Abstract In certain contexts associated with counterterrorism, some governments and military forces have stigmatized civilians, not because of the acts they perform but rather from loose associations groups perceived as “terrorists”, based on geographical proximity or common social, ethnic religious backgrounds. Access to humanitarian assistance has been affected by this stigmatization, in spec...

In this paper, we discuss terrorism as an adversity to global security, with special emphasis on Kosovo. The presented data shows that today, poses a risk more than half of the world’s population. Although small country, Kosovo, has not been left out negative societal phenomenon. More specifically, according international reports, threat and danger Kosovo from Islamic extremism increased; it is...

We define two models of hysteresis that generalize the Preisach model. The first model is deterministic, the second model is stochastic and it utilizes discontinuous transition probabilities that satisfy impulsive differential equations. For the first model we prove, among other things, a local version of the "wiping out" property; for the stochastic model, we give methods for the construction ...

• While we must better defend our societies against cyberterrorism and Internet-savvy terrorists, we should also consider the costs of applying counterterrorism measures to the Internet. Such measures can hand authoritarian governments and agencies with little public accountability tools with which to violate privacy, curtail the free flow of information, and restrict freedom of expression, thu...