Terrorism and the pandemic : weaponizing of COVID-19 / Rohan Gunaratna and Katalin Pethő-Kiss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gunaratna, Rohan, 1961- author.

Pethő-Kiss, Katalin, author.

Contributor:

Knowledge Unlatched, Funder.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism.

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Weaponizing of COVID-19

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2023.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on: online resource; title from pdf title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed on May 11, 2023).

ISBN:

9781800737730

1800737734

9781800737891

1800737890

OCLC:

1366126777

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access