Visualization Study of Terrorist Activities in Asia Based on UCINET

Abstract

After 9.11, terrorism has become the hotspot of research by scholars all over the world, and the fight against terrorism has been intensified. However, under the fight of the whole society, the phenomenon of "the more we fight against terrorism, the more active it becomes" has appeared, which is especially serious in Asia. In this context, we collected data on terrorist activities in Asia by using the GTD anti-terrorist database, and analyzed the singularity of the network of "time-region" and "target type-attack type" relations of terrorist activities by using social network analysis and UCINET. It can be deduced that the Asian region is characterized by the criminalization of terrorist activities, the expansion of the geographical area of activities, the diversification of attack methods and the complexity of the types of targets. Finally, corresponding counter-terrorism strategies will be formulated on the basis of the conclusions, which will provide a guiding theory for future counter-terrorism efforts.