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Terrorism in the Time of the Pandemic: The Rise of the Right

verfasst von : Molly Ellenberg, Arie W. Kruglanski

Erschienen in: Issues of Terrorism in the Post-Coronavirus Era

Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

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Abstract

Early in the pandemic, scholars of all academic fields wondered how COVID-19 would change their areas of study. Terrorism and violent extremism researchers were no exception. By late 2020, numerous papers had been published exploring how terrorist groups around the world had reacted to the pandemic.

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Fußnoten
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Medical devices which pump air into the airways of individuals with severe COVID who cannot breathe on their own.
 
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Note: This paper was written prior to outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war which began on October 7, 2023.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Terrorism in the Time of the Pandemic: The Rise of the Right
verfasst von
Molly Ellenberg
Arie W. Kruglanski
Copyright-Jahr
2024
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-68542-2_12

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