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Terrorism in the age of new technologies Cover
By: Florian Hartleb  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjes-2025-0040 | Journal eISSN: 2674-4619 | Journal ISSN: 2674-4600
Language: English
Page range: 291 - 312
Published on: Dec 12, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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