Rethinking Islamic Education in Facing the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century (2005)* by Rosnani Hashim

“…Iraq, which was alleged to be building weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and assisting al-Qaeda, became the second target. …”
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Chemical & Biological Weapons: Positions, Prospects and Trends by Tughral Yamin

“…[CBWs are the poor man's choice of the dreaded Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD's). These are easy to manufacture and deliver. …”
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Using Oculomotor Features to Predict Changes in Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter and ImPACT Scores From Contact-Sport Athletes by Hrishikesh M. Rao, Sophia Yuditskaya, James R. Williamson, Trina R. Vian, Joseph J. Lacirignola, Trey E. Shenk, Thomas M. Talavage, Thomas M. Talavage, Kristin J. Heaton, Thomas F. Quatieri

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The ambivalent Chinese foreign policy and the North Korea's nuclear program by Bruna Miranda Dias, Helvécio de Jesus Junior

“…Nevertheless, after more than one decade of North-Korean Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) tests, the way how the international security issues have developed made these thoughts no longer sufficient to explain the behavior of a China that now occupies a place of a great global power, and has also a lot more responsibility to the international community given the threat Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has become.…”
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A self-degradable hydrogel sensor for a nerve agent tabun surrogate through a self-propagating cascade by Doo-Hee Lee, Stephanie A. Valenzuela, Manuel N. Dominguez, Mai Otsuka, Delia J. Milliron, Eric V. Anslyn

“…Summary: Nerve agents that irreversibly deactivate the enzyme acetylcholinesterase are extremely toxic weapons of mass destruction. Thus, developing methods to detect these lethal agents is important. …”
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A patient with a traumatic brain injury due to barrel bomb tertiary blast effect by Mustafa Bolatkale, Çağdaş Can, Ahmet Çağdaş Acara, Aydın Sarıhan

“…Preparing to manage weapons of mass destruction events challenges emergency services systems neighboring Syria every day. …”
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Review of the book “The International Maritime Security Law” by James Kraska and Raul Pedrozo published in Leiden, Boston by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers in 2013 by Alex N. Lobanov, Ekaterina S. Anyanova

“…In contrast to the usual interpretation of the concept of maritime security as the protection of shipping against piracy, armed robbery at sea, maritime terrorism, cargo tampering, its sabotage or theft, contraband, illegal trafficking of weapons of mass destruction and their associated components, illegal migrants, environmental crimes, the book also covers issues of the protection of shipping against natural disasters and accidents, errors and failures of the human element. …”
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Terrorism in the airspace by Stanković Vitomir A., Stojaković Goran G.

“…The threat of 'Renegade' (civilian aircraft used as a weapon) appears as the most dangerous scenario: with a high level of accuracy, the aircraft becomes a vector for the transport and explosion of payload (fuel, conventional weapons, or weapons of mass destruction) against a target. Terrorism in the airspace as a part of general international terrorism can be manifested in different forms: seizure of an aircraft; placing explosive, radiological, chemical and biological means and agents in or on the aircraft, or their delivery (in terms of bombing) from the aircraft to specific targets; suicide attack of persons in an airplane, or directing an airplane to a particular target; a missile attack against an airplane from the ground. …”
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Internal control, corruption and money laundering by Luminiţa IONESCU, Mary POWER

“…In the last few years, five risks have been designated as “risks to watch”, as survey respondents assessed them with high levels of variance and low levels of confidence while experts[1] consider they may have severe, unexpected or underappreciated consequences: cyber-security, demographic challenges, resource security, retrenchment from globalization, weapons of mass destruction. Strongly connected to these risks others are important to analyze: corruption, illegal trade and money laundering. …”
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Toward a Non-Nuclear World: The NPT Regime – Nuclear Disarmament and the Challenge of a WMDFZ in the Middle East by Sameh Aboul-Enein

“…This paper aims to provide a comprehensive overview of various approaches for nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation with the intention of determining how best to promote a Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone in the Middle East (MEWMDFZ). …”
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A Holistic Assessment of the Risks and Benefits of the Synthesis of Horsepox Virus by Diane DiEuliis, Gigi Kwik Gronvall

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CONTEMPORARY DOMESTIC RESEARCH OF PSYCHOLOGY OF CONSTRUCTING THE FUTURE by Alexey Vladimirovich Mikhalsky

“…The proposed concept and practical approach of contemporary researchers define a new impetus to scientific research, serves as the basis for practices and, perhaps, is the philosophy that is needed humanity, standing on sharp blades to survive in conditions of information overload, uncertainty and economic fluctuations, on the verge of which can not go – on the verge of using weapons of mass destruction, global international, cross-cultural encounters.…”
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The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: Delayed Review – Issues Old and New by Ambassador Thomas Graham

“…When the Conference is eventually held, three principal issues likely to be examined are the continued failure to bring the CTBT into force; the lack of progress leading to an international conference on the importance of promptly negotiating a Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone for the Middle East, the cause of the failure of the 2015 Review Conference; and the effect on the Review Conference of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which entered into force in January 2021. …”
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Moral Framing and the Development of Political Conflicts: An Analysis of New York Times’ Stories in the Build up to the 2003 Iraqi War by Vitalis Torwel

“…The declaration by former head of the US Iraq Survey Group to the US Senate Armed Services Committee that there was no evidence of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) in Iraq renewed calls for the scrutiny of the Bush administration’s case for war. …”
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Assessing the threat of mass casualty terrorism. by How, Siang Meng.

“…One of these is the increasing likelihood of mass casualty terrorism manifested through the use of weapons of mass destruction, particularly, chemical and biological weapons. …”
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Bush doctrine in the Middle East; The US foreign policy towards the Middle East during the George W. Bush presidency by Lukáš Hoder, Petr Suchý

“…The text is focused at five most important consequences of the US foreign policy, which are the fight against proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the pursuit of the democratization throughout the region, the Israel-Palestinian conflict, regional “cold war” between Iran and Saudi Arabia and finally the struggle to stabilize the post-conflict Iraq.…”
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Restructuring of the World Order in Contemporary International Relations by Goran ZENDELOVSKI

“…Intensification of some issues, such as climate change, regulation of global financial markets, migration, the disintegration of states, terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, has additionally complicated the global state of affairs. …”
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Leveling the Financial Risks of Banking System with Use of Monitoring Instruments by Omelchenko Oksana I., Rats Olha M.

“…The works of foreign and domestic scholars on the issues of occurrence and classification of risks of banking activity are analyzed, the essence and peculiarities of bank risks are concretized using the monographic method and morphological analysis, including the risks related to the legalization (laundering) of proceeds of crime, financing of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The operations that most often fall under the criteria of financial monitoring are closer defined from the point of risk. …”
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Historical Aspects of Bioterrorism: Factors Determining the Possibility of Using Pathogenic Biological Agents as Biological Weapons by M. A. Yudin, A. S. Bogacheva, A. L. Buzmakova, A. V. Potapova, A. V. Romanova, D. O. Kalyakina, V. V. Shilov

“…The numerous international agreements, treaties and protocols that have been developed and ratified to date, limiting the production and use of weapons of mass destruction, do not guarantee the elimination of the risks of illegal acquisition and use of biologically active substances by terrorist organizations, which does not exclude the possibility of committing acts of bioterrorism. …”
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Arms Control and Delivery Vehicles: Challenges and Ways Forward by Emmanuelle Maitre

“…Whether they are coupled with weapons of mass destruction or considered exclusively in the context of their use with conventional weapons, missiles are increasingly transferred, produced, modernized, and used in military conflicts. …”
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