02949nam 2200493 450 99654317280331620230511171943.01-80073-773-41-80073-789-010.1515/9781800737730(CKB)5580000000509286(DE-B1597)658644(DE-B1597)9781800737730(ScCtBLL)9043ff3b-22ff-4162-9c70-891297b93b9b(EXLCZ)99558000000050928620230208d2023 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentnrdamediancrdacarrierTerrorism and the pandemic weaponizing of COVID-19 /Rohan Gunaratna and Katalin Pethő-KissFirst edition.New York, NY :Berghahn Books,2023.1 online resourcePrint version: Gunaratna, Rohan, 1961- Terrorism and the pandemic 1st Edition. New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2023 9781800738010 (DLC) 2022045366 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction. The Threat -- Chapter 1. The Evolution of the Threat -- Chapter 2. How Have Radical Islamists Capitalized on the Pandemic? -- Chapter 3. How Far Right Extremists Exploited the Coronavirus Crisis -- Chapter 4. Beyond the Radical Islamist and Right-Wing Threat -- Chapter 5. Novel Terrorist Tactics and Targets -- Chapter 6. Future Trajectories for Emerging Radical Islamist and Far Right Trends -- Conclusion. Policy Recommendations -- Annex A. Key Radical Islamist and Far Right Messages Concerning the Pandemic -- Annex B. Statistics on Extremists’ COVID-19-Related Activities -- Index"The global pandemic has offered extraordinary opportunities for extremists and terrorists to mobilize themselves and revive as more powerful actors in the security landscape. But could these threat groups actually capitalize on the coronavirus crisis and advance their malevolent agendas? Utilizing the largest COVID-19-related terrorism database, the book presents an analysis built upon a quantitative and qualitative comparison between the nature of both the radical Islamist and the far-right-related threat in 2018 and 2020. It provides, for the first time, a true picture of novel trends since the pandemic outbreak"--Provided by publisher.Weaponizing of COVID-19TerrorismCOVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-Terrorism.COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-363.325Gunaratna Rohan1961-688426Pethő-Kiss KatalinKnowledge Unlatchedfndhttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fndDLCDLCBOOK996543172803316Terrorism and the pandemic3339797UNISA