Beyond convergence: world without order / edited by Hilary Matfess and Michael Miklaucic.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Matfess, Hilary, editor.

Miklaucic, Michael, 1954- editor.

National Defense University. Center for Technology and National Security Policy. Center for Complex Operations, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transnational crime--Communication systems.

Transnational crime.

Transborder data flow--Security measures.

Transborder data flow.

Computer networks--Security measures.

Computer networks.

Information warfare.

Cyberspace operations (Military science).

Computer security.

Transnational crime--Social networks.

Sovereignty--Social networks.

Sovereignty.

Cyberterrorism--Prevention.

Cyberterrorism.

Cyber intelligence (Computer security).

Computer Security.

Medical Subjects:

Computer Security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 397 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Center for Complex Operations, Institute for National Security Studies, National Defense University, 2016.

Contents:

Introduction: World order or disorder? / Hilary Matfess and Michael Miklaucic

I. Slouching Toward Dystopia. The global crisis of governance / Phil Williams

The twin insurgencies: plutocrats and criminals challenge the Westphalian state / Nils Gilman

The Islamic State revolution / Scott Atran

The march is not linear: big party politics and the decline of democracy worldwide / Francis Fukuyama and Hilary Matfess

Costs of hedging bad: the global threat network and impact on financial market volatility / Jay Chittooran and Scott Helfstein

II. One Network. Terrorist and criminal dynamics: a look beyond the horizon / Christopher Dishman

Hezbollah's criminal networks: useful idiots, henchmen, and organized criminal facilitators / Matthew Levitt

Convergence in criminalized states: the new paradigm / Douglas Farah

ISIL and the goal of organization survival / Jessica Stern

- III. Pandora. Virtually illicit: the use of social media in a hyper-connected world / Tuesday Reitano and Andrew Trabulsi

"We pay, you pay": protection economies, financial flows, and violence / Mark Shaw

The neglected mega-problem: illicit trade in "normally licit" goods / Karl Lallerstedt

Cybercrime: the evolution of traditional crime / Raj Samani

IV. A Toolbox for the 21st Century. Leviathan redux: toward a community of effective states / Clare Lockhart and Michael Miklaucic

Communicate, cooperate, and collaborate (C³) through public-private partnerships (P³) to counter the convergence of illicit networks / Celina Realuyo

Adapting to today's battlefield: the Islamic State and irregular war as the "new normal" / Sebastian Gorka

Networks at war: organizational innovation and adaptation in the 21st century / Christopher Fussell and D.W. Lee.

Notes:

"October 2016."

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource, PDF version; title from title page (viewed January 25, 2017).

Other Format:

Print version: Beyond convergence: world without order

OCLC:

969979837