Sharing the dragon's teeth terrorist groups and the exchange of new technologies
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). Understa...
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Santa Monica, CA :
Rand Corporation
2007.
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Table of Contents:
- 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
- Chapter Four - West Bank and Gaza: Israel as the Common EnemyBackground:Militant Groups in the West Bank and Gaza Strip; Rationalizing the Exchange of Technology andKnowledge; Identifying Exchanges in the West Bank and Gaza; Contextualizing the Exchanges; Key Judgments; Chapter Five - Southwest Colombia: A Safe Haven for Mutually Beneficial Exchanges; Background; Rationalizing the Exchange of Technology andKnowledge; Identifying Exchanges in Colombia's Despeje; Key Judgments; Chapter Six - Policy Implications; Improving Threat Assessments; Disrupting Innovation Processes
- Affecting Terrorists' Cost-Benefit AnalysesConclusion; Appendix; Selected Bibliography
