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Dissuading Terror

Strategic Influence and the Struggle Against Terrorism

By: Kim Cragin,Scott Gerwehr

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Dissuading Terror

Strategic Influence and the Struggle Against Terrorism

By: Kim Cragin,Scott Gerwehr

U.S. government decisionmakers face a number of challenges as they attempt to form policies that aim to dissuade terrorists from attacking the United States, divert youths from joining terrorist groups, and persuade the leaders of states and nongovernmental institutions to withhold support for terrorists. The successes or failures of such policies and campaigns have long-lasting effects. The findings of this research help U.S. decisionmakers more closely refine how and in what circumstances strategic influence campaigns can best be applied.

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0833040553

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Sharing the Dragon's Teeth

Terrorist Groups and the Exchange of New Technologies

By: Kim Cragin,Peter Chalk,Sara A. Daly,Brian A. Jackson

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Terrorist Groups and the Exchange of New Technologies

By: Kim Cragin,Peter Chalk,Sara A. Daly,Brian A. Jackson

Case studies of 11 terrorist groups in Mindanao, the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and southwest Colombia show how these groups have exchanged technologies and knowledge in an effort to innovate (i.e., improve their operational capabilities). The analysis provides national security policymakers with insight into the innovation process and suggests ways that government policies can create barriers to terrorists' adoption of new technologies.

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0833042491

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Ungoverned Territories

Understanding and Reducing Terrorism Risks

By: Angel Rabasa,Steven Boraz,Peter Chalk,Kim Cragin,Theodore W. Karasik

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Ungoverned Territories

Understanding and Reducing Terrorism Risks

By: Angel Rabasa,Steven Boraz,Peter Chalk,Kim Cragin,Theodore W. Karasik

Using a two-tiered framework areas applied to eight case studies from around the globe, the authors of this ground-breaking work seek to understand the conditions that give rise to ungoverned territories and make them conducive to a terrorist or insurgent presence. They also develop strategies to improve the U.S. ability to mitigate their effects on U.S. security interests.

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Rand Corporation

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0833042653

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9780833042651

Arms Trafficking and Colombia

By: Kim Cragin,Bruce Hoffman,Mark Berends,Stephanie Williamson,Paul Sorensen

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Arms Trafficking and Colombia

By: Kim Cragin,Bruce Hoffman,Mark Berends,Stephanie Williamson,Paul Sorensen

Colombia has experienced significant political instability and violence over the past century due to a number of factors, including the proliferation of small-arms trafficking. The authors identify the sources and routes used by arms traffickers to acquire, buy, sell, receive, transfer, and ship weapons. They also examine the various groups and individuals who purchase and use these munitions. The authors examine Colombia's political conflict through the lens of small-arms trafficking and conclude with policy implications for the United States.

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0833035975

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Beyond al-Qaeda: Part 2, The Outer Rings of the Terrorist Universe

By: Angel Rabasa,Peter Chalk,Kim Cragin,Sara A. Daly,Heather S. Gregg

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Beyond al-Qaeda: Part 2, The Outer Rings of the Terrorist Universe

By: Angel Rabasa,Peter Chalk,Kim Cragin,Sara A. Daly,Heather S. Gregg

Examines violent terrorist groups that, while not formally allied with al-Qaeda, could pose a threat to Americans now or in the future and to the security of our friends and allies. The authors show how terrorists use criminal organizations and connections to finance their activities, and they identify distinct strategies to neutralize or mitigate these threats.

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0833041053

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The Lessons of Mumbai

By: Angel Rabasa,Robert D. Blackwill,Peter Chalk,Kim Cragin,C. Christine Fair

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The Lessons of Mumbai

By: Angel Rabasa,Robert D. Blackwill,Peter Chalk,Kim Cragin,C. Christine Fair

This study of the Mumbai, India, terrorist attack of November 2008 identifies the operational and tactical capabilities displayed by the terrorists and evaluates the response of the Indian security forces, with the goal of helping counterterrorism authorities in India and elsewhere to prepare for or counter future terrorist attacks on urban centers.

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0833046810

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Beyond al-Qaeda: Part 1, The Global Jihadist Movement

By: Angel Rabasa,Peter Chalk,Kim Cragin,Sara A. Daly,Heather S. Gregg

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Beyond al-Qaeda: Part 1, The Global Jihadist Movement

By: Angel Rabasa,Peter Chalk,Kim Cragin,Sara A. Daly,Heather S. Gregg

Examines al-Qaeda??s evolution and the emergence of the broader global jihadist movement-groups affiliated, associated, or inspired by al-Qaeda-and the threat that they pose to the United States and U.S. allies and interests. The authors conclude by setting out a four-pronged strategy to counter the jihadist threat.

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0833041045

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Aptitude for Destruction, Volume 1

Organizational Learning in Terrorist Groups and Its Implications for Combating Terrorism

By: Brian A. Jackson,John C. Baker,Peter Chalk,Kim Cragin,John V. Parachini

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Aptitude for Destruction, Volume 1

Organizational Learning in Terrorist Groups and Its Implications for Combating Terrorism

By: Brian A. Jackson,John C. Baker,Peter Chalk,Kim Cragin,John V. Parachini

Better ways are needed to understand how terrorist groups become more effective and dangerous. Learning is the link between what a group wants to do and its ability to actually do it; therefore, a better understanding of group learning might contribute to the design of better measures for combating terrorism. This study analyzes current understanding of group learning and the factors that influence it and outlines a framework that should be useful in present analytical efforts and for identifying areas requiring further study.

