Countering Terrorism

This book presents the proceedings of the fourth U.S.-Russian interacademy workshop on the general theme of countering terrorism, which was held in Moscow in March 2007. The fourth in a series, this volume continues to explore topics related to urban terrorism, but with a new emphasis on potential attacks involving biological agents, transportation networks, and energy systems. The other books in the series include: High Impact Terrorism: Proceedings of a Russian-American Workshop (2002) Terrorism: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Improving Responses: U.S.-Russian Workshop Proceedings (2004) Countering Urban Terrorism in Russia and the United States: Proceedings of a Workshop (2006) Table of Contents Front Matter Summaries, 1 U.S.-Russian Working Group on Bioterrorism--Claire Cornelius (Rapporteur) 2 U.S.-Russian Working Group on Transportation System Vulnerabilities--Cynthia Getner (Rapporteur) 3 U.S.-Russian Working Group on Energy System Vulnerabilities--A. Chelsea Sharber (Rapporteur) Selected Papers, 4 Tendencies in Global Terrorism--Raphael Perl 5 Use of Predictive Modeling Packages for Effective Emergency Management--Nikolai Petrovich Kopylov and Irek Ravilevich Khasanov 6 Organizational Measures and Decision Support Systems for Preventing and Responding to Terrorist Acts at Potentially Hazardous Facilities, on Transportation Systems, and in Locations Where Large Numbers of People Congregate--A. Yu. Kudrin, A. I. Zaporozhets, and S. A. Kachanov 7 Characteristics of Technological Terrorism Scenarios and Impact Factors--Nikolai A. Makhutov, Vitaly P. Petrov, and Dmitry O. Reznikov 8 Activities of the Russian Federal Medical-Biological Agency Related to Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Security--Vladimir V. Romanov 9 Disease Surveillance and International Biosecurity--David R. Franz 10 Emerging Viral Infections in the Asian Part of Russia--Sergei V. Netesov and Natalya A. Markovich 11 A Note on the Interfacial Vulnerabilities of Transportation Systems--George Bugliarello 12 Transportation Planning for Evacuations--John C. Falcocchio 13 International and National Priorities in Combating Terrorism in the Transportation Sector--Vladimir N. Lopatin 14 Managing the Radius of Risk--Drew F. Lieb 15 The Problem of Oil and Natural Gas Pipeline Security--S. G. Serebryakov 16 U.S.-Russian Collaboration in Combating Radiological Terrorism--John F. Ahearne 17 IAEA Activities in Preventing Radiological and Nuclear Terrorism--Miroslav Gregoric 18 Electromagnetic Terrorism: Threat to the Security of the State Infrastructure--Vladimir Ye. Fortov and Yury V. Parfyonov 19 The Phenomenon of Suicide Bombings in Israel: Lessons Learned--Mordecai Z. Dzikansky 20 Raman Spectroscopic Detection of Chemical, Biological, and Explosive Agents--Russ Zajtchuk and Gary R. Gilbert 21 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate--John O'Neil Appendix A: Agenda Appendix B: Recent Russian and International Publications of Interest Appendix C: Russia's Counterterrorism Strategy--Valentin A. Sobolev