The definition of terrorism

Collective responsibility and counter-terrorism

Human responses to Covid-19: The role of optimism bias, perceived severity, and anxiety

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the governments are trying to contain the spread with non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), such as social distancing rules, restrictions, and lockdowns. In an effort to identify factors that may influence population adherence to NPIs, we examined the role of optimism bias, anxiety, and perceived severity of...

Weapons of Mass Destruction—Conceptual and Ethical Issues with Regard to terrorism

The concept of WMD is part of numerous national laws and is the core of one of the most important treaties of the United Nations (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in Convention on the prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons and on their destruction, 1992; United Nation Office of...

CBRN Threats, Counter-Terrorism, and Collective Moral Responsibility: Partnerships in preventing and preparing for terrorist attacks using common-use toxic and radiological substances as weapons

The terrorist use of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) weapons is a worst-case scenario for most security agencies. Yet traditionally, the risk of CBRN-terrorism is characterized as a so-called “high impact – low probability” threat. Academics and analysts consider it challenging for terrorists to acquire these weapons and,...