The outer rings of the terrorist universe [[electronic resource] /] / Angel Rabasa ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Santa Monica, CA, : Rand Corporation, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (215 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.325/12
• Soggetto topico: Terrorists; Terrorism - Government policy - United States; Terrorism - United States - Prevention; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
• Altri autori: RabasaAngel
• Note generali: "Prepared for the United States Air Force."; "Project Air Force."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Preface; Contents; Figure and Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; Anaytical Framework; Chapter Two - Hezbollah and Hamas; Hezbollah, Party of God; Hamas: The Islamic Resistance Movement; Chapter Three - Other Islamist Groups Outside the al-Qaeda Network; The Armed Islamic Group (GIA); Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya; Al-Wa'ad; South Africa: People Against Gangsterism and Drugs(PAGAD); Eritrean Islamic Jihad/Eritrean Islamic Reform Movement; Chapter Four - The Iraqi Insurgency; Ideological Foundation; Strategic and Operational Objectives ; Environmental FactorsFuture Trajectory of the Insurgency; Chapter Five - Non-Islamist Groups; Categories of Non-Islamist Groups and Insurgencies; The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia andNational Liberation Army; Maoist Insurgencies; Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam; Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA); Some Conclusions Regarding Groups Outside theal-Qaeda Universe; Chapter Six - Antiglobalization Movements; Anarchism, the "New, New Left," and the Extreme Rightin Western Europe and North America; Neo-Marxist and Radical Populist Movements in LatinAmerica ; Chapter Seven - The convergence of Terrorism, Insurgency, and CrimeThe Tamil Tigers' Widespread International CriminalNetwork; The Abu Sayyaf Group: An Islamic Terrorist-CriminalGroup; Colombia: The Synergy of Drugs and Insurgency; Al-Qaeda and Hezbollah in Africa: The Conflict DiamondsNexus; Hezbollah and Crime in North America; The Middle Eastern Terrorist-Criminal Nexus in theTri-Border Area of South America; Chapter Eight - Conclusions and Recommendations; Implications for the U.S. Military and the U.S. Air Force; Bibliography
• Sommario/riassunto: This two-part RAND project aims to increase understanding of future threats from terrorist and other extremist organizations. Part Two examines other violent Islamist and non-Islamist groups, without known links to al-Qaeda, that threaten U.S. interests and allies and looks at the nexus between terrorism and organized crime.
• Titolo autorizzato: The outer rings of the terrorist universe
• ISBN: 9786612282850; 0-8330-4105-3; 1-282-28285-9; 1-4337-0942-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910219989403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II