Interest in counterterrorism modelling has increased recently. A common theme in the approaches adopted is the need to develop methods to analyse decisions when there are intelligent opponents ready to increase our risks. Most of the approaches have a clear game theoretic flavour, although there have been some decision analytic based approaches. We have recently introduced a framework for adver...

American mass media’s relation with the US government in foreign policy decision-making has been the subject of numerous studies in the interdisciplinary field of political communication. This paper reexamines the interaction between the media and the government in the US foreign policy decision-making process, analyzing the possible congruity and/or incongruity between The Washington Post...

This article examines how repression is being wielded by the Russian Federation in Crimea against Muslim Tatar communities under guise of countering terrorism and violent extremism, non-violent resistance grassroots resilience fostered as a means securitisation. The case demonstrates language developed within Western security context are co-opted authoritarian actors, Islamic activist groups en...

The foreign policy of states determines the way they behave in the international arena. Accurate analysis of official foreign policy documents of a country is helpful in that it shows what the international priorities of a country are at specific periods. This article reviews the U.S. National Security Strategy documents published in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2015 from the perspective of the percept...