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INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON NUCLEAR WAR AND PLANETARY EMERGENCIES 27TH SESSION
Proceedings of the International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies 27th Session
Society and Structures: Historical Perspectives - Culture and Ideology; National and Regional Geopolitical Issues; Globalization - Economy and Culture; Human Rights - Freedom and Democracy Debate; Confrontations and Countermeasures: Present and Future Confrontations; Psychology of Terrorism; Defensive Countermeasures; Preventive Countermeasures; General Debate; Science and Technology: Emergencies; Pollution; Climate - Greenhouse Effect; Desertification, Water Pollution, Algal Bloom; Brain and Behaviour Diseases; The Cultural Emergency: General Debate and Conclusions; Permanent Monitoring Panel Reports; Information Security Workshop; Kangaroo Mother's Care Workshop; Brain and Behaviour Diseases Workshop

"E. Majorana" Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy, 18 - 26 August 2002


CONTENTS

FRONT MATTER
i
1. OPENING SESSION
THE CULTURAL EMERGENCY
TSUNG-DAO LEE, KAI M.B. SIEGBAHN and ANTONINO ZICHICHI
3
2. SOCIETY AND STRUCTURES: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES — CULTURE AND IDEOLOGY
SMILE AND FEEL SECURE, GOD IS WITH THE BELIEVERS: RELIGION AND THE CAPACITY FOR GLOBAL TERROR
EDA SAGARRA
11
THE CULTURE OF TERRORISM
FARHANG MEHR
18
ISLAM AND MODERNITY: IDEOLOGY AND VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
KAMRAN TALATTOF
26
VIOLENCE AND STRATEGIC CHOICES: THE CASE OF ISLAMIST MILITANCY
IBRAHIM KARAWAN
33
3. SOCIETY AND STRUCTURES: NATIONAL AND REGIONAL GEOPOLITICAL ISSUES
CONFRONTATION AND COOPERATION IN SOUTH ASIA
K.C. SIVARAMAKRISHNAN
39
NEUTRALITY AND THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT
DAN V. SEGRE
49
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO ADVANCE REGIONAL SECURITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA
ANDREW F.B. TOMPSON, JEFFERY H. RICHARDSON, RICHARD C. RAGAINI, RICHARD B. KNAPP, NINA D. ROSENBERG, DAVID K. SMITH and DEBORAH Y. BALL
54
HIGH-TECH TERRORISM – A RAPIDLY GROWING, GLOBAL PROBLEM
KARL K. REBANE
68
HIGH-TECH TERRORISM AS AN INCREASING GLOBAL PROBLEM
KARL K. REBANE
71
4. SOCIETY AND STRUCTURES: GLOBALIZATION — ECONOMY AND CULTURE
GLOBALIZATION AND CULTURE
AHMAD KAMAL
77
DEFENDING AGAINST MASS-CASUALTY TERRORISM: TECHNOLOGIES ENABLING STRATEGY AND TACTICS FOR ROBUST DEFENSE
LOWELL WOOD
81
OIL POLICIES AND TERROR: GETTING OFF OIL
WILLIAM FULKERSON
94
ECONOMIC FACTORS OF CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE: THE ECONOMICS OF ARMED CONFLICT
PETER LOCK
99
5. SOCIETY AND STRUCTURES: HUMAN RIGHTS — FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY DEBATE
WHEN IS A SUPERPOWER WELCOME?
WILLIAM R. SHEA
111
HOW FREELY SHOULD MONEY FLOW?
ALFRED GREIDER
115
COMBATING TERRORISM: AN EVENT TREE APPROACH
RICHARD WILSON
122
6. CONFRONTATIONS AND COUNTERMEASURES: PRESENT AND FUTURE CONFRONTATIONS
TOWARDS AN UNGUIDED WORLD?
