Averting Nuclear Terrorism
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 40
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 40
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: International Task Force on Prevention of Nuclear Terrorism
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 504
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2018-02-09
Total Pages: 38
ISBN-13: 9781985202993
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAverting nuclear terrorism : hearing before the Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, April 14, 2005.
Author: Charles D. Ferguson
Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 33
ISBN-13: 0876093551
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe United States and the international community must do more to prevent terrorists from buying, stealing, or building nuclear weapons. Pakistans highly enriched uranium (HEU) is vulnerable to both external and insider theft by Islamic terrorists and Taliban sympathizers; Russias massive HEU supplies are susceptible to insider theft; a large portion of civilian nuclear material around the world remains in weapons-usable form; and Russias shorter-range tactical nuclear weapons are highly attractive to terrorists because of their smaller size and ease of transport. To address these vulnerabilities, the United States should pursue unilateral initiatives such as a clear declaration of retaliation against regimes aiding nuclear terrorists, multilateral initiatives that include increasing funding to the woefully underfunded International Atomic Energy Agency, and bilateral initiatives and dialogue, particularly with Pakistan and Russia. Implementing these practical steps could significantly reduce the risk of a catastrophic nuclear attack by terrorist groups.
Author: United States House of Representatives
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Published: 2019-11-12
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9781707647446
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAverting nuclear terrorism: hearing before the Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, April 14, 2005.
Author: Michael Levi
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2009-06-30
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780674033566
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Nuclear terrorism is such a disturbing prospect that we shy away from its details. Yet as a consequence, we fail to understand how best to defeat it. Michael Levi takes us inside nuclear terrorism and behind the decisions a terrorist leader would be faced with in pursuing a nuclear plot. Along the way, Levi identifies the many obstacles, large and small, that such a terrorist scheme might encounter, allowing him to discover a host of ways that any plan might be foiled. Surveying the broad universe of plots and defenses, this accessible account shows how a wide-ranging defense that integrates the tools of weapon and materials security, law enforcement, intelligence, border controls, diplomacy, and the military can multiply, intensify, and compound the possibility that nuclear terrorists will fail. Levi draws from our long experience with terrorism and cautions us not to focus solely on the most harrowing yet most improbable threats. Nuclear terrorism shares much in common with other terrorist threats--and as a result, he argues, defeating it is impossible unless we put our entire counterterrorism and homeland security house in order. As long as we live in a nuclear age, no defense can completely eliminate nuclear terrorism. But this book reminds us that the right strategy can minimize the risks and shows us how to do it."
Author: National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine
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Published: 2025-03-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780309708685
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor nearly eight decades, the world has been navigating the dangers of the nuclear age. Despite Cold War tensions and the rise of global terrorism, nuclear weapons have not been used in conflict since Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Efforts such as strategic deterrence, arms control and non-proliferation agreements, and the U.S.-led global counterterrorism have helped to keep nuclear incidents at bay. However, the nation's success to date in countering nuclear terrorism does not come with a guarantee, success often carries the risk that other challenges will siphon away attention and resources and can lead to the perception that the threat no longer exists. This report found that U.S. efforts to counter nuclear or radiological terrorism are not keeping pace with the evolving threat landscape. The U.S. government should maintain a strategic focus and effort on combatting terrorism across the national security community in coordination with international partners, State, Local, Tribal and Territorial authorities, the National Laboratories, universities and colleges, and civil society. Developing and sustaining adequate nuclear incident response and recovery capabilities at the local and state levels will likely require significant new investments in resources and empowerment of local response from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, and National Institutes of Health.
Author: Brian Michael Jenkins
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2009-12-02
Total Pages: 463
ISBN-13: 1615920366
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor more than 30 years Jenkins has been advising the military, government, and prestigious think tanks on the dangers of nuclear proliferation. Now he goes beyond what the experts know to examine how terrorists themselves think about such weapons.
Author: Graham Allison
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2004-08-09
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780805076516
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"But Allison does more than weave a tale of doom, because his second proposition is that nuclear terrorism is preventable. He outlines an ambitious but feasible strategy by which we can essentially eliminate the danger of nuclear terrorism."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Brecht Volders
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-03-02
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 1317395182
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume aims to improve understanding of nuclear security and the prevention of nuclear terrorism. Nuclear terrorism is perceived as one of the most immediate and extreme threats to global security today. While the international community has made important progress in securing fissile material, there are still important steps to be made with nearly 2,000 metric tons of weapons-usable nuclear material spread around the globe. The volume addresses this complex phenomenon through an interdisciplinary approach: legal, criminal, technical, diplomatic, cultural, economic, and political. Despite this cross-disciplinary approach, however, the chapters are all linked by the overarching aim of enhancing knowledge of nuclear security and the prevention of nuclear terrorism. The volume aims to do this by investigating the different types of nuclear terrorism, and subsequently discussing the potential means to prevent these malicious acts. In addition, there is a discussion of the nuclear security regime, in general, and an important examination of both its strengths and weaknesses. In summary, the book aims to extend the societal and political debate about the threat of nuclear terrorism. This book will be of much interest to students of nuclear proliferation, nuclear governance, terrorism studies, international organizations, and security studies in general.