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Fast, Fully-Automatic Characterization of Metallic and Water-Based Threat Objects for Millimeter-Wave Personnel Screening Systems

open access: yesIEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 2023
Efficient characterization of concealed person-worn objects enhances the security of air travel and reduces the inspection time. Mm-wave nearfield radar can detect metallic objects such as guns or knives, as well as water-based materials that might be ...
Mohammad M. Tajdini   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deterrence, Development, and Denial: Securitising Climate‐Induced Mobility in the European Union

open access: yesContemporary European Politics, Volume 4, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Climate‐induced mobility poses a mounting governance challenge for the European Union (EU), where climate action, migration control, and security policy intersect in uneven and contested ways. While EU discourse frequently frames climate change as a “threat multiplier,” migration governance remains anchored in deterrence logics, producing a ...
Manasa Bollempalli
wiley   +1 more source

Framing Artificial Intelligence: Public Discourse on Facial Recognition in the European Union and the United States

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 64, Issue 5, Page 1751-1782, September 2026.
Abstract To what extent is AI regulation influenced by frames and discourse coalitions? To address this question, we use complex systems and framing theories to analyse public discourse on facial recognition in the European Union (EU) and the United States. Our discourse network analysis of statements between 2000 and 2022 shows that facial recognition
Kerem Öge, Manuel Quintin
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence-Based Counterterrorism or Flying Blind? How to Understand and Achieve What Works

open access: yesPerspectives on Terrorism, 2014
Many counterterrorism efforts in last decades, and especially since 9/11, have been plagued with doubts as to whether or not they actually make us safer.
Rebecca Freese
doaj  

A Constructivist Approach to Continuous Variables in Macroscopic Social Research

open access: yesJournal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, Volume 56, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper offers a constructivist approach to the analysis of continuous variables in macroscopic social research. Scientific constructivists have well developed ideas about how categories are situated in minds as bounded regions in conceptual space.
James Mahoney
wiley   +1 more source

Strategic and Discursive Shifts in Türkiye's Perceptions of NATO, 1952–2020

open access: yesMiddle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 3, Autumn (Fall) 2026.
Abstract With crises intensifying across the Middle East, the Türkiye‐NATO relationship has become a matter of vital interest for global security. Employing a mixed‐methods approach, this study investigates shifts in Ankara's perceptions of NATO from the year of Türkiye's accession in 1952 through 2020. Officials’ views are examined through an analysis
Melih Nadi Tutan
wiley   +1 more source

From Competition to Compartmentalization: Rethinking Türkiye‐Gulf Relations

open access: yesMiddle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 3, Autumn (Fall) 2026.
Abstract For nearly a decade following the Arab uprisings, relations between Ankara and key Gulf capitals were marked by intense rivalry and proxy contestation across several regional arenas, notably in Egypt and Syria. Why did relations shift toward pragmatic cooperation after such prolonged polarization?
Betul Dogan‐Akkas
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking International Counterterrorism Assistance to the Greater Horn of Africa: Toward a Regional Risk Reduction Strategy

open access: yesPerspectives on Terrorism, 2013
The Horn of Africa has long been a recipient of foreign security assistance, with significant funds increasingly devoted to supporting subregional civilian-oriented counterterrorism efforts over the past decade.
Matthew Schwartz   +2 more
doaj  

The counterterrorism–terrorism paradox: From defence to violence in Kashmir

open access: yesEuropean Journal of International Security
How do counterterrorism policies enable terrorist groups to thrive and survive? This article examines the relationship and how counterterrorism policies and political structures impact terrorist group success.
Shaswati Das, Mia Bloom
doaj   +1 more source

Immigration policy and counterterrorism [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Public Economics, 2012
AbstractIn a developing country, terrorists recruit and allocate their capital, skilled labor, and unskilled labor between domestic and foreign targets. Domestic targets require less skilled labor than foreign targets. Under various strategic scenarios, we show how countermeasures against the different terrorist inputs alter the amount and mix of ...
Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Todd Sandler
openaire   +1 more source

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