Essays about: "Terrorist threats"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words Terrorist threats.

1. 1. The Howl of the Lone Wolf

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Jonna Rolfsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Lone Wolf; Manifesto; Narrative; Targets; Right-wing; Underdog; Ideology; Social System; Social Order; Crisis; Violence; Mass-harm; Replacement; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Attacks of mass-harm perpetrated by lone actor terrorists, also known as lone wolves which they are called in this study, have been increasing in the last few decades and has become one of the main national security threats in Sweden. With the increase in attacks, so has the research on this type of terrorism, looking at ideological reasons, target selection and the radicalisation process as well as comparisons to group-based terrorism. READ MORE

3. 2. Terrorist Threats in Scandinavia: A comparative study of the most significant terrorist threats in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway between 2001-2022

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Ulrikke Dyrholm; [2023]
   Keywords : Terrorist threats; intelligence agencies; Scandinavia; securitization theory; threat assessment; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The Scandinavian countries have neither been a focus area in terrorism nor intelligence studies, even though the Scandinavian intelligence agencies perceive the terrorist threats as rather present in their countries. This thesis aims to examine the similarities and differences within the assessment of the most significant terrorist threats in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway between 2001-2022 based on the threat assessment reports published by the Scandinavian intelligence agencies. READ MORE

4. 3. Crisis communication applied to mega-events and festivals : A multi-method analysis of communicative preparedness

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Johanna Walser; [2018]
   Keywords : crisis communication; mega-events; festivals; uncertainty; chaos; interview; thematic analysis;

   Abstract : Crisis communication has been widely researched for an economic purpose, with the focus on preventing damage to a corporation’s reputation or the restoration of a politician’s image. Additionally, crisis communication also found its utility for natural hazards as well as for terrorist attacks. READ MORE

5. 4. An Assessment of Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters’ Commitment to Reintegrate : A Case Study of Kwale County, Kenya

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Tina Mykkänen; [2018]
   Keywords : Al Shabaab; Terrorism; Foreign Terrorist Fighter; Reintegration; Countering Violent Extremism; Returnee; Life Psychology; Life Embeddedness; Kwale; Kenya;

   Abstract : The preoccupation in the past decades with theorizing radicalization in order to prevent violent extremism has left deradicalization undertheorized. As the number of returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTFs) is expected to increase as a result of the anticipated military and intelligence advancement on terrorism, the reintegration imperative stresses the urgency to develop comprehensive reintegration and deradicalization strategies. READ MORE

6. 5. US POWER DYNAMICS IN AFRICA

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Misha Desai; [2016]
   Keywords : [United States; Kenya; Security; 9 11; War on Terror; Critical geopolitics]; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 have had a profound effects on global perceptions of security and threats. The ensuing global War on Terror has increasingly been used by the US as a pretext to wage a ‘global war’, far outside the borders of the American homeland. READ MORE