Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century helps readers understand terrorism, responses to it,
and current trends that affect the future of this phenomenon. Putting terrorism into historical …

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Despite the Islamic State's loss of territory in Iraq and Syria, an
increasingly diffuse Salafi-jihadist movement is far from defeated. This report constructs a …

Abstract The post–Cold War environment has ushered in an era of threats from terrorism,
organized crime, and their intersections giving rise to the growing literature on the so-called …

This inquiry develops a theoretical framework that explains the strategic logics of
bioterrorism. Extremists who pursue or use bioweapons do so to accomplish one of four …

Forecasts about how terrorists will utilize emerging technologies often outstrip the
materialization of actual threats. The concern is not which technologies terrorists can access …

The concept of WMD is part of numerous national laws and is the core of one of the most
important treaties of the United Nations [51, 64]. Yet, the definition of what should be …

This chapter has three objectives. First it assesses briefly contemporary and emerging
chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) threats from non-state actors …

The elements that comprise a network that facilitates the development of improvised
explosive devices (IED) are not dissimilar from the elements that lead to the proliferation of …

This research examines the prospect of Southeast Asia as a future domain for chemical
terrorism over the next five years by assessing the correlation between the intent and …

Abstract On December 8, 1987, the United States and Russia signed the Intermediate-
Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Since then, it has been a common misconception that this …