Roots and trajectories of violent extremism and terrorism : a cooperative program of the U. S. National Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Science (1995-2020)

Schweitzer, Glenn E. 1930- (author.). National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.), (author.).

Summary: "During the past 25 years, the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, in collaboration with the Russian Academy of Sciences, have carried out a wide variety of activities to improve understanding of the challenges in containing and reducing ethnic conflicts, violent extremism, and terrorism. 'Roots and Trajectories of Violent Extremism and Terrorism' provides an overview of this cross-ocean program, which has involved American and Russian scientists, engineers, and medical professionals from a large number of government agencies, leading research institutions, think tanks, educational institutions, analytical centers, and consulting and commercial firms in the two countries. This report highlights challenges addressed by the academies over many years that remain of current interest as the U.S., Russian, and other governments continue to cope with old and new forms of aggression that threaten the livelihood of populations at home and abroad."--taken from publisher web site.

Record details

ISBN: 0309087759
ISBN: 9780309087759
ISBN: 0309087783
ISBN: 9780309087780
Physical Description: 1 online resource (vi, 156 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2022.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction and Acknowledgments. Scope of the report ; Relevant experience and documentation ; Scope of the joint activities of the NAS and the RAS ; Importance of peer review and other support of this report ; Financial sponsors of the report ; Learning from the past to inform the future ; About the Author -- 1. Ethnic Conflicts within Russia. Overview of inter-academy cooperation in addressing ethnic issues ; Significant analyses and findings ; Views from the republics and beyond ; Monitoring of ethnic relations ; A modest project dimension of the quest for calm in Chechnya ; Mini-projects focused on the youth of Chechnya ; The importance of ethno-religious dialogues ; Notes -- 2. Acceptable Limits on Biological Research. Biological research becomes an inter-academy priority ; Opportunity for engaging Biopreparat ; Pathogens initiative ; Broadening the scope of cooperative activities ; Near-term impacts of the biodefense program ; Lessons learned ; Broadening international collaboration and the way ahead ; Views from the frontiers of biology ; Notes -- 3. Radiological Challenges : Security, Sources, Waste Sites, and Disposal. Broad agenda of activities ; Deterioration of strict security throughout Russia's nuclear complex ; Tens of thousands of potent ionizing radiation sources in use and out of use in Russia ; Security at many radiological waste sites in Russia ; Strengthening radiological security now and in the future ; Notes -- 4. Security of Transportation, Industrial, Construction, Communications, and Other Urban Challenges. Defining terrorism ; Launching of an inter-academy effort to improve insights about terrorism ; Site visits associated with NAS-RAS workshops on terrorism ; Selected workshop presentations ; Urban terrorism : A first perspective ; Urban terrorism : A second perspective ; Access to explosives ; Firefighting and rescue ; Electromagnetic terrorism ; Terrorism along transportation corridors ; Interfacial vulnerabilities of transportation systems ; Insurgencies and terrorism ; International dimensions of cybercrime and terrorism ; Future of terrorism : Tactics and stealth ; Chemical threats and responses ; Security of natural gas and oil pipelines ; Technological terrorism ; Events and site visits of special interest ; Terrorism in a Moscow theater ; Terrorism at a school in the North Caucasus ; Coping with suicide bombers ; Power outages in New York and Moscow ; Training facilities in Moscow and New Jersey ; Terrorism response centers in Moscow and New York ; Emergency response facilities in Northwest Russia ; Afterthoughts ; Notes -- 5. Interests in the Middle East and Beyond. Political and security context ; Inter-academy dialogues under co-chairmanship of former Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov and former Undersecretary of State Thomas Pickering ; Dialogue 1 - December 2009, Moscow ; Dialogue 2 - February 2011, Washington, D.C. ; Dialogue 3 - November 2011, Moscow ; The roots and trajectories of violent extremism ; Overarching challenges ; Activities of far-right groups ; Radicalization ; Rehabilitation ; Topics for future inter-academy cooperation ; The pathway ahead ; Notes -- 6. Continuing Inter-Academy Cooperation in a Changing World. Setting the stage for future cooperation ; Continuing political support for NAS-RAS cooperation ; Documenting views and suggestions of participants in inter-academy events ; Involving scientists from third countries in NAS-RAS projects ; The next steps ; Epilogue ; Notes -- Appendix A. The Kona Statement. Managing ethnic conflict -- Appendix B. Characteristics of early ethnic monitoring network in Russia and beyond -- Appendix C. Lessons learned from a terrorist attack in a Moscow theater / Yevgeny Kolesnikov, Russian Federal Security Service -- Appendix D. Terrorist attack at a school in the North Caucasus / Gennady Kovalenko, Russian Federal Security Service -- Appendix E. New trends in monitoring multiethnic Russia / Academician Valery Tishkov, Institute for Ethnography and Anthropology -- Appendix F. Final stages in disposition of radioactive waste / Academician Vladislav A. Petrov, Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry -- Appendix G. Far-right domestic extremism / James Halverson, Senior Faculty Specialist, U.S. National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism -- Appendix H. Psychology of transnational terrorism and extreme political conflict / Scott Atran, Research Professor, University of Michigan / Oxford University -- Appendix I. Recent trends and future concerns in worldwide terrorism / Professor Gary LaFree, University of Maryland -- Appendix J. Labor migration and radicalism / Academician Vitaly Naumkin, Institute of Oriental Studies -- Appendix K. References. Documents that resulted from inter-academy cooperation ; Other documents that provided background for this report.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from pdf title page (National Academies Press, viewed February 22, 2023).