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Countering New(est) Terrorism - Hostage-Taking, Kidnapping, and Active Violence - Assessing, Negotiating, and Assaulting (Paperback)
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Countering New(est) Terrorism - Hostage-Taking, Kidnapping, and Active Violence - Assessing, Negotiating, and Assaulting (Paperback)
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How should we analyze and assess new terrorist behaviors? What are
the particular risks and challenges from new terrorism? Should we
negotiate with terrorists, and, if so, how? When should we use
force against terrorists? Countering New(est) Terrorism:
Hostage-Taking, Kidnapping, and Active Violence-Assessing,
Negotiating, and Assaulting improves our knowledge of new terrorist
behaviors, and our skills in responding to such attacks. The term
"new terrorism" has been in circulation since the late 90's. This
book analyzes the "newest terrorism" that has emerged in recent
years-characterized by increased hostage-taking, kidnapping, and
active violence-and develops best practices for countering these
emerging threats. Along the way, it challenges fashionable wishful
thinking that all terrorists are open to rational negotiation or
de-radicalization, that military responses always reflect badly on
the official side, and that terrorists are not constrained by their
own doctrines. The new terrorists are dramatically more
ideological, murderous, and suicidal. They are generally less
reconcilable, less trusting of official negotiators, less likely to
release detainees, and more likely to kill detainees. They are less
likely to demand ransoms yet more likely to release hostages in
cases in which they do demand ransom. They are more informed about
the official side's policies, tactics, techniques, and procedures.
They are more likely to use new information and communication
technologies against responding agencies and officials. They are
more capable fighters-they kill more people despite deploying fewer
fighters per hostage. Most disturbing is the fact that they take
advantage of free-er societies to access easier targets. Features:
Includes evidence-based definitions and descriptions of political,
religious, Jihadi, and new terrorism Presents the first large-n
comparison of old and new terrorism, using an original extension of
the Global Terrorism Database (GTD), with added codes for each of
10,735 hostage crises and more than 500,000 data points from 1970
through 2016 Details a further extension of the GTD covering all
terrorist events from 2004 through 2016, roughly 5 million data
points. Offers prescriptive advice and visual decision trees on how
to negotiate crises, assess the risk of terrorism, and how and when
to assault terrorists Reviews official practices, interviews with
experienced officials, and real-world simulations of recent
terrorist events and attacks Countering New(est) Terrorism will be
of interest to researchers, students enrolled in terrorism and
Homeland Security programs, crisis negotiators, and police,
security, intelligence, and military authorities tasked with
counterterrorism and anti-terrorism efforts.
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