Rand's Research on Terrorism,

Abstract

As it applies to Rand's current research, the term 'terrorism' is used generically to describe research on a wide range of related topics, including: the theory and tactics of terrorism; the organization of the U.S. government for combatting terrorism, the analysis of intelligence on terrorist threats; heuristic modeling and the use of remote access computers in the management of low-level crises; the policy and tactics of dealing with political kidnapping and hostage situations; the effects of being held hostage; U.S. military capabilities for subconventional missions (the extrication or rescue of U.S. nationals abroad, the recovery of facilities seized by terrorists); new vulnerabilities in a society increasingly dependent on technology; trends and potentialities in terrorism, nuclear safeguards and security; subnational nuclear capabilities; and the assessment of nuclear threat messages.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA167276

Entities

People

  • Brian Michael Jenkins

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Criminals
  • Department Of State
  • Governments
  • Materials
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Science
  • Public Administration
  • Security
  • Societies
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design