Lone actors : an emerging security threat / edited by Aaron Richman and Yair Sharan.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Richman, Aaron, editor.

Sharan, Yair, editor.

Conference Name:

NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Lone Actors - An Emerging Security Threat (2014 : Jerusalem, Israel)

Series:

NATO science for peace and security series. Human and societal dynamics ; E, Volume 123.

NATO science for peace and security series. Sub-series E, Human and societal dynamics, 1879-8268 ; Volume 123

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--Congresses.

Terrorism.

Terrorism--Prevention--Congresses.

Terrorists--Congresses.

Terrorists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

Fairfax, Virginia : IOS Press, Inc., [date of distribution not identified]

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : IOS Press, 2015.

Summary:

Terrorist attacks perpetrated by lone actors have already occurred in several countries, and this phenomenon is emerging as a threat to the security of both NATO members and other countries worldwide.

Contents:

Title Page; Introduction; About the Editors; Contents; The Threat of Lone Actors' Terrorism; Lone Wolf Terrorism: Understanding the Growing Threat; The Terror Next Door: A Security Analysis of the Escalating Threat of Lone Wolf Terrorists; Gen-T. Terrorist Infosphere and i-Volution of Lone Wolf Terrorism; Biological and Chemical Agents in the Hands of Lone Actors - A Different View; Lone Operator Cyberterrorism from the Perspective of a Hacker; Case Studies; Major Nisan Malik Hasan, Terrorist or Criminal?

The Radicalization of American Lone Wolves in Real/Reel Worlds: Strategically Mapping the Role of the Internet, and Beyond, in the Cases of Colleen LaRose (Jihad Jane) and the Tsarnaev Brothers (the Boston Marathon Bombers)Countering and Responding to the Threat; Comparative Analysis of Counterinsurgency Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan: New Foresight Approaches to Counterinsurgency Operations with Special Focus on Lone Wolf Terrorism; Center for Radicalization Prevention: A Model of Government Response to "Lone-Wolf" Terrorist Assaults; Medical Response to Lone Actor Incidents

Lone Actors: Challenges and Opportunities for Countering Violent ExtremismThe War on Islamism; Legal and Ethical Aspects; Lone Actors - Ethical and Legal Considerations; Legal Responses to Lone Wolf Terrorism; Foresight and Policy Aspects; European Union's Counter-Terrorism Policy and the Problem of Lone Actors; A Lone Wolf Visionario in the American Midwest; The Need for Integrated Municipal Planning for Rail Security the Jerusalem Light Rail Project; Possible Evolution of Lone Wolf and SIMAD Terrorism

Lone Wolves and Black Sheep in the Modern Urban Jungle - Loneliness as a Source for Terror Threats in Modern CitiesSubject Index; Author Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 25, 2016).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-61499-585-0

OCLC:

933740355