Catastrophic Terrorism
Tackling the New Danger
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4452579 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ashton Carter, John Deutch, J M Deutch, Philip Zelikow |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 80 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Foreign Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-7120 • E-ISSN: 2327-7793 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/20049132 |
| OpenAlex | W2554005735 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
Terrorism is not a new phenomenon. But today's terrorists, be they international cults like Aum Shinrikyo or individual nihilists like the Unabomber, act on a greater variety of motives than ever before. More ominously, terrorists may gain access to weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear devices, germ dispensers, poison gas weapons, and even computer viruses. Also new is the world's dependence on a nearly invisible and fragile network for distributing energy and information. Long part of the Hollywood and Tom Clancy repertory of nightmarish scenarios, catastrophic terrorism has moved from far-fetched horror to a contingency that could happen next month. Although the United States still takes conventional terrorism seriously, as demon strated by the response to the attacks on its embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in August, it is not yet prepared for the new threat of catastrophic terrorism
Criminology · Development economics · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Terrorism · Law · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
Analysing elite discourse on terrorism and its implications
Soldiers' rights and medical risks
Responding to Catastrophic Terrorism
A Second Nuclear Revolution
The Postmodern Geopolitical Condition
The Evolution of International Security Studies
Terrorists and biological weapons
Bolt from the Blue or Avoidable Failure? Revisiting September 11 and the Origins of Strategic Surprise
Nuclear proliferation
Responding to the Challenge of Biological Warfare—A Matter of Contending Paradigms of Thought and Action
Truth and the Silence of the IR Discipline
When Terror Strikes, Who Should Respond
The Origins of the New Terrorism
The State of the National Security State
Dreaded Risks and the Control of Biological Weapons
What Makes Terrorists Tick
Problems of Preparedness
The Architecture of Government in the Face of Terrorism
September 11
Bioterrorism initiatives
The ‘New Terrorism
Lobbying after 9/11
Democracy, Foreign Policy, and Terrorism
Between Acquisition and Use
The dispossessed
Policing Terrorism in the Chinese Community
Rings of Steel, Rings of Concrete and Rings of Confidence
| Unique citing works | 27 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2022 (24) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |