TERRORISM – AN ASYMMETRIC THREAT?
TERRORISM – AN ASYMMETRIC THREAT?

Summary/Abstract: When we speak of terrorism, the question is: Is Terrorism really an asymmetric threat? What are the threats, risks, challenges and chances for the 21st Century? To talk about asymmetry requires one should first ask: what is the definition of asymmetry? If we look it up in the Oxford Dictionary, we find the following explanation: Asymmetry is a “lack of equality or equivalence between parts or aspects of something; a lack of symmetry.” But how does this fit into the concept of terrorism?

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