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A Death in Woolwich: The Lone-Actor Terrorist Threat in the UK
Raffaello PantucciRUSI Journal, 4 November 2014
Terrorism, UK Counter-terrorism, Tackling Extremism, UK, Terrorism, Europe
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Raffaello Pantucci's research focuses on terrorism and counter-terrorism as well as China's relations with its Western neighbours... read more
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