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INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON NUCLEAR WAR AND PLANETARY EMERGENCIES 31ST SESSION: THE CULTURAL PLANETARY EMERGENCY: FOCUS ON TERRORISM
Proceedings of the International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies 31st Session
Multidisciplinary Global Approach of Governments and International Structures: Societal Response - Scientific Contributions to Policy - Economics - Human Rights - Communication - Conflict Resolution - Cross-Disciplinary Responses to CBRN Threats: Chemical and Biological Terrorism - Co-Operation Between Russia and the West - Asymmetrical Conflicts CBW Impact - Cross-Disciplinary Challenges to Emergency Management, Media Information and Communication: Role of Media in Global Emergencies - Emergency Responders - Working Groups' Reports and Recommendations

"E. Majorana" Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy, 7 - 12 May 2004


CONTENTS

FRONT MATTER
i
OPENING SESSION
ARRIVING AT THE UNPREDICTABLE – A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY CHALLENGE
ANTONINO ZICHICHI
3
MULTIDISCIPLINARY GLOBAL APPROACH
THE ROLE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE WAR ON TERRORISM
NORMAN P. NEUREITER
7
TERRORISM – AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
AHMAD KAMAL
11
REGIONAL RESPONSE TO TERRORISM: PURPOSE, PRINCIPLES AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK TO PREVENT, COMBAT AND ELIMINATE TERRORISM IN THE AMERICAS IN THE AFTERMATH OF 9-11. PERSISTENT CHALLENGES AND NEW THREATS. AN ASSESSMENT.
LILLIAN ALURRALDE
15
FRENCH APPROACHES TO COUNTER-TERRORISM
ELISABETH GIACOBINO
30
GERMANY’S RESPONSE TO THE GLOBAL EMERGENCY
HENNING WEGENER
33
LIMITING THE THREATS OF IDEOLOGICAL-BASED TERROR GROUPS: LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM MALAYSIA?
MOHD KAMARULNIZAM ABDULLAH
39
RUSSIAN FEDERATION OPTIONS AND POLICY
ANATOLY ADAMISHIN
51
MYTH, REALITY AND REALISM IN U.K. GOVERNMENT RESPONSE AND MEDIA PERCEPTION OF TERRORISM
ROBERT FOX
55
THE WORLD COMMUNITY AGAINST THE GLOBALIZATION OF CRIMINALITY AND TERRORISM
A.S. KULIKOV
58
CROSS-DISCIPLINARY RESPONSES TO CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR THREATS
CHEMICAL TERRORISM: FIVE STRATEGIC CHALLENGES
RON G. MANLEY
65
BIOLOGICAL TERRORISM: QUANTIFYING AND COMMUNICATING UNCERTAINTY
CHARLES R. PENN
71
CROSS DISCIPLINARY MITIGATION OF CBRNE RISK: CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, NUCLEAR, EXTREME EXPLOSIVES, ELECTRONIC/DIGITAL ATTACKS
SALLY LEIVESLEY
76
FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM: PROSPECTS OF COOPERATION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST
V. KRIVOKHIZHA
94
UKRAINE AND PROBLEMS OF TERRORISM
VALERY KUKHAR
100
SAFETY ASPECTS OF ASYMMETRIC THREATS
HILTMAR SCHUBERT
104
CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL TERRORISM: LESSONS FROM HISTORY
MARK WHEELIS
110
CROSS-DISCIPLINARY CHALLENGES TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, MEDIA INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
DANSE MACABRE: TERRORISM AND WESTERN MEDIA
MICHAEL STUERMER
117
PREPAREDNESS CHALLENGES FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL
AMY E. SMITHSON
120
PEOPLE: THE KEY ELEMENT IN DISASTER RESPONSE
GARY W. McCONNELL
129
KEY ISSUES IN DISASTER RESPONSE: ENSURING CRITICAL SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT WORK WHEN NEEDED
A.D. VICKERY
136
CROSS-CULTURAL AND CROSS-DISCIPLINARY TOOLS AND COUNTERMEASURES WORKING GROUP SESSION
CROSS-CULTURAL AND CROSS-DISCIPLINARY TOOLS AND COUNTERMEASURES WORKING GROUP REPORT
RON G MANLEY and REINER K HUBER
145
CROSS-DISCIPLINARY CHALLENGES TO QUANTIFICATION OF RISK WORKING GROUP SESSION
CROSS-DISCIPLINARY CHALLENGES TO QUANTIFICATION OF RISK WORKING GROUP REPORT
Richard Wilson, Charles Penn, John Adams, Olivia Bosch, Robert Clark, Axel Lehmann, Margaret Petersen, William Sprigg and Henning Wegener
153
SCIENCE AND TERRORISM: CHALLENGES TO THE QUANTIFICATION OF THE RISKS OF TERRORISM
JOHN ADAMS
163
COUNTER-TERRORISM POST MADRID 2004: INFORMATION SHARING AND UNSCR 1540
OLIVIA BOSCH
171
QUANTIFYING TERRORISM: A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY CHALLENGE. FROM PRECISE TO SPECULATIVE, FROM OBJECTIVE TO SUBJECTIVE: WHERE DOES THE RISK OF TERRORISM BELONG?
RICHARD WILSON
178
CROSS-CULTURAL AND CROSS-DISCIPLINARY COMMUNITY RESPONSE WORKING GROUP SESSION
REPORT OF THE CROSS-CULTURAL AND CROSS DISCIPLINARY COMMUNITY RESPONSE WORKING GROUP
AMY E. SMITHSON
187
THE GLOBAL EMERGENCY: A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO RISK
A.R. GREEN
194
TOPOFF 2: APPRECIATING THE IMPORTANCE OF DISASTER DRILLS
LESLEE STEIN-SPENCER
207
CROSS-CULTURAL EVALUATION OF SOCIETAL RESPONSE WORKING GROUP SESSION
REPORT OF THE WORKING GROUP ON CROSS-CULTURAL EVALUATION OF SOCIETAL RESPONSE
AHMAD KAMAL
219
TRENDS IN SUICIDE TERRORISM: SENSE AND NONSENSE
SCOTT ATRAN
222
GLOBALIZATION OF TERRORISM
FARHANG MEHR
255
TERRORISM AND THE LAW OF TALION
FRANÇOIS WAELBROECK
263
BACK MATTER
269
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