become too great for terrorists and their sponsors to bear."
