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Editor’s Note: The coronavirus pandemic has changed the world, transforming politics, economics and society itself. Terrorists, too, have not been immune from the effects of the pandemic, but here there might be a silver lining to this very dark cloud. Jessica Davis, author of “Illicit Money: Financing Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century,” explores the global decline in terrorism in the past few years and argues that the pandemic is part of why the world has seen fewer attacks than expected. She contends, however, that there is still much we do not know, and states need to both prepare for a rebound in terrorism and better fund research that might explain sources of this apparent decline.
Daniel Byman
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