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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453492303321

Titolo

Future trends and new approaches in defeating the terrorism threat / / edited by Uğur Gürbüz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Washington, D. C. : , : IOS Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-61499-272-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (144 p.)

Collana

NATO Science for peace and security series. Sub-series E, Human and societal dynamics ; ; volume 111

Altri autori (Persone)

GürbüzUğur

Disciplina

363.325/160973

Soggetti

Terrorism

Terrorism - Prevention

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""FUTURE TRENDS AND NEW APPROACHES IN DEFEATING THE TERRORISM THREAT""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Terrorism Overview""; ""Respecting Human Rights while Countering Terrorism""; ""Suicide Terrorism: The Special Case of the Suicide Bomber""; ""WMD Terrorism: Countermeasures""; ""The Threat of Bioterrorism: The Regional and Global Facets""; ""Terrorism, Media, and Public Information Management""; ""Strategic Communications and Defense against Terrorism""; ""The 21st Century Conflict Environment: Challenges Posed by a Multiplicity of Non-State  Armed Groups""

""The Sources of Instability in the Twenty-First Century: Weak States, Armed Groups, and Irregular Conflict""""Subject Index""; ""Author Index""

Sommario/riassunto

The threat of terrorism has become an ever present preoccupation, necessitating the constant review and updating of defensive strategies to counter it from national governments and policymakers. This book presents selected articles based on some of the lectures delivered at the NATO Centre of Excellence - Defence against Terrorism (COE - DAT) Advanced Training Course (ATC) Future Trends and New Approaches in Defeating the Terrorism Threat, held in Algiers, Algeria, in October 2011. Subjects covered by these articles include an overview



of terrorism; respecting human rights in the countering of