ABSTRACT
The role of technology is crucial to any adequate assessment of terrorism and the measures needed to combat it effectively. This was true in the late nineteenth century, the era when dynamite was the favoured weapon of groups such as Irish Fenians and French anarchists. It is even more true today in the age of Semtex and precision guided munitions (PGMs). Yet there have been very few scholarly publications, even during the recent expansion of research on terrorism, which give serious attention to the relationship between technology and terrorism.1 The symposium that follows is a contribution towards filling this major gap. The nine studies that follow resulted from a multi-disciplinary semina~ involving scientists, and those with expertise in government, intelligence and law enforcement.
