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Author NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Terrorist Operations (2006 : Washington DC)

Title Understanding and responding to the terrorism phenomenon : a multi-dimensional perspective / edited by Ozgur Nikbay and Suleyman Hancerli
Published Amsterdam ; Oxford : IOS Press, in cooperation with NATO Public Diplomacy Division, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 431 pages) : illustrations
Series NATO science for peace and security series. E, Human and societal dynamics ; v. 21
NATO science for peace and security series. E, Human and societal dynamics ; v. 21.
Contents Understanding and responding to terrorism -- A terrorist operational profile: a psycho-social paradigm and plan for their destruction -- Historical and psychological reflections on the emergence of the new terrorism -- Biological weapons terrorism and transparency -- The demand side of terrorism: fear -- Terrorism: a socio-economic analysis -- Suicide attacks as a devastating terrorist modus operandi: an updates evaluation of Turkish cases -- Palestinian Istishhadia campaign: a dynamic and practical tool -- The rise of radical Islam 1 in post-Soviet states: fiction or reality? -- The rise of the periphery and peripheralization of Islamic and Kurdish extremism in Turkey -- War of paradigms: the PKK, Europe, and Yurkey -- Narcoterrorism in Turkey: the financing of PKK-KONGRA GEL from illicit drug business -- Spatial pattern of PKK-KONGRA GEL terror incidents in Turkey: 2003-2004 -- Local law enforcement hostage/crisis negotiation: an essay on continued viability in the aftermath of the attacks of 9/11 -- Probability of hostage fatality in hostage-taking terrorism: negotiation option and characteristics of negotiators -- Successful police negotiation strategies in terrorism motivated hostage situations -- Negotiating the terrorist hostage siege: are nations prepared to respond and manage effectively? -- Hostgae negotiation: a systems perspective in a case study approach -- Kidnapping: a brief psychological overview -- Disrupting the business of kidnapping: how harms the world economy and how governments can thwart kidnapping organizations? -- International kidnap negotiations: preparation, response & related issues -- Hijackings and aviation security -- Learning from the "lesser" acts: suggestions for improving responses to critical incidents -- Situational crime prevention and the control of terrorism -- Preventing terrorist attacks to critical infrastructure(s) by use of crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) -- A community based multi-faceted response to the terrorist threat in Canada -- Implementing democratic policing in the PKK terrorism torn areas of Turkey -- Turkish government policies and the rise of the PKK/KONGRA-GEL -- Expansion of the executive power by the Patriot Act -- Proper proactive training to terrorist presence and operations in friendly urban environments -- Comparative analysis of the role of intelligence in counterterrorism in Turkey and in the United States -- The counter-terrorism issue in the U.S. and Turkey's policies -- Role of Islamic political and legal thought for responding to terrorism -- Globalizing security, securing globalization? privatization, commodification and the 'new' terrorist threat
Summary Since terrorism is a global issue, counter-terrorism studies are also a global issue which requires cooperation and collaboration of multi-dimensional groups. This publication includes the researches, experiences and perceptions of different parts of this cooperation and collaboration
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Terrorism -- Congresses
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Terrorism.
Terrorism
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author Nikbay, Ozgur.
Hancerli, Suleyman.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Public Diplomacy Division.
ISBN 9781435608580
1435608585
9781433711244
1433711249