%0 Journal Article
%T Assessing the impact of the political environment on INGO vulnerability to terrorist attack
%J Risk, hazards and crisis in public policy
%D 2018
%A Lambert, Kathryn M.
%V 9
%N 4
%P 431-454
%X International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) operate in dangerous environments where their humanitarian missions are often in jeopardy. This study analyzes the relationship between four political variables--Regime Type, Political Corruption, Political Stability, and Level of Terrorism--and terrorist attacks against INGOs. What political conditions exist when INGOs are targeted by terror organizations? Do these conditions differ from international terror attacks in which INGOs are not targeted? The Global Terrorism Database (GTD) is used to identify INGOs attacked by terrorists and to describe the nature of the terrorist threat posed to the organizations. Additionally, data from the Polity IV Project, the State Fragility Index (SFI), and Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGIs) are used to create proxy variables for Regime Type, Political Stability, and Political Corruption. Binary logistic regression of these four variables reveals Political Stability and Level of Terrorism as the best predictors of INGO attacks. These two variables predicted 82.0 percent of the INGO attacks but were much less successful (58.1 percent) in predicting terrorist attacks in which INGOs were not targeted. INGOs can more effectively align resources with their security needs as they gain a better understanding of how the political environment impacts or does not impact their vulnerability to terrorist attack.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I John Wiley and Sons
%@ 1944-4079
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rhc3.12145