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On Friday, the G7 issued a 15-point common statement on terrorism and security, as the summit came few days after a terror attack in the British city of Manchester. The seven powers pledged to bring the fight against violent extremism to a higher level by "relentlessly preventing, investigati...
This paper discusses the various forms of violence that immigrant women of diverse ethno-cultural backgrounds experience in their daily lives in the Atlantic region of Canada and assesses the impact of such violence on the women, their efforts to cope with it, and their experiences with social se...
Should firms fall short of consumers’ expectations of the terms of the data exchange, it can produce detrimental consumer outcomes such as consumer defection, consumer opt-out, consumer terrorism or bad word of mouth, and legal action against the firm. As firms gain more access to consumers’...
Understanding Terrorism Abstract Academy Award -winning actress Angelina Jolie was in Japan on 9/11 , and she recalled, “It was this other strange thing for me, because it was obviously a country where if you would have turned the clock back, it was an enemy. And now, on that date, ...
The fighter looked atherand paused. Man-mountain he may have been, butthe determined young woman with steel in her eyesmade him tremble. The pronounheris a broad, gendered reference and we may be tempted to make some stereotypical assumptions about the female character who catches the eye of...
Pech and Slade (2004) proposed modifying memes that promote terrorism to create forms that inhibit terrorism. A substantial body of research has been developed to combat fake news (Ciampaglia, 2018; Ciampaglia et al., 2015; Tambuscio et al., 2015) and could provide critical insights for ...
Some individuals commit acts of terrorism often due to a lack of understanding about religious texts, namely the Qurʾān and Ḥadīth. Thus, the serious impact of the lack of contextual comprehension could be viewed as a source of radical movements claiming to defend Islam. An attempt to ...
By gaining a deeper understanding of the spatial and temporal dynamics underlying terrorist groups, we can develop proactive measures and policies aimed at preventing or mitigating the impact of these humanitarian disasters. Academic literature frequently describes terrorism research in terms of three ...
A hurricane destroys a factory, preventing a company from delivering goods. This is a clear case of Force Majeure, assuming the hurricane was unforeseeable and the company took reasonable steps to protect the factory. A supplier experiences a labor strike, delaying the delivery ...