INTELLECTUAL POTENTIAL, THE MOST EFFICIENT WEAPON OF TERRORISM IN THE 21 ST CENTURY
INTELLECTUAL POTENTIAL, THE MOST EFFICIENT WEAPON OF TERRORISM IN THE 21 ST CENTURY
Author(s): Cristian ŞtefanSubject(s): Security and defense, Studies in violence and power, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Centrul tehnic-editorial al armatei
Keywords: Intellectual potential; terrorism; intellectual terrorism; terrorist attacks; opportunity cost theory; rush-hour attack;
Summary/Abstract: The article starts from the premise that contemporary terrorism is based on a limitless resource that can be used at any given moment and make the most of any other terrorism resources – intellectual potential. That is why this article analyses a series of moments in which intellectual potential makes its presence felt during planning and developing the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 (New York), 11 March 2004 (Madrid) and 7 July 2005 (London). The purpose is to expose the military-strategic thought elements necessary to shape under a viable conceptual form the “terrorist intellectual potential” in order to anticipate and put an end to the new terrorist attacks.
Journal: Romanian Military Thinking
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 91-95
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English
