Countering Terrorism

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 Contents

• Front Matter
• Summaries, 1 U.S.-Russian Working Group on Bioterrorism--Claire Cornelius (Rapporteur)
• 2 U.S.-Russian Working Group on Transportation System Vulnerabilities--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 Perl
• 5 Use of Predictive Modeling Packages for Effective Emergency Management--Nikolai Petrovich Kopylov and Irek Ravilevich Khasanov
• 6 Organizational Measures and Decision Support Systems for Preventing and Responding to Terrorist Acts at Potentially Hazardous Facilities, on Transportation Systems, and in Locations Where Large Numbers of People Congregate--A. Yu. Kudrin, A. I. Zaporozhets, and S. A. Kachanov
• 7 Characteristics of Technological Terrorism Scenarios and Impact Factors--Nikolai A. Makhutov, Vitaly P. Petrov, and Dmitry O. Reznikov
• 8 Activities of the Russian Federal Medical-Biological Agency Related to Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Security--Vladimir V. Romanov
• 9 Disease Surveillance and International Biosecurity--David R. Franz
• 10 Emerging Viral Infections in the Asian Part of Russia--Sergei V. Netesov and Natalya A. Markovich
• 11 A Note on the Interfacial Vulnerabilities of Transportation Systems--George Bugliarello
• 12 Transportation Planning for Evacuations--John C. Falcocchio
• 13 International and National Priorities in Combating Terrorism in the Transportation Sector--Vladimir N. Lopatin
• 14 Managing the Radius of Risk--Drew F. Lieb
• 15 The Problem of Oil and Natural Gas Pipeline Security--S. G. Serebryakov
• 16 U.S.-Russian Collaboration in Combating Radiological Terrorism--John F. Ahearne
• 17 IAEA Activities in Preventing Radiological and Nuclear Terrorism--Miroslav Gregoric
• 18 Electromagnetic Terrorism: Threat to the Security of the State Infrastructure--Vladimir Ye. Fortov and Yury V. Parfyonov
• 19 The Phenomenon of Suicide Bombings in Israel: Lessons Learned--Mordecai Z. Dzikansky
• 20 Raman Spectroscopic Detection of Chemical, Biological, and Explosive Agents--Russ Zajtchuk and Gary R. Gilbert
• 21 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate--John O'Neil
• Appendix A: Agenda
• Appendix B: Recent Russian and International Publications of Interest
• Appendix C: Russia's Counterterrorism Strategy--Valentin A. Sobolev

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