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"Ungoverned spaces" are often cited as key threats to national and
international security and are increasingly targeted by the
international community for external interventions-both armed and
otherwise. This book examines exactly when and how these spaces
contribute to global insecurity, and it incorporates the many
spaces where state authority is contested-from tribal, sectarian,
or clan-based governance in such places as Pakistani Waziristan, to
areas ruled by persistent insurgencies, such as Colombia, to
nonphysical spaces, such as the internet and global finance. Within
this multiplicity of contexts, the book addresses a range of
security concerns, including weapons of mass destruction, migrants,
dirty money, cyberdata, terrorists, drug lords, warlords,
insurgents, radical Islamist groups, and human privacy and
security. Ultimately, Ungoverned Spaces demonstrates that
state-centric approaches to these concerns are unlikely to supplant
the many sites of authority that provide governance in a world of
softened sovereignty.
The use of biological warfare (BW) agents by states or terrorists
is one of the world's most frightening security threats but, thus
far, little attention has been devoted to understanding how to
improve policies and procedures to identify and attribute BW
events. "Terrorism, War, or Disease?" is the first book to examine
the complex political, military, legal, and scientific challenges
involved in determining when BW have been used and who has used
them.
Through detailed analysis of the most significant and controversial
allegations of BW use from the Second World War to the present,
internationally recognized experts assess past attempts at
attribution of unusual biological events and draw lessons to
improve our ability to counter these deadly silent killers. This
volume presents the most comprehensive analysis of actual and
alleged BW use, and provides an up-to-date evaluation of law
enforcement, forensic epidemiology, and arms control measures
available to policymakers to investigate and attribute suspected
attacks.
"Ungoverned spaces" are often cited as key threats to national and
international security and are increasingly targeted by the
international community for external interventions-both armed and
otherwise. This book examines exactly when and how these spaces
contribute to global insecurity, and it incorporates the many
spaces where state authority is contested-from tribal, sectarian,
or clan-based governance in such places as Pakistani Waziristan, to
areas ruled by persistent insurgencies, such as Colombia, to
nonphysical spaces, such as the internet and global finance. Within
this multiplicity of contexts, the book addresses a range of
security concerns, including weapons of mass destruction, migrants,
dirty money, cyberdata, terrorists, drug lords, warlords,
insurgents, radical Islamist groups, and human privacy and
security. Ultimately, Ungoverned Spaces demonstrates that
state-centric approaches to these concerns are unlikely to supplant
the many sites of authority that provide governance in a world of
softened sovereignty.
The use of biological warfare (BW) agents by states or terrorists
is one of the world's most frightening security threats but, thus
far, little attention has been devoted to understanding how to
improve policies and procedures to identify and attribute BW
events. "Terrorism, War, or Disease?" is the first book to examine
the complex political, military, legal, and scientific challenges
involved in determining when BW have been used and who has used
them.
Through detailed analysis of the most significant and controversial
allegations of BW use from the Second World War to the present,
internationally recognized experts assess past attempts at
attribution of unusual biological events and draw lessons to
improve our ability to counter these deadly silent killers. This
volume presents the most comprehensive analysis of actual and
alleged BW use, and provides an up-to-date evaluation of law
enforcement, forensic epidemiology, and arms control measures
available to policymakers to investigate and attribute suspected
attacks.
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