ABSTRACT

This book addresses the critical importance of understanding innovation and decision-making between terrorist groups and unconventional weapons, and the difficulty in pinpointing what factors may drive violence escalation. It is useful for students of terrorism studies and nuclear proliferation.

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

Detecting CBRN terrorism signatures — challenges and new approaches

part I|15 pages

The status of CBRN terrorism research

part II|37 pages

Al-Qaeda motivations/incentives for CBRN terrorism

chapter 3|14 pages

Al-Qaeda's thinking on CBRN

A case study

part III|73 pages

CBRN, capacity-building and proliferation

part IV|66 pages

CRBN and terrorism: dilemmas of prediction?

chapter 9|32 pages

Terrifying landscapes

Understanding motivations of non-state actors to acquire and/or use weapons of mass destruction

chapter 10|10 pages

Conclusion