Sharing the dragon's teeth: terrorist groups and the exchange of new technologies
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Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Santa Monica, CA Rand Corp. 2007
Schriftenreihe:Rand Corporation monograph series
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Beschreibung:"MG 485."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [103]-114)
Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One -- Introduction; Understanding Terrorist Threats; Methodology and Parameters; Monograph Structure; Chapter Two -- Organizational Theory and Terrorism; Pursuing New Technologies; Absorbing New Technologies Successfully; Conclusions; Chapter Three -- Mindanao: A Mecca for Transnational Terrorism in Southeast Asia; Background: Islamic Militant Groups in Mindanao; Rationalizing the Exchange of Technology andKnowledge; Identifying Exchanges in Mindanao; Contextualizing the Exchanges; Key Judgments
Terrorist groups--both inside and outside the al Qaeda network--sometimes form mutually beneficial partnerships to exchange "best practices." These exchanges provide terrorist groups with the opportunity to innovate (i.e., increase their skills and expand their reach). Understanding how terrorist groups exchange technology and knowledge, therefore, is essential to ongoing and future counterterrorism strategies. This study examines how 11 terrorist groups in three areas (Mindanao, the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and southwest Colombia) have attempted to exchange technologies and knowled
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ISBN:0833042491
9780833042491

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