The Modern Faces of Terrorism: Trends and Features

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210902.018How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Biological (bacteriological) terrorism, Global challenge, Knowledge intensity, Biological weapons, Threats to the security

Abstract

The article states that the rapid growth of terrorism is one of the signs of our time. The number of challenges, dangers and threats is increasing, and the uncertainty of their consequences is growing. Currently, the forms of terrorism are becoming more and more multi-faced, more sophisticated, and more difficult to control by international and national organizations and security agencies. Extremists often attempt to manipulate public consciousness using the mass media. Increasingly, science and related technology are becoming a source of tools and opportunities for transnational crime, so that the knowledge-intensity of modern terrorism can be deemed its main feature. The last decade has seen a significant increase in efforts by international terrorist organizations to gain access to biological weapons, technologies of their synthesis and use. Biological terrorism is among the least controlled and most serious threats to international stability, which necessitates the development of special security measures and the creation of unconventional methods and areas of anti-terrorism activity. Basic and applied scientific research together with the development of legal mechanisms to neutralize potential risks to the existence of humankind must become a foundation for developing an international security system.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ekaterina Gnatik
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/09/04
TI  - The Modern Faces of Terrorism: Trends and Features
BT  - Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities. (Philosophy of Being Human as the Core of Interdisciplinary Research) (ICCESSH 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 105
EP  - 109
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210902.018
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210902.018
ID  - Gnatik2021
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