An economic analysis of the financial records of al-Qa'ida in Iraq / / Benjamin Bahney ... [et al.]
| An economic analysis of the financial records of al-Qa'ida in Iraq / / Benjamin Bahney ... [et al.] |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (116 pages) |
| Disciplina | 363.32509567 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BahneyBenjamin |
| Soggetto topico |
Terrorism - Finance
Terrorism - Iraq - Finance |
| ISBN | 0-8330-5162-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE Introduction; Financing Militant Organizations; Individual Returns to Militancy; Empirical Work on Militant Finance and the Financing of al-Qa'ida; The Contribution of This Monograph; How This Monograph Is Organized; CHAPTER TWO AQI and the Political and Economic Environment in Anbar; Anbar Province; AQI: A Primer; Politics and Security in Anbar; Tribes and Security in Modern Iraq; Insurgency, Tribes, and the Security Forces in Anbar Province: 2003-2007; The Economy of Anbar
CHAPTER THREE Auditing al-Qa'ida in IraqArea of Operations; AQI in Anbar's Organization, Bureaucracy, and Division of Labor; AQI's Division of the Anbar Operating Area.; The Bureaucracy of AQI in Anbar; A Change in Emirs; Division of Labor; Financial Flows.; Revenue-Generating Activities; Expenditures and Funding of Subsidiary Units; Administrative Decisionmaking; CHAPTER FOUR The Economics of AQI's Compensation; Payrolls; Risk; Per Capita Household Earnings.; Household Earnings; Considering Discount Rates and Lifetime Payments.; The Many Motivations of AQI Members CHAPTER FIVE The Flow of Expenditures and the Pace of AttacksMonthly Patterns; Weekly Patterns; Changes in Spending and Changes in Attacks.; The Cost of Militant Activity.; Caveats to the Analysis; CHAPTER SIX Implications; Implications About Organization and Financing Methods.; Implications About Spending and Attacks.; Compensation as a Guide to Motivations.; Threat Finance or Threat Economics?; APPENDIX; A. Anbar Province; B. Time Line of Events in Anbar Province; Bibliography; Back Cover |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910220157803321 |
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Security in Mexico [[electronic resource] ] : implications for U.S. policy options / / Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Benjamin Bahney, K. Jack Riley
| Security in Mexico [[electronic resource] ] : implications for U.S. policy options / / Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Benjamin Bahney, K. Jack Riley |
| Autore | Schaefer Agnes Gereben |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (107 p.) |
| Disciplina |
355.033072
355/.033072 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BahneyBenjamin
RileyKevin Jack <1964-> |
| Collana | Rand Corporation monograph series Security in Mexico |
| Soggetto topico |
National security - United States
Border security - United States Internal security - Mexico Drug traffic - Mexico Drug control - International cooperation Violence - Mexico |
| ISBN |
1-282-28279-4
9786612282799 0-8330-4735-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; Need for This Study; Methodology; Organization of This Monograph; CHAPTER TWO: Assessment of the Current Security Situationin Mexico; Mexico's Security Structure; Security in Three U.S. Priority Areas; Increased Domestic Crime; CHAPTER THREE: The Mexican Government's Response; Recent Actions and Federal Responses; Organized Crime; Illegal Migration and Human Trafficking; Terrorism and Rebel Insurgencies; What Mexico Is Doing at the State and Local Levels
CHAPTER FOUR: Impact on the United States and the U.S. Government's ResponseImpact on the United States; Overview of U.S. Aid to Mexico; The Mérida Initiative; Barriers to Monitoring the Effectiveness of Aid; CHAPTER FIVE: Conclusions and Recommendations; Potential Priorities for the New U.S. Administration; U.S. Policy Options for Improving Security in Mexico; Assessment of the Three Policy Options; Mexico's Reaction to the Three Policy Options; The Future of U.S.-Mexico Security Relations; References |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996320216003316 |
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| Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, c2009 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Security in Mexico : implications for U.S. policy options / / Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Benjamin Bahney, K. Jack Riley
| Security in Mexico : implications for U.S. policy options / / Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Benjamin Bahney, K. Jack Riley |
| Autore | Schaefer Agnes Gereben |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (107 p.) |
| Disciplina |
355.033072
355/.033072 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BahneyBenjamin
RileyKevin Jack <1964-> |
| Collana | Rand Corporation monograph series Security in Mexico |
| Soggetto topico |
National security - United States
Border security - United States Internal security - Mexico Drug traffic - Mexico Drug control - International cooperation Violence - Mexico |
| ISBN |
1-282-28279-4
9786612282799 0-8330-4735-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; Need for This Study; Methodology; Organization of This Monograph; CHAPTER TWO: Assessment of the Current Security Situationin Mexico; Mexico's Security Structure; Security in Three U.S. Priority Areas; Increased Domestic Crime; CHAPTER THREE: The Mexican Government's Response; Recent Actions and Federal Responses; Organized Crime; Illegal Migration and Human Trafficking; Terrorism and Rebel Insurgencies; What Mexico Is Doing at the State and Local Levels
CHAPTER FOUR: Impact on the United States and the U.S. Government's ResponseImpact on the United States; Overview of U.S. Aid to Mexico; The Mérida Initiative; Barriers to Monitoring the Effectiveness of Aid; CHAPTER FIVE: Conclusions and Recommendations; Potential Priorities for the New U.S. Administration; U.S. Policy Options for Improving Security in Mexico; Assessment of the Three Policy Options; Mexico's Reaction to the Three Policy Options; The Future of U.S.-Mexico Security Relations; References |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910143060403321 |
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| Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, c2009 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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