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## Meet the editors

Syed Abdul Rehman Khan is a teacher of Supply Chain and Logistics Management. Dr. Khan achieved his Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) certificate from the United States and successfully completed his PhD in China. Since 2018, Dr. Khan has been affiliated with Tsinghua University, Bejing, as a postdoctoral researcher. He has more than nine years of core experience in supply chain and logistics at industry and academ-

ic levels. He has attended several international conferences and has been invited as a keynote speaker in different countries. He has published more than 70 scientific research papers in well-renowned international journals and conferences. He is a regular contributor to conferences and workshops around the world. In addition, Dr. Khan has achieved two consecutive scientific innovation awards from the Education Department of Shaanxi Provincial Government, China. He holds memberships in the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APCIS); Production and Operations Management Society, India; Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, USA; Supply Chain Association of Pakistan; and Global Supply Chain Council, China.

Ms. Zhang Yu is a doctoral candidate in Chang'an University, China. Her research interest is reverse logistics and packaging. She has published 15 research papers, including ISTP, SCIE, and EI indexed. Ms. Zhang also has attended several international conferences in China and Hong Kong.

Contents

**Section 1**

Death and Terror in 2020

Lake Chad Basin Region *by Cecilia Idika-Kalu*

to Violent Extremism *by Wilson Muna*

of Douala, Cameroon *by Nanche Billa Robert*

*by Simón Pedro Izcara Palacios*

**Section 2**

*by Syed Abdul Rehman Khan and Zhang Yu*

**Preface III**

Bioterrorism and Terrorism **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 9**

**Chapter 3 19**

Terrorism and Economic Losses **31**

**Chapter 4 33**

**Chapter 5 41**

**Chapter 6 57**

Introductory Chapter: The Outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) -

The Socioeconomic Impact of the Boko Haram Insurgency in the

Terrorism in Emerging Economies: A Double-Edged Sword

The Survival Strategies of Poor Youth in the Metropolitan City

Mexican Migrant Smugglers and Foreign Terrorists

*by Syed Abdul Rehman Khan and Zhang Yu*

Family-Based Networks: Soft Policy Tools in Countering Radicalisation

## Contents


Preface

Terrorism is, in the broadest sense, the use of intentional violence for political purposes. It is primarily used to refer to violence during peacetime or in the context of war against non-combatants. The use of living organisms as a weapon has been seen throughout the history of humankind. But due to increasing trade wars between countries, the risk of biological terror attacks has become more real and more alarming. Bioterrorism is terrorism involving the intentional dissemination of biological agents. As in biological warfare, bioterrorism agents can be viruses, fungi, bacteria, toxins, insects or any other number of naturally occurring or

Before the start of Chinese New Year, the first patient with COVID-19 was diagnosed in Wuhan, China. Within a couple of days, the virus had spread all over China and infected more than 90,000 people. In instances such as this, it can be challenging for clinicians to discriminate between an act of terrorism and a naturally occurring outbreak. Therefore, this book discusses the effects of bioterrorism and terrorism on the socioeconomic sustainability of different countries around the

I would like to thank the contributors to this book for their hard work in crafting their valuable and innovative chapters. I would also like to thank IntechOpen and Author Service Manager Lada Bozic for their coordination and support in facilitat-

**Syed Abdul Rehman Khan, PhD**

School of Economics and Management,

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Chang'an University,

**Zhang Yu**

Xi'an, China

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