Weaponising of the COVID-19 pandemic

The global pandemic offered extraordinary opportunities for extremists and terrorists to mobilise themselves. This analysis is built upon a quantitative and qualitative comparison between the nature of the jihadist and the far-right-related threat in 2018 and 2020. The ultimate goal was to provide a...

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Main Author: Petho-Kiss, Katalin
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Commentary
Language:English
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/170867
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:The global pandemic offered extraordinary opportunities for extremists and terrorists to mobilise themselves. This analysis is built upon a quantitative and qualitative comparison between the nature of the jihadist and the far-right-related threat in 2018 and 2020. The ultimate goal was to provide a true picture of novel trends since the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. This established snapshot view could serve as the basis for amendments to be made in countering terrorism strategies both in the conflict and in the non-conflict zones.