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Motherland under attack! Nationalism, terrorist threat, and support for the restriction of civil liberties

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Sekerdej M., Kossowska M.

Polish Psychological Bulletin

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2011

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vol. 42

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issue 1

11-19

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The paper addresses the role which national attitudes play in terrorist threat perception and in the choice of specific counterterrorism strategies. Study 1 shows that participants higher on nationalism tend to perceive the threat of terrorism as more serious than participants lower on nationalism. Moreover, we found that nationalism mediated the relationship between the perceived terrorist threat and the support for tough domestic policies, even at the expense of considerable limitation of civil liberties. Study 2 confirms the link between the perceived terrorism threat and the support for suspension of civil liberties. Nevertheless, when terrorism was seen in terms of crime rather than in terms of war, the mediating role of nationalism disappeared. The results contribute to a better understanding of the process whereby the perception of one’s own national group and the perception of one’s own nation-state translate into specific reactions triggered by external threats.

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Vulnerability analysis in critical infrastructures: A methodology

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Ferreira A.

Security and Defence Quarterly

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2019

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vol. 24

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issue 2

65-86

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Vulnerability assessment is a crucial aspect for the development of methodologies to define the levels of protection in critical infrastructures. Throughout this research, we discussed the concept of vulnerability and methodologies and processes for its assessment in critical infrastructures due to a terrorist threat. The research focused on the development of an analysis model, exploring a multi-criteria decision method, in order to limit the risks to the maximum extent possible. Through a qualitative research methodology, in which we applied an analysis model based on the Threat and Infrastructure dimensions and their respective factors, we verified that the vulnerability of a critical infrastructure consists in the probability of the success of an attack, conducted by a threat - properly identifi ed, characterised, analysed and categorised - against an infrastructure with certain characteristics, which value is defi ned by the user and aggressor’s point of view. The construction of an algorithmic model for vulnerability assessment, complemented by tools to support the calculations and records, allows, through a rational, scientific and algebraic process, a qualitative analysis of factors to be transformed into measurable and quantifi able values, whose algebraic operation integrates them into a final result that expresses, as a percentage, the degree of vulnerability of a critical infrastructure facing a terrorist threat.

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Threat to Commit an Offence of a Terrorist Character According to Article 115 § 20 of the Polish Criminal Code – Selected Interpretation Problems

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Michalska-Warias A.

Studia Iuridica Lublinensia

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2019

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vol. 28

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issue 3

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The paper discusses the concept of a terrorist threat in the light of Article 115 § 20 of the Polish Criminal Code. The author stresses the relationship between this term and the punishable threat described in the special part of the Criminal Code. The conducted analysis leads to the conclusion that the terrorist threat must be treated as a special type of the punishable threat and, as a result, many real terrorist threats may not meet the criteria of a forbidden act, e.g. because of the lack of an individualised victim. As a result, there appear serious doubts as to whether Polish criminal law meets the requirements of EU law referring to the criminalisation of terrorist threats and, therefore, the introduction of a new type of offence of a terrorist threat and some changes in Article 115 § 20 and Article 115 § 12 of the Criminal Code have been proposed.

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W artykule omówiono pojęcie groźby terrorystycznej na tle art. 115 § 20 k.k. Autorka zwróciła uwagę na relację tego pojęcia do ujętej w części szczególnej Kodeksu karnego groźby karalnej. Z przeprowadzonej analizy wynika, że groźba terrorystyczna musi być traktowana jako szczególny rodzaj groźby karalnej, a to powoduje, że wiele rzeczywistych gróźb terrorystycznych może nie wypełniać kryteriów czynu zabronionego, np. z uwagi na brak zindywidualizowanego pokrzywdzonego. Powyższe sprawia, że można mieć poważne wątpliwości, czy polskie prawo karne spełnia wymogi unijne co do zakresu karalności gróźb terrorystycznych, dlatego zaproponowano wprowadzenie nowego typu przestępstwa groźby terrorystycznej oraz zmiany w brzmieniu art. 115 § 20 i art. 115 § 12 k.k.

