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Articles on self-defence

March 23, 2020

Why do snakes produce venom? Not for self-defence, study shows

Wolfgang Wüster, Bangor University and Kevin Arbuckle, Swansea University

Relax, snakes aren't out to get you.

May 16, 2019

Vasileios Karagiannopoulos, University of Portsmouth and Mark Leiser, Leiden University

Cyber attacks are becoming part of traditional warfare, but who should be targeted in response and what force should be used?

July 5, 2018

David H K Brown, Cardiff Metropolitan University and George Jennings, Cardiff Metropolitan University

Real life attackers won't follow a carefully choreographed fight sequence – that's why training is essential.

December 22, 2016

Ra Mason, University of East Anglia

Combat could be on the cards for the first time in over 70 years.

Wolfgang Wüster
Reader in Zoology, Bangor University
Kevin Arbuckle
Senior Lecturer in Biosciences, Swansea University
George Jennings
Senior Lecturer in Sport Sociology, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Ra Mason
Lecturer in International Relations and Japanese Foreign Policy, University of East Anglia
David H K Brown
Reader in the Sociology of Sport and Physical Culture, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Vasileios Karagiannopoulos
Reader in Cybercrime and Cybersecurity, University of Portsmouth
Mark Leiser
Assistant Professor of Law and Digital Technologies, Leiden University