State terrorism: orientalism and the drone programme

This article builds on the recent and growing scholarship on the negative effects of the drone programme. Current literature has shown that the drone programme terrorises the civilian population that it keeps under surveillance. Furthermore, it has articulated the drone programme’s violence as biopolitical and its surveillance as a necropolitical technology of distinction. It is argued in this article that the Orientalist attitudes and logic necessary for drone targeting form the basis for the biopolitical and necropolitical component of the drone programme. This article explores the Orientalism that suffuses the US drone programme in order to juxtapose it with governmental discourses that characterise the drone programme and its surveillance as neutral and humane – demonstrating the gap between government discourses of modernity and the actual drone programme. The necropolitical logic of distinction used for targeting leads to the assimilation of those under the drone’s gaze to a population that can be put to death, leading the drone programme to operate indiscriminately. The biopolitical logic is visible in the US practices, which I argue constitutes terrorism with the corroboration of civilian testimonies.     

How terrorism affects political attitudes: France in the aftermath of the 2015–2016 attacks

This study investigates what impact the terrorist attacks in Paris (2015) and Nice (2016) had on political attitudes in France. Drawing on nine cross-sectional surveys, it tests the premises of three major theories of opinion change that predict contrasting shifts in opinion among ordinary citizens according to their ideological position in the aftermath of terrorist attacks: the Reactive Liberals Hypothesis (RLH), the Terror Management Theory (TMT), and the Bayesian Updating Theory (BUT). In line with both RLH and BUT, the findings show that left-wing sympathisers shifted toward the right following the attacks. However, the results suggest that, in line with BUT, the attacks only had a significant impact on attitudes toward security, while they had no effect on attitudes toward immigration, or toward moral and socio-economic issues.     

恐怖主义相关行为要素研究

恐怖主义相关行为是一个行为系统,主要包括核心行为和各种相关的辅助行为。本文通过对恐怖主义组织、恐怖主义分子直接、间接实施的恐怖活动以及相关辅助行为的分析,以期为具体的恐怖主义性质案件的调查以及彻底摧毁恐怖主义组织的存在基础、抓获恐怖主义分子提供有益的帮助。     

A Preliminary Report of Psychiatric Diagnoses in a Scottish County Sample of Persons of National Security Concern

Increasing anecdotal, empirical, and research evidence indicates mental disorder history is one of the several factors associated with increased risk of involvement in lone-actor terrorist activities. Currently, few studies have been conducted on the mental disorder histories of individuals assessed as at risk of involvement in terrorist activities (Meloy, J Threat Assess Manag 2019;6:93). This pilot study describes demographic, psychiatric, and criminal characteristics of a sample of Scottish individuals identified by the Prevent element of the U.K. national counterterrorism strategy, and outcome data after follow-up at 2 years. Twenty-three individuals were referred to Prevent as posing a national security risk from a county in Scotland. Their records were studied for psychiatric and criminal histories. Nine (39%) had previous psychiatric contact, all were “lone actors”, and none were embedded with organized terrorist groups. The most common diagnoses were substance use disorder, personality disorder, depression, and psychotic disorder. The sample displayed factors associated with increased risk of violence including previous offending, early behavioral difficulties, school problems, substance misuse, cluster B personality disordered traits. After 2 years, 44% of the mentally disordered group had re-offended. The offense types were generally similar to those prior to the individual being involved with the Prevent counter terrorism program. Only one of the mentally disordered group committed a further national security offense. In this sample, mental disorder history is overrepresented in individuals who come to the attention of the U.K. Prevent counter terrorism strategy. Further empirical studies with additional power are required to develop the empirical evidence base in this under-researched area.     

奥运法治安全与犯罪预警机制的构筑

本文主要从宏观角度出发,呼吁通过政府进一步强化对市场主体的严格管理、规范行政执法、在执法中给予人性关爱、重视制裁小腐败、消除行政执法与刑事司法之间的断带等方面,求得社会矛盾解决在尚未激化为犯罪的阶段,以期减少犯罪的发生.作者在文章中还提出恐怖主义犯罪预警和流动人口犯罪预警的基本架构.     

恐怖主义与沈阳城市安全保障问题的思考

“9.11”事件充分暴露了当代城市在防范恐怖主义问题上的脆弱性。在诸多因素的影响下,沈阳也不是恐怖犯罪的真空地带。打击恐怖主义,构建反恐防控体系已成为确保沈阳城市安全的关键环节。     

我国反恐工作中存在的薄弱环节初探

面对着国际反恐怖形势日益严峻的现实情况,我国的反恐怖部门针对我国的反恐怖问题做了大量研究,采取了许多卓有成效的措施,对于预防、处置和及时打击在我国发生的恐怖活动必将起到非常重要的作用。但是,我国的反恐怖工作刚刚起步,还不完善,还存在着许多方面的薄弱环节亟待改进和加强。     

自杀恐怖袭击研究

自杀恐怖袭击是指受意识形态或宗教原因驱使的、有预谋的暴力行为 ,其恐怖袭击的成功性很大程度上取决于实施者的自我残杀。恐怖分子使用自杀恐怖袭击 ,是基于战术策略、防范难度、恐怖性以及所传递信息的内在性等原因。影响恐怖分子采取自我牺牲行为的动机是多样的 ,包括宗教、政治等多种动机     

全球化时代恐怖主义发展态势及其对策研究

随着全球化时代的到来 ,恐怖主义的发展也呈现出一些新的态势 ,无论在活动范围、组织类型、活动动机及其运用的手段等方面都有很大的改变。这些变化使得全球化时代的恐怖主义对国际安全和世界的稳定与发展构成了严重的威胁。各国应当以联合国和安理会为核心建立国际反恐联盟 ,在签订相应的国际公约、大力完善国内反恐立法的基础之上 ,充分发挥超国家机构的作用 ,积极采取非军事反恐措施 ,努力改变国际经济秩序中的不合理之处 ,促进全球经济平衡发展 ,彻底抑制和打击恐怖主义 ,维护国际安全和世界和平。