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    • Targeting, rhetoric and the failure of grassroots jihad 

      Ramsay, Gilbert (Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St Andrews, 2012-07-10) - Journal article
      In this paper I examine the apparent failure of Al Qaeda ideologues, not for want of trying, to incite a widespread campaign of ‘individual jihad’. Not only are instances of genuinely ‘leaderless’ jihadist violence rare, ...
    • Characterising the UK terrorist threat: the problem with non-violent ideology as a focus for counter-terrorism and terrorism as the product of ‘vulnerability’ 

      Richards, Anthony (Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St Andrews, 2012-07-10) - Journal article
      This article investigates two particular aspects as to how the terrorist threat in the UK has been characterised, arguing that they both challenge conventional academic wisdom as to how terrorism should be conceptualised. ...
    • Emergency preparedness – working in partnership 

      Lewis, Simon (Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St Andrews, 2012-07-10) - Journal article
      I had the immense privilege to provide a presentation of the above title to a conference at the University of St. Andrews in February of this year. The conference, entitled ‘Assessing the Emergency Response to Terrorism’, ...
    • The terrorist threat to the UK in the post–9/11 decade 

      Omand, Sir David (Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St Andrews, 2012-07-10) - Journal article
      The overall task for this special issue is to assess the emergency response to terrorism, in particular the threat posed by violent jihadist terrorism. Clearly, planning for emergency responses will have value against other ...
    • Introduction: emergency preparedness 

      Veness, Sir David (Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St Andrews, 2012-07-10) - Journal article
      Introduction to the Special Issue: Assessing the Emergency Response to Terrorism.