Terrorism And Global Security
Terrorism And Global Security

Author: Louis Rene Beres

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-07-09

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 1000314367

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The enormous potential for destruction that lies latent in nuclear technology inevitably gives rise to the possibility of nuclear terrorism—the use of nuclear explosives or radioactivity by insurgent groups. Professor Beres considers the factors that might foster such terrorism, the forms it might take, and the probable consequences of each form. He then identifies a coherent strategy of counternuclear terrorism, one that embraces both technological and behavioral measures, that suggests policies for deterrence and situation management on both national and international levels, and that points toward a major refashioning of world order.

Nuclear Terrorism
Nuclear Terrorism

Author: G. Cameron

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1999-04-07

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 0230599222

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Will the twenty-first century see terrorist fingers on the nuclear trigger? How likely is it terrorists will obtain weapons of mass destruction? What factors would determine their decision to use them? Gavin Cameron assesses the causes for, and implications of, the escalating lethality of terrorism. The growing opportunities for nuclear proliferation, primarily arising from the collapse of the Soviet Union are explained. The book concludes that the organisational and psychological pressures within terrorist groups and the changing nature of political violence combined with the heightened danger of nuclear micro-proliferation have made mass-destructive terrorism the greatest non-traditional threat to international security in the world today.

Nuclear Terrorism
Nuclear Terrorism

Author: Brecht Volders

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-03-02

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 1317395190

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This 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.

On Nuclear Terrorism
On Nuclear Terrorism

Author: Michael Levi

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2009-06-30

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0674033566

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"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."

The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism
The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism

Author: Charles D. Ferguson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-08-21

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 1135086397

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The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism, a new book from the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, assesses the motivations and capabilities of terrorist organizations to acquire and use nuclear weapons, to fabricate and and detonate crude nuclear explosives, to strike nuclear power plants and other nuclear facilities, and to build and employ radiological weapons or "dirty bombs."

Nuclear Terrorism
Nuclear Terrorism

Author: Jonathan E. Medalia

Publisher:

Published: 2005-10-01

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781437961393

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It would be difficult for terrorists to mount a nuclear attack on a U.S. city, but such an attack is plausible and would have catastrophic consequences, in one scenario killing over a half-million people and causing damage of over $1 trillion. This report provides background on nuclear terrorist threats as of 2005. Contents: (1) Threats: Weapon Acquisition; Weapon Delivery; (2) Responses: Threat Reduction Programs in the Former Soviet Union; Efforts To Secure HEU Worldwide; Control of Former Soviet and Other Borders; Container Security Initiative; Proliferation Security Initiative; U.S. Border Security; Supporting Capabilities; (3) Options and Implications for U.S. Policy; (4) Role of Congress. This is a print on demand report.

Will Terrorists Go Nuclear?
Will Terrorists Go Nuclear?

Author: Brian Michael Jenkins

Publisher: Prometheus Books

Published: 2009-12-02

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 1615920366

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For 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.

Nuclear Terrorism
Nuclear Terrorism

Author: Graham Allison

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2004-08-09

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9780805076516

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"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.

Nuclear Terrorism
Nuclear Terrorism

Author: Paul Leventhal

Publisher: Potomac Books

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13:

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Terroristers anvendelse af atomvåben er en dødelig trussel. Efterhånden som flere og flere labile stater erhverver sig nuklear viden og materialer vokser faren for at atomvåben kan falde i hænderne på terrorister og blive anvendt såvel nationalt som internationalt.