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The Global Terrorism Index (GTI) is a comprehensive study analysing the impact of terrorism for 163 countries covering 99.7 per cent of the world’s population. The GTI report is produced by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) using data from Terrorism Tracker and other sources.
- Ecological Threat Report
The main finding from the 2023 ETR is that without concerted...
- Ecological Threat Report
The countries most affected by terrorism can change frequently. In 2020, almost half of the people who died from terrorism were in Afghanistan, while in 2016, Iraq was the most affected, where a third of all terrorism deaths occurred.
Jun 8, 2021 · The largest fall in the impact of terrorism occurred in Afghanistan, which recorded 1,654 fewer deaths from terrorism in 2018, a 22.4 per cent decrease from the prior year.
- Trauma and The Individual
- Trauma and Society
- Linking Individual and Societal Trauma
- Broader Human Rights Impact
The physical consequences of terrorism-related acts and violations can include broken bones, soft tissue injuries, disability, long-term, chronic pain and sensory disturbance. Victims may experience visceral symptoms, including cardiovascular and respiratory difficulties, intestinal and urological problems and genital complaints (IRCT, 2009(a), Par...
In addition to the psychological impact of terrorism-related violations experienced at an individual level, affected societies may suffer collective trauma which is particularly the case where attacks are targeted against a particular group or community. (See Alexander, 2012, who explores the development of social and cultural trauma; see also Wein...
Whilst the perpetration of atrocities can generate trauma at the individual and societal levels, the respective nature of individual and collective trauma may differ. Individual and collective trauma reactions can be influenced by factors such as the specific targeting of abuse and the duration or intensity of the stressor. These factors in turn af...
Victims, whether directly or indirectly affected, may suffer social effects, "involving changes to the victim's lifestyle, normally to avoid the situation or context in which the offence occurred. Social effects are very disruptive to the victim's lifestyle and may affect earning potential" (Shapland and Hall, 2007, p. 178). Trauma can also "impact...
Feb 8, 2024 · Terrorism is no longer the leading international threat to the United States or its top defense priority, but challenges related to violent extremism remain. The threat from Salafi-jihadist groups such as al Qaeda and the Islamic State has declined, and ethnonationalist threats are largely contained.
Aug 12, 2021 · The U.S. counterterrorism response to the September 11, 2001, attacks yielded some remarkable successes and disastrous failures in hunting al-Qaeda. The top terrorist threat today, though, is...
May 19, 2022 · The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) issued the ninth edition of the Global Terrorism Index (GTI 2022) which includes monitoring the impact of terrorism on 163 countries, covering 99.7% of the world’s population, and analyzing the different social and economic circumstances of terrorism, long-term trends of the emergence and ...
