Unconventional Weapons and International Terrorism

Informationen zum Autor Ranstorp, Magnus; Normark, Magnus Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

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• Authors: Magnus Ranstorp, RANSTORP MAGNUS NORMARK MAGNUS
• Assisted by: Magnus Normark (Editor), Normark Magnus (Editor), Magnus Ranstorp (Editor), Magnus (Swedish National Defence College Ranstorp (Editor), Ranstorp Magnus (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.01.2009
• EAN: 9780415484398
• ISBN: 978-0-415-48439-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 240 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Political Violence; Political Violence (Hardcover); Political Violence
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, Warfare & defence, Terrorism, armed struggle, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Warfare and defence, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Armed Conflict