Mapping far-right chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) terrorism efforts in the west: characteristics of plots and perpetrators for future threat assessment

The threat of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) terrorism is widely attributed to collective actors based on a religious ideology, e.g. globally operating Salafi-jihadist groups like al-Qaeda or ISIL. Only limited attention has been given to the CBRN threat of violent domestic ex...

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Authors: Köhler, Daniel 1985- (Author) ; Popella, Peter Rudolf 1987- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: Terrorism and political violence
Year: 2020, Volume: 32, Issue: 8, Pages: 1666-1690
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