Sharing the dragon's teeth : terrorist groups and the exchange of new technologies / / R. Kim Cragin ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910220106403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Santa Monica, CA, : Rand Corporation, 2007
• ISBN: 1-281-18092-0; 9786611180928; 0-8330-4249-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (137 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): CraginKim
• Disciplina: 363.325
• Soggetti: Terrorism; Terrorism - Technological innovations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "MG 485."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-114).
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 knowledge in an