Cyber Threats and Asymmetric Military challenges In the Context of Nuclear Security: Ukrainian and International Cases Analysis by Alika Guchua, Thornike Zedelashvili

“…From the asymmetric threats, we can single out several types that directly pose risks to global security: hybrid warfare, weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and cyber terrorism, the creation and proliferation of nuclear weapons.Global security is facing many threats and challenges that are becoming increasingly difficult to combat and control. …”
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Covid-19: End of the beginning? by Robert Bergquist, Anna-Sofie Stengaard

“…Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfield when referring to the lack of evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq ahead of the second Gulf war, a fitting vocabulary as we again are faced with mass destruction, though this time of a different kind.…”
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Latin America and the nuclear nonproliferation regime by Diana Patricia Ortega García

“…As a result, it is identified that the regime has a wide range of instruments to control the use of this type of weaponry; that Latin America has made positive contributions and that its territory is considered and respected as a non-nuclear space, becoming a world reference in the fight against weapons of mass destruction.…”
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The First World War and Women as the Victims of War Trauma in Virginia Woolf’s Novels by Mahinur Aksehir-Uygur, Atalay Gunduz, Eda Burcu Cetinkaya

“…As the first war in history in which the death toll would be immense – due to the extensive use of weapons of mass destruction – it was a traumatic experience even for those who were not directly involved in the armed conflict. …”
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UTILIZAREA, DEZVOLTAREA, PRODUCEREA, DOBÂNDIREA ÎN ALT MOD, PRELUCRAREA, DEŢINEREA, STOCAREA SAU CONSERVAREA, TRANSFERAREA DIRECTĂ SAU INDIRECTĂ, PĂSTRAREA, TRANSPORTAREA ARMELOR D... by USM ADMIN

“… In the present study there are examined the three template variants of offences and an aggravated variant of offense which are combined in art.1401 PC RM under same marginal definition of use, development, production, otherwise acquisition, processing, possession, storage or preservation, direct or indirect transfer, maintenance, transportation of weapons of mass destruction. There is shown the legal content of offenses specified at art.1401 PC RM. …”
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The Correlation Between External and Internal Factors of the Libyan Crisis by E. N. Koposova

“…The importance of this region is determined by its geopolitical position, concentration of large natural resources, as well as the fact that it represents the greatest threat to the international security - the bases of terrorist organizations, the strengthening role of the group "Islamic State", drug trafficking and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya was one of the most developed and richest countries on the African continent: the crisis events of 2011, which resulted in the overthrow of the government, the murder of Muammar Gaddafi and the crisis in the country. …”
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The Role of Romania in Building the New Security Architecture by Florica Brasoveanu, Petru Alexandru Lisievici Brezeanu

“…While due to globalism there is almostunlikely to have a war between the great powers, the amplification of the asymmetric risks, includingterrorism, organized crime and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, is generating more and morereasons for conflict. …”
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Pass Em’ Right: Assessing the Threat of WMD Terrorism from America’s Christian Patriots by Paul D. Brister, Nina A. Kollars

“…<p><em>Within the field of terrorism studies, great effort has been devoted to the topic of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and their potential usage in the hands of terrorist organisations. …”
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Critical discourse analysis of the Iraq conflict in the British and German 'quality' press by Dirks, Una

“…In this context, particularly the papers' presentation practices with regard to the ostensible existence of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and the alleged terrorist connection of al Qaeda with Saddam Hussein will be closely investigated. …”
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As conseqüências econômicas da paz no Iraque by Edward Nell

“…The United States Administration claims that it invaded Iraq because only a ‘ regime change’ would suffice to protect americans from the threat of weapons of mass destruction. More o v e r, they have added, such a change will remove an eminent threat of American security and bring democracy to Iraq and the example this sets will contribute to the development of democracy throughout the region. …”
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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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International Peace and Security in Maritime Domain by Indrė Isokaitė-Valužė

“…Having demonstrated the validity of the international law principles that safeguard international peace and security in maritime area, the research reveals a changing list of the threats to international peace and security, which now encompasses activities and situations at sea, including terrorism, sea piracy and armed robbery against ships, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, etc. A maritime space safe from such kind of threats generally means maritime security. …”
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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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