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Title: Terrorism: fear is their greatest weapon. How to defeat. View count: 437 Rating: 3.5714285 (7 ratings) Description: http://www.globalchange.com Greatest weapon of terrorists is fear: playing on irrational emotions of public. Need to understand power of asymmetric threats using easily available bomb-making products. Military strikes less helpful than understanding underlying issues, perceived injustice etc and working to reduce numbers of disaffected activists that later become violent, intelligence, vigilance etc. Overstated risks of terror attacks, failure to understand risks. Why terrorism rules by fear and what to do about it. Lecture by physician and futurist keynote conference speaker Patrick Dixon for 2008 Stein Am Rhein leadership summit - facilitated by Professor Prabhu Guptara. Tags: politics, single issues, activism, protest movements, terrorism, democracy, government, Author: pjvdixon |
