The actions taken by many contemporary nation-states to identify the level of terrorist threats, take action to stop them, and institute policies to minimize damage and disruption in the event of a terrorist attack would be considered examples of .

The correct answer to the following question will be "Governmentality".

Explanation:

The way governments seek to create the individual particularly suited to accomplish the coordinated processes by which matters or objects are regulated, called Governmentality, by strategies of such governments or authorities.The way how government agencies seek to create the people who are ideally suited to either the initiatives of such govts.

So that the given scenario is the example of governmentality.