The New Terrorism Revisited:
Some Remarks on Terrorism Evolution
and Its Strategic Significance After 9/11
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Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw
Data publikacji: 01-04-2022
Studia Politologiczne 2022;63
SŁOWA KLUCZOWE
STRESZCZENIE
The article discusses main evolutionary trends in terrorism after 9/11. Analysing
the phenomenon globally and with reference to the concept of so called “new terrorism”, the
articles points out the continuation of majority of trends in terrorism’ evolution from the past,
particularly on motivational and organizational level. The study stresses, however, significant
quantitative growth in terrorist acts and changes in their geographical distributions. In
addition, the article analyses reasons why the risks of super- and cyberterrorism did not
materialized fully in last decades.
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