Terrorism Risk
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The Paris Attack Explained: 7 Points
The suicide armed and bomb attacks in Paris on November 13, 2015 were unprecedented in size and scale. The attacks that killed more than 125…
Learning More About Catastrophe Risk From History
In my invited presentation on October 22, 2015 at the UK Institute and Faculty of Actuaries GIRO conference in Liverpool, I discussed how…
Salafi-Jihadists and Chemical, Biological, Radio...
Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) weapons attacks constitute a sizeable portion of the terrorism risk confronting the…
Redefining the Global Terrorism Threat Landscape
The last six months have witnessed significant developments within the global terrorism landscape. This includes the persistent threat of the…
Germanwings 9525: Why didn’t this happen before?
On the tenth anniversary of 9/11, I attended a commemorative meeting at the British Academy in London. A professor of international relations…
The 2015 U.K. Budget and Terrorism Insurance
On 18 March, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, delivered his pre-election budget. Billions of further public spending cuts are…
