Unconventional Weapons and International Terrorism

Challenges and New Approaches
Herausgeber: Ranstorp, Magnus; Normark, Magnus

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Produktbeschreibung

This book addresses the critical importance of understanding innovation and decision-making between terrorist groups and unconventional weapons, and the difficulty in pinpointing what factors may drive violence escalation. It is useful for students of terrorism studies and nuclear proliferation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780415484398
• ISBN-10: 0415484391
• Artikelnr.: 26488828

Autorenporträt

Ranstorp, Magnus; Normark, Magnus

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Detecting CBRN terrorism signatures - challenges and new
approaches Part I: The status of CBRN terrorism research 1. Defining
knowledge gaps within CBRN terrorism research Part II: Al-Qaeda
motivations/incentives for CBRN terrorism 2. WMD and the four dimensions of
al-Qaeda 3. Al-Qaeda's thinking on CBRN: A case study Part III: CBRN,
capacity-building and proliferation 4. Indicators of chemical terrorism 5.
Capacity-building and proliferation: Biological terrorism 6. Terrorism and
potential biological warfare agents 7. Influence diagram analysis of
nuclear and radiological terrorism Part IV: CRBN and terrorism: Dilemmas of
prediction? 8. Approaching threat convergence from an intelligence
perspective 9. Terrifying landscapes: Understanding motivations of
non-state actors to acquire and/or use weapons of mass destruction 10.
Conclusion