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Militarne i terrorystyczne zagorzenia miast i portów Pomorza Zachodniego. Aspekty historyczne i współczesne

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Aksamitowski A.

Przegląd Zachodniopomorski

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2018

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issue 3

5-26

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The article presents an outline of the history of the harbour towns that for centuries had been the target of military attacks of regular naval forces and pirates. In antiquity the attacks were launched, inter alia on the ports of Phoenicia, Greece and Egypt, and in the first century BC the fluvial transport of corn was almost paralysed in the countries of the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea. The ports and harbour towns of the Baltic Sea were under threat, too. The author provides examples that illustrate the development of seaside settlements in the West Pomerania since the 11th century, which after being included into the territory of the Polish state gained access to the Polish economic resources and started developing rapidly and transformed themselves into towns, such as Wolin/Wollin, Szczecin/Stettin, Stargard or Świnoujście/Swinemünde. A special attention was paid to the fact that the seaside towns under threat in most cases were situated in the ‘heated’ borderland and a busy trade route; therefore, for defensive reasons they had to be turned into fortified towns or create an organised defensive structure in alliance with other towns. The seaside towns, together with their naval ports, were an important element of naval conflicts, which was presented in the article from the angle of WW1 and WW2. The article also deals with the present-day seaside towns, which are important strategic and tourist points, and might become centres of organised crime engaged in smuggling and robbing and targets of terrorist attacks. The centres of gravity, i.e. the elements essential for the functioning of the town, which are to be found in all big urbanised areas, have to be properly protected against natural threats and the ones posed by people.

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W artykule przedstawiono zarys historii miast portowych, które od stuleci stanowiły cel ataków militarnych regularnych sił morskich i piratów. Ataki prowadzono w okresie starożytnym, m.in. na porty Fenicjan, Greków i Egipcjan, a w I wieku p.n.e. piraci nieomal sparaliżowali rzeczny transport zbóż w krajach wschodniej części Morza Śródziemnego. Zagrożenia portów i miast portowych obejmowały także obszar Morza Bałtyckiego. Autor ukazał przykłady rozwoju osad nadmorskich na Pomorzu Zachodnim od XI wieku, które po włączeniu w obszar państwa polskiego uzyskują naturalne zaplecze gospodarcze i wraz z szybkim rozwojem ekonomicznym i przeobrażają się w miasta. Za przykład posłużył Wolin, Szczecin, Stargard czy Świnoujście. W artykule zwrócono uwagę na fakt, iż zagrożone atakiem nadmorskie miasto często było położone na „gorącym” pograniczu i uczęszczanym szlaku handlowym. W celu obrony musiało przeobrazić się w punkt ufortyfikowany lub tworzyć zorganizowaną strukturę obronną w sojuszu z innymi miastami. Miasta nadmorskie, z portami wojennymi, stanowiły także bardzo ważny składnik konfliktów morskich, co przedstawiono w artykule głównie przez pryzmat wydarzeń militarnych I i II wojny światowej. W artykule odniesiono się również do współczesnych miast nadmorskich, które stanowią ważne punkty strategiczne oraz turystyczne i mogą stać się skupiskami przestępczości zorganizowanej o charakterze przemytniczym i rabunkowym oraz celem ataków terrorystycznych. „Punkty ciężkości”, tj. elementy ważne dla życia miasta, które występują we wszystkich wielkich aglomeracjach, muszą być właściwie chronione przed zagrożeniami naturalnymi i ze strony ludzi, co autor starał się ukazać w artykule.

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Motherland under attack! Nationalism, terrorist threat, and support for the restriction of civil liberties

Vulnerability analysis in critical infrastructures: A methodology

Threat to Commit an Offence of a Terrorist Character According to Article 115 § 20 of the Polish Criminal Code – Selected Interpretation Problems

Militarne i terrorystyczne zagorzenia miast i portów Pomorza Zachodniego. Aspekty historyczne i współczesne