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0833040766

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Breaching the Fortress Wall

Understanding Terrorist Efforts to Overcome Defensive Technologies

By: Brian A. Jackson,Peter Chalk,Kim Cragin,Bruce Newsome,John V. Parachini,R. Kim Cragin

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Breaching the Fortress Wall

Understanding Terrorist Efforts to Overcome Defensive Technologies

By: Brian A. Jackson,Peter Chalk,Kim Cragin,Bruce Newsome,John V. Parachini,R. Kim Cragin

Technology systems play a key role within a larger, integrated strategy to target groups' efforts and protect the public from the threat of terrorist violence. This study draws on relevant data from the history of a variety of terrorist conflicts to understand terrorists' counter-technology efforts. Fully exploring adversaries' counter-technology behaviors can help make the best choices to protect from the nation from the threat of terrorism.

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0833042475

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Terrorism & Development

Using Social and Economic Development to Inhibit a Resurgence of Terrorism

By: Kim Cragin,Peter Chalk

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Terrorism & Development

Using Social and Economic Development to Inhibit a Resurgence of Terrorism

By: Kim Cragin,Peter Chalk

This report examines the social and economic development policies enacted by three countries-Israel, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom-to inhibit a resurgence of terrorism within their jurisdictions. Drawing on a broad research base, including numerous first-hand interviews, the authors outline the initiatives implemented by each country then assess their effectiveness, with the aim of informing U.S. decisionmakers of the benefits and pitfalls of such initiatives as they develop policy to counter terrorism.

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0833033085

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Holistic Development And Security For Esszone

By: Diana Peters,Jennifer Chan Kim Lian,Gusni Saat,Ebentin Estim,Martin A. Sebastian

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Holistic Development And Security For Esszone

By: Diana Peters,Jennifer Chan Kim Lian,Gusni Saat,Ebentin Estim,Martin A. Sebastian

Holistic Development And Security For Esszone Editors : Diana Peters, Jennifer Chan Kim Lian, Gusni Saat, Ebentin Estim, Martin A. Sebastian. This book is an attempt to contextualise the issues occurring in this part of the region which is not only solely constrained by security in the traditional sense, but also to ensure the livelihoods of citizens are being protected. The four pillars for a holistic approach identified in this book are based on the inputs by stakeholders in four workshops organised in throughout 2016, under the same theme. It is realised that the challenges to the security of Eastern Sabah has many faces – piracy, illicit trafficking, and kidnappings – and these challenges are evolving. As such, an all-encompassing solution is needed.

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Universiti Malaysia Sabah Press

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9672962681

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Spanish in Chicago

By: Kim Potowski,Lourdes Torres

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Spanish in Chicago

By: Kim Potowski,Lourdes Torres

Spanish in Chicago is the first book-length study of Spanish in Chicago, a site where Spanish is a minority language in contact with dominant English. The book's goal is to describe the oral Spanish of Chicago based Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and MexiRicans across three generations and identify patterns of change and propose explanations for them. It describes what happens when speakers who use different varieties of Spanish come into contact with each other in Chicago. The study contributes to discussions of possible language or dialect contact outcomes such as linguistic convergence, dialect leveling, accommodation, and language loss. The book starts with an introduction to the history of the Puerto Rican and Mexican communities in Chicago, including histories of settlement, shifting demographics, contact and engagement, and mutual social and linguistic attitudes. It features an analysis of five linguistic features: lexical familiarity, proportional use of "so" vs "entonces", number of codeswitches and percent English use, production of subjunctive morphology in obligatory and variable contexts, and two phonological features, the weakening of coda /s/ and the velarization of /r/. The analyses consider the role of proficiency and generation in the production of all five of these features. The book then offers an extensive discussion of the factors that underlie the development of diverse Spanish proficiency levels within Latino Chicago and offers suggestions on how to promote Spanish language vitality across generations in the future. The book's findings are compared to other foundational studies of Spanish in the US"--

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Oxford University Press

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0199326142

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Movie Roadshows

A History and Filmography of Reserved-Seat Limited Showings, 1911-1973

By: Kim R. Holston

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Movie Roadshows

A History and Filmography of Reserved-Seat Limited Showings, 1911-1973

By: Kim R. Holston

This work examines a film distribution system paralleling the rise of early features and persisting until 1972, when Man of La Mancha was the final roadshow to require reserved seating. Synonymous with Hollywood's star-studded premieres, roadshows were longer and cost more than regular features, making the experience similar to attending the legitimate theater. Roadshows, often epic in subject matter, played selected (usually only one) theaters in major urban centers until demand decreased. De rigueur by the 1960s were musical overtures, intermissions, entre'acte and exit music and souvenir programs for sale in the lobby. Throughout the text are recollections by people who attended roadshows, including actor John Kerr and actresses Barbara Eden and Ingrid Pitt. The focus is on roadshows released in the