LEADER 02949nam 2200493 450 001 996543172803316 005 20230511171943.0 010 $a1-80073-773-4 010 $a1-80073-789-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9781800737730 035 $a(CKB)5580000000509286 035 $a(DE-B1597)658644 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781800737730 035 $a(ScCtBLL)9043ff3b-22ff-4162-9c70-891297b93b9b 035 $a(EXLCZ)995580000000509286 100 $a20230208d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cn$2rdamedia 183 $anc$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTerrorism and the pandemic $eweaponizing of COVID-19 /$fRohan Gunaratna and Katalin Petho?-Kiss 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cBerghahn Books,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource 311 08$aPrint version: Gunaratna, Rohan, 1961- Terrorism and the pandemic 1st Edition. New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2023 9781800738010 (DLC) 2022045366 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Illustrations -- $tIntroduction. The Threat -- $tChapter 1. The Evolution of the Threat -- $tChapter 2. How Have Radical Islamists Capitalized on the Pandemic? -- $tChapter 3. How Far Right Extremists Exploited the Coronavirus Crisis -- $tChapter 4. Beyond the Radical Islamist and Right-Wing Threat -- $tChapter 5. Novel Terrorist Tactics and Targets -- $tChapter 6. Future Trajectories for Emerging Radical Islamist and Far Right Trends -- $tConclusion. Policy Recommendations -- $tAnnex A. Key Radical Islamist and Far Right Messages Concerning the Pandemic -- $tAnnex B. Statistics on Extremists? COVID-19-Related Activities -- $tIndex 330 $a"The global pandemic has offered extraordinary opportunities for extremists and terrorists to mobilize themselves and revive as more powerful actors in the security landscape. But could these threat groups actually capitalize on the coronavirus crisis and advance their malevolent agendas? Utilizing the largest COVID-19-related terrorism database, the book presents an analysis built upon a quantitative and qualitative comparison between the nature of both the radical Islamist and the far-right-related threat in 2018 and 2020. It provides, for the first time, a true picture of novel trends since the pandemic outbreak"--$cProvided by publisher. 517 3 $aWeaponizing of COVID-19 606 $aTerrorism 606 $aCOVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- 615 0$aTerrorism. 615 0$aCOVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- 676 $a363.325 700 $aGunaratna$b Rohan$f1961-$0688426 702 $aPetho?-Kiss$b Katalin 712 02$aKnowledge Unlatched$4fnd$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fnd 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996543172803316 996 $aTerrorism and the pandemic$93339797 997 $aUNISA