Essays about: "CBRN-weapons"

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  1. 1. A Eurocentric Study of New Terrorism - Assessing New Terrorism´s validity and applicability in describing European terrorism 2010-2018 using quantitative research.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Henrik Lindholm; [2020]
    Keywords : New Terrorism; Europe; CBRN-weapons; Religious terrorism; Lethality; Separatist terrorism.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : New Terrorism has been a highly regarded theory in the field of terrorism since the late 1990s, but how accurate is it in regards to European terrorism in 2010-2018? Are terrorists more lethal, primarily religious, part of transnational and decentralized organizations, and are they using CBRN-weapons? This paper uses a quantitative study, with a descriptive and retroductive approach, of all terror attacks in Europe 2010-2018, to examine New Terrorisms’ validity, and propose possible changes to the theory. I find that New Terrorism is partly correct. READ MORE