The Spiral of Terrorism: How Violence Can Destabilize the West and Help Russia

“The goal of terrorists is to intimidate society with their attacks, spread fear, and prompt panic through random killings, reaching a point where citizens demand concessions from the authorities in response to the perpetrators of violence,” Igor Myslovsky, an analyst at Internews Ukraine, discussing the impact of modern terrorism on Western democracies and the role of the media in spreading terrorist activity.