Unconventional Weapons and International Terrorism: Challenges and New Approaches

ISBN-13: 9780415622332 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 224 str.

Magnus Ranstorp; Magnus Normark

Opis

The focus of this volume is to explore new and innovative ways forward in better understanding and predicting the potential convergence between unconventional (CBRN) weapons and terrorism.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1: The Status of CBRN Terrorism Research  1. Defining Knowledge Gaps Within CBRN Terrorism Research  Part 2: AQ Motivations/Incentives for CBRN-Terrorism?  2. WMD and the Four Dimensions of Al-Qa’ida  3. Al-Qaeda’s thinking on CBRN: A Case Study  Part 3: 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 4: 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. Conclusions

O autorze

Magnus Ranstorp is Research Director at the Center for Asymmetric Threat Studies the Swedish National Defence College. Magnus Normark is a Research Analyst at the Division of CBRN Defence and Security at the Swedish Defence Research Agency.