INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON NUCLEAR WAR AND PLANETARY EMERGENCIES 29TH SESSION

INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON NUCLEAR WAR AND PLANETARY EMERGENCIES 29TH SESSION
Proceedings of the International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies 29th Session
Society and Structures: Culture and Ideology - Equity - Territorial and Economics - Psychology - Tools and Countermeasures - Worldwide Stability - Risk Analysis for Terrorism - The Asymmetric Threat - America's New "Exceptionalism" - Militant Islamist Groups Motives and Mindsets - Analysing the New Approach - The Psychology of Crowds - Cultural Relativism - Economic and Socio-Economic Causes and Consequences - The Problems of American Foreign Policy - Understanding Biological Risk - Chemical Threats and Responses - Bioterrorism - Nuclear Survival Criticalities - Responding to the Threats - National Security and Scientific Openness - Working Groups Reports and Recommendations

Erice, Italy, 10 - 15 May 2003

CONTENTS


FRONT MATTER	i
1. OPENING SESSION
OPENING SPEECH: TERRORISM AS A CULTURAL PROBLEM ANTONINO ZICHICHI	3
2. MOTIVATIONS
STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM AHMAD KAMAL	9
AMERICA’S ‘NEW EXCEPTIONALISM’ AND THE WAR ON GLOBAL TERRORISM DONALD W. HANSON	13
WAR AVOIDED AND WAR ENACTED: A NARRATIVE OF VIOLENCE AND SOME LESSONS TO BE DRAWN FROM ARGENTINE TERRITORIAL DISPUTES 1978-1982 LILLIAN ALURRALDE	22
1945 – 1993: THE ABILITY OF MANKIND TO DESTROY ITSELF RICHARD WILSON	25
ASYMMETRIC CHALLENGES OF THE 21^st CENTURY – CAUSES AND EFFECTS WOLFGANG MÜLLER-SEEDORF	39
WAR AGAINST TERRORISM FARHANG MEHR	45
MILITANT ISLAMIST GROUPS (MIGS): THEIR MOTIVES AND MINDSETS IBRAHIM KARAWAN	53
THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE CROWD: DESTRUCTIVENESS, SELF-DESTRUCTIVENESS, AND TERROR GRETTY M. MIRDAL	57
SOME THOUGHTS ON CULTURAL RELATIVISM ALAIN PEYRAUBE	62
SOCIO-ECONOMIC CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF TERRORISM JUAN DÍEZ-NICOLÁS	70
THE WAR WITH IRAQ AND ITS CONNECTIONS TO THE WAR ON TERRORISM: THE PROBLEMS OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY KAMRAN TALATTOF	78
AMERICAN IMPERIALISM MOTIVATING TERROR WILLIAM FULKERSON	83
3. WORLDWIDE STABILITY
WORLDWIDE STABILITY TERENCE TAYLOR	89
THE “LIVING WITH RISK” PROJECT JEAN SAVY	95
SHIFTING THE PARADIGM OF RISK ANALYSIS WILLIAM E. KASTENBERG, GLORIA HAUSER-KASTENBERG and DAVID NORRIS	98
DO THE TTBT AND JVE PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK FOR “EFFECTIVE” VERIFICATION: IS UNCERTAINTY A TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT OR A POLITICAL DECISION? Eileen S. Vergino	110
UNDERSTANDING BIOLOGICAL RISK: SAFEGUARDING SCIENCE AND ENHANCING SECURITY MICHAEL MOODIE	118
4. TOOLS AND COUNTERMEASURES
TOOLS AND COUNTERMEASURES R A MASON	125
DEALING WITH THE CHEMICAL THREAT RON G MANLEY	128
NEW THREATS FROM BIOTERRORISM: REAL OR PERCEIVED? CHARLES R PENN	133
NUCLEAR SURVIVAL CRITICALITIES SALLY LEIVESLEY	140
SELECTED STRATEGIES, TACTICS, AND TECHNIQUES OF FRONTLINE US EMERGENCY RESPONDERS FOR CONTENDING WITH CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DISASTERS AMY E. SMITHSON	152
SCIENCE v. SECRECY JODY R. WESTBY	163
5. PERMANENT MONITORING PANEL REPORTS
RISK ANALYSIS PERMANENT MONITORING PANEL TERENCE TAYLOR	181
6. MOTIVATIONS WORKING GROUP REPORT
REPORT OF THE WORKING GROUP ON MOTIVATIONS AHMAD KAMAL	187
THE TRUTH IS THE GOAL OF THE WHOLE UNIVERSE MONSIGNOR M. SÁNCHEZ-SORONDO	191
WHAT IS TERRORISM? CAN WE WIN AND HOW? FRANCOIS WAELBROECK	196
7. TOOLS AND COUNTERMEASURES WORKING GROUP REPORT
TOOLS & COUNTERMEASURES WORKING GROUP REPORT R.A. MASON	203
HIGH-TECH TERRORISM: A GROWING THREAT TO DEMOCRACY AND CIVILIZATION KARL K. REBANE	209
8. WORLDWIDE STABILITY WORKING GROUP REPORT
WORLDWIDE STABILITY WORKING GROUP REPORT TERENCE TAYLOR	215
BACK MATTER	223
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