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,...

Machine Learning and Counter-Terrorism: Ethics, Efficacy, and Meaningful Human Control

Machine Learning (ML) is reaching the peak of a hype cycle. If you can think of a personal or grand societal challenge – then ML is being proposed to solve it. For example, ML is purported to be able to assist in the current global pandemic by predicting COVID-19 outbreaks and identifying carriers (see, e.g., Ardabili et al. 2020). ML can make...