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Keep the Informants Talking: The Pursuit and Use of CBRN Weapons by Terrorist Organizations

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  • Blake Campbell
  • Amanda Murdie

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What factors affect the likelihood that violent nonstate actors pursue and use chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) weapons? What factors make a country at-risk for a CBRN terrorist attack? We argue that widespread repressive practices, also termed human rights abuses, are especially problematic in the fight to stop the pursuit or use of CBRN weapons. Repression by government forces severs ties between civilians and their government, leading those with knowledge of attacks to refrain from turning over necessary information. We test our argument quantitatively using data from the Big Allied and Dangerous Project and the Global Terrorism Database. Our results highlight how efforts taken to limit the use of repression may be an effective strategy to reduce risks of CBRN terrorism.

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  • Blake Campbell & Amanda Murdie, 2023. "Keep the Informants Talking: The Pursuit and Use of CBRN Weapons by Terrorist Organizations," Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 46(7), pages 1088-1107, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:uterxx:v:46:y:2023:i:7:p:1088-1107
    DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2018.1531517
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