Terrorism a thing of the past? Not so fast!

If you thought that the COVID-19 pandemic knocked put the threat of terrorism to rest?  Think again.  Sondre Lindahl sees the threat of terrorism happening anywhere that there is political instability.  The form it takes?  Who perpetuates it, and how they carry out actions can vary widely, but rest assured, the threat of terror activities remains high.  So how should the world prepare and respond?  Sondre Lindahl suggests that the Global War on Terror was the wrong approach, and instead of using resources and political imaginations that way, can there be better global cooperation to work further upstream to prevent extremism?  Tune in to find out. Sondre Lindahl is Associate Professor in Political Science at Østfold University College, Norway. He holds a PhD from the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Otago, New Zealand. His main research interest is counterterrorism, and he is the author of a A Critical Theory of Counterterrorism: Ontology, Epistemology and Normativity. He is a regular commentator on issues of security and terrorism in Norway. Follow Dr. Bob on Twitter:  @ProfessorHuish