ANATOLY ADAMISHIN
147
TERRORISM – DEFINING THE PROBLEM, ASSESSING THE RISK
CHRISTOPHER DAASE
152
EUROPEAN SECURITY: NEW CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES
TATYANA PARKHALINA
160
SMALL WARS—A CHALLENGE FOR FUTURE SECURITY
WOLFGANG MÜLLER-SEEDORF
166
WAR FOR WATER? TRANSBOUNDARY FRESHWATERS: CRISIS AND CONFLICTS IN THE SHORT FUTURE
ANDRÉ BEAUCHAMP
172
LIMITATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL TREATIES ON WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION—ESCAPING THE PRISON OF THE PAST
TERENCE TAYLOR
177
7. CONFRONTATIONS AND COUNTERMEASURES: PSYCHOLOGY OF TERRORISM
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TERRORISM: FANATICAL IDENTITIES
GRETTY M. MIRDAL
187
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TERRORISM
AHMAD KAMAL
198
8. CONFRONTATIONS AND COUNTERMEASURES: DEFENSIVE COUNTERMEASURES
NUCLEAR AND BIOLOGICAL MEGATERRORISM
RICHARD L. GARWIN
205
HAS AIR POWER COME OF AGE?
DONALD A. YERXA
224
ENGAGING THE SCIENCE COMMUNITY FOR HOMELAND DEFENSE
WILLIAM A. BARLETTA
239
9. CONFRONTATIONS AND COUNTERMEASURES: PREVENTIVE COUNTERMEASURES
LITERATURE IS LANGUAGE STRUGGLING FOR MORE MEANING (WORDS TO HURT AND WORDS TO HEAL)
JOSEF JARAB
249
PREVENTING TERRORISM – FROM REACTIVE TO PROACTIVE STRATEGIES
CHRISTOPHER DAASE
256
ROLE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SCIENTIFIC COMPONENT IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST TERRORISM
ASHOT A. SARKISOV
260
ADVANCES IN BIOTECHNOLOGY: SAFEGUARDING THE OPPORTUNITIES AND MANAGING THE RISKS
TERENCE TAYLOR
262
10. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: EMERGENCIES
DO WE MAKE OURSELVES?
JÜRGEN MITTELSTRASS
269
LANGUAGES AT RISK
ALAIN PEYRAUBE
274
EUROPEAN SCIENCE IN A KNOWLEDGE-BASED WORLD (RISKS IN A WIDENING EUROPE IN A NARROWING WORLD)
NORBERT KROO
284
11. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: POLLUTION
EXPOSURE TO VERY LOW DOSES OF ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS (EDCs) DURING FETAL LIFE PERMANENTLY ALTERS BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOR IN ANIMALS AND HUMANS
STEFANO PARMIGIANI, FREDERICK S. VOM SAAL, PAOLA PALANZA and THEO COLBORN
293
LONG TERM STEWARDSHIP OF RADIOACTIVE AND CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION
LORNE G. EVERETT and STEPHEN KOWALL
309
12. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: CLIMATE — GREENHOUSE EFFECT
THE CARBON CYCLE AND ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE
PIETER P. TANS
327
THE CLIMATE CHANGES IN CHINA RELATED TO GLOBAL WARMING
HUI-JUN WANG, YONG-QIANG YU, REN-JIAN ZHANG and DA-BANG JIANG
340
FOUR BILLION YEARS OF THE CARBON CYCLE: WHAT’S THE MESSAGE FOR US?
JÁN VEIZER
344
13. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: DESERTIFICATION — WATER POLLUTION — ALGAL BLOOM
SANDY DESERTIFICATION IN NORTH CHINA
TAO WANG
359
THE EXPANDING GLOBAL PROBLEM OF HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS
DONALD M. ANDERSON
372
VIDEO CONFERENCE
EDWARD TELLER
394
THE IMPACTS OF HARMFUL ALGAL EVENTS
MICHEAL Ó CINNÉIDE
398
14. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: BRAIN AND BEHAVIOUR DISEASES
THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT: ITS IMPACT ON COMPLEX DISORDERS
P. MICHAEL CONNEALLY
407
15. THE CULTURAL EMERGENCY — GENERAL DEBATE AND CONCLUSIONS
LANGUAGE, LOGIC AND SCIENCE
ANTONINO ZICHICHI
413
SOCIETY AND STRUCTURES WORKING GROUP A: CULTURE, IDEOLOGY, HUMAN RIGHTS, FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY
