Countering TerrorismAuthor :
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Published : Thursday 26 March 2009
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This book presents the proceedings of the fourth U.S.-Russian interacademy workshop on the general theme of countering terrorism, which was held in Moscow in March 2007. The fourth in a series, this volume continues to explore topics related to urban terrorism, but with a new emphasis on potential attacks involving biological agents, transportation networks, and energy systems. The other books in the series include:High Impact Terrorism: Proceedings of a Russian-American Workshop (2002)Terrorism: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Improving Responses: U.S.-Russian Workshop Proceedings (2004)Countering Urban Terrorism in Russia and the United States: Proceedings of a Workshop (2006)Table of ContentsFront MatterSummaries, 1 U.S.-Russian Working Group on Bioterrorism--ClaireCornelius (Rapporteur)2 U.S.-Russian Working Group on Transportation SystemVulnerabilities--Cynthia Getner (Rapporteur)3 U.S.-Russian Working Group on Energy System Vulnerabilities--A. Chelsea Sharber (Rapporteur)Selected Papers, 4 Tendencies in Global Terrorism--Raphael Perl5 Use of Predictive Modeling Packages for Effective EmergencyManagement--Nikolai Petrovich Kopylov and Irek Ravilevich Khasanov6 Organizational Measures and Decision Support Systems forPreventing and Responding to Terrorist Acts at PotentiallyHazardous Facilities, on Transportation Systems, and in LocationsWhere Large Numbers of People Congregate--A. Yu. Kudrin, A. I. Zaporozhets, and S. A. Kachanov7 Characteristics of Technological Terrorism Scenarios and ImpactFactors--Nikolai A. Makhutov, Vitaly P. Petrov, and Dmitry O. Reznikov8 Activities of the Russian Federal Medical-Biological AgencyRelated to Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Security--VladimirV. Romanov9 Disease Surveillance and International Biosecurity--David R. Franz10 Emerging Viral Infections in the Asian Part of Russia--Sergei V. Netesov and Natalya A. Markovich11 A Note on the Interfacial Vulnerabilities of TransportationSystems--George Bugliarello12 Transportation Planning for Evacuations--John C. Falcocchio13 International and National Priorities in Combating Terrorism inthe Transportation Sector--Vladimir N. Lopatin14 Managing the Radius of Risk--Drew F. Lieb15 The Problem of Oil and Natural Gas Pipeline Security--S. G. Serebryakov16 U.S.-Russian Collaboration in Combating RadiologicalTerrorism--John F. Ahearne17 IAEA Activities in Preventing Radiological and NuclearTerrorism--Miroslav Gregoric18 Electromagnetic Terrorism: Threat to the Security of the StateInfrastructure--Vladimir Ye. Fortov and Yury V. Parfyonov19 The Phenomenon of Suicide Bombings in Israel: LessonsLearned--Mordecai Z. Dzikansky20 Raman Spectroscopic Detection of Chemical, Biological, andExplosive Agents--Russ Zajtchuk and Gary R. Gilbert21 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and TechnologyDirectorate--John O'NeilAppendix A: AgendaAppendix B: Recent Russian and International Publications ofInterestAppendix C: Russia's Counterterrorism Strategy--Valentin A. Sobolev
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