Political geographers have repeatedly demonstrated how the ‘global war on/of terror’ has led to repressive and unjust international domestic policies. Nevertheless, little been said about multifold intertwinements between such ‘Western’ perceptions their shaping of anti-terrorism efforts within. To this end, paper draws on recent feminist understandings scale, global/local processes, geopolitic...

Ever since the 9-11 incident, the multidisciplinary field of terrorism has experienced tremendous growth. As the domain has benefited greatly from recent advances in information technologies, more complex and challenging new issues have emerged from numerous counter-terrorism-related research communities as well as governments of all levels. In this paper, we describe an advanced knowledge disc...

INTRODUCTION Only 4% of the United States Homeland Security funding for public safety terrorism preparedness is allotted to emergency medical services (EMS), despite the primary threat from a mass-terrorism chemical weapons attack (MTCWA) being personal injury. This study examines the preparedness of the EMS to respond to, treat, and transport victims of such attacks. HYPOTHESIS It was hypoth...

How do ideological motivations influence terrorists’ choice of targets? While the ideological determinants of target selection have been the topic of anedoctal conjecture, no rigorous empirical work has been done to answer this question. Furthermore, no research has addressed the role of ideology in terrorist decision-making under strategic constraints. To address this gap in the literature, I ...

Russia’s internal security agency—the Federal Security Service (FSB)—occupies a critical position with respect to the U.S. nonproliferation and antiterrorism efforts in Russia. It has an important positive role in preventing nuclear terrorism involving Russian nuclear materials and facilities. It also influences U.S.Russian cooperation by controlling its scope, as well as U.S. access to Russian...

s homo sapiens (thinking beings) and more precisely as homo fabers (creative beings) we have always been somewhat awed and puzzled by the notion of change and continuity. Is our contemporary living any different from the known past? Is terrorism of today any different from the terrorism of yesteryears? We could be more precise in our questions. Is twenty-first century-terrorism any different fr...

Abstract The study intends to investigate the direct and indirect effect of terrorism corruption on net migration for thirty-eight developing countries, along with other macroeconomic determinants like per capita GDP, globalization, inflation institutional quality time period 1985-2015. Based Fixed Random Effects models, findings show that GDP has negative while globalization positively signifi...

Abstract Terrorism often seeks to impact democratic politics. This article explores how it can influence the electoral fortunes of incumbent. Existing research is contradictory. Models retrospective voting predict a negative impact, as terrorism detrimental voters' welfare. However, well-known ‘rally around flag’ effect suggests otherwise: following terrorist attack, voters cling We reconcile t...

The opinions of several Nobel Peace Prize winners on the root causes of terrorism were described Laureates quoted highlight the role of low education and poverty in terrorism: " What is it that seduces some young people to terrorism? It simplifies things. The fanatic has no questions, only answers. Education is the way to eliminate terrorism. " (Elie Wiesel) " If the mind is more open, that wil...