WILLIAM R. SHEA
431
SOCIETY AND STRUCTURES WORKING GROUP B: ECONOMY, NATIONAL AND REGIONAL GEOPOLITICAL ISSUES
K.C. SIVARAMAKRISHNAN
432
CONFRONTATION AND COUNTERMEASURES WORKING GROUP
R.A. MASON
436
16. PERMANENT MONITORING PANEL REPORTS
MOTHER AND CHILD PERMANENT MONITORING PANEL: MANIFESTO
NATHALIE CHARPAK
441
REPORT BY PERMANENT MONITORING PANEL ON MISSILE PROLIFERATION AND DEFENSE
ANDREI PIONTKOVSKY
443
LIMITS OF DEVELOPMENT PERMANENT MONITORING PANEL REPORT
HILTMART SCHUBERT
445
WORLD FEDERATION OF SCIENTISTS PERMANENT MONITORING PANEL ON INFORMATION SECURITY
HENNING WEGENER
449
MEETING OF THE PERMANENT MONITORING PANEL ON DEFENCE AGAINST FLOODS AND UNEXPECTED METEOROLOGICAL EVENTS
ROBERT A. CLARK
450
WATER; CLIMATE, OZONE AND GREENHOUSE EFFECTS; AND DESERTIFICATION
ROBERT A. CLARK
454
POLLUTION PERMANENT MONITORING PANEL
RICHARD C. RAGAINI
456
REPORT OF THE ENERGY PERMANENT MONITORING PANEL
KAI SIEGBAHN
459
MINUTES OF DESERTIFICATION PERMANENT MONITORING PANEL, ERICE
ANDREW WARREN
465
17. BRAIN AND BEHAVIOUR DISEASES WORKSHOP
UNRAVELLING THE MYSTERIES OF SCHIZOPHRENIA: ADVANCES FROM GENETIC STUDIES
ANNE S. BASSETT, EVA W.C. CHOW, ROSANNA WEKSBERG and LINDA BRZUSTOWICZ
471
GENETICS OF SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCE
C. ROBERT CLONINGER
484
HUNTINGTON DISEASE AND OTHER CAG REPEAT DISORDERS
P.MICHAEL CONNEALLY
491
DEMENTIA FROM BRAIN VASCULAR DISEASE: THE SILENT EPIDEMIC
CHARLES DECARLI
494
NONCOGNITIVE SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA: RIGOR AND RELEVANCE
MARSHAL F. FOLSTEIN
524
CAN WE FIND GENES FOR COMMON DISORDERS?
SUSAN E. FOLSTEIN
533
NEUROPATHOLOGY AT THE CROSSROADS OF NEUROPSYCHIATRY AND GENETICS: NEW INSIGHTS INTO NEUROSERPIN ENCEPHALOPATHY
BERNARDINO GHETTI, MASAKI TAKAO, MASAHIDE YAZAKI, MARTIN R. FARLOW, FREDERICK W. UNVERZAGT, PEDRO PICCARDO, JILL R. MURRELL and MERRILL D. BENSON
550
THE GENETICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
JONATHAN L. HAINES
568
ALZHEIMER DISEASE: GENES AND ENVIRONMENT; THE VALUE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
HUGH C. HENDRIE, KATHLEEN S. HALL, ADESOLA OGUNNIYI and SUJUAN GAO
586
GENETICS AND THE GLOBAL HEALTH BURDEN OF MOOD DISORDERS
FRANCIS J. MCMAHON
599
VIOLENCE AND VIOLENT CONFLICTS: VIEWS FROM AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE
SERGIO PARADISO and LAUREN SCHROCK
613
THE GENETICS OF ALZHEIMER DISEASE
MARGARET A. PERICAK-VANCE
631
TAU GENE MUTATIONS IN FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA AND PARKINSONISM LINKED TO CHROMOSOME 17
MARIA GRAZIA SPILLANTINI
647
PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS AS VECTORS FOR HIV AND OTHER BEHAVIORALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIOUS EPIDEMICS.
GLENN JORDAN TREISMAN
660
VARIANT CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE AND BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY: CURRENT STATUS
R.G. WILL
668
NEUROPSYCHIATRIC ASPECTS OF VARIANT CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE
R.G. WILL, R.S.G. KNIGHT and M.D. SPENCER
674
18. INFORMATION SECURITY WORKSHOP
NEW FORMS OF CONFRONTATION: CYBER-TERRORISM AND CYBER-CRIME
AHMAD KAMAL
685
19. KANGAROO MOTHER CARE WORKSHOP
A TOOL FOR THE FOLLOW-UP OF YOUR KANGAROO MOTHER CARE: BABY FROM BIRTH TO ONE YEAR OF CORRECTED AGE
NATHALIE CHARPAK, O. GUIFO, CHRISTIANE HURAUX and S. MENDOZA
691
BACK MATTER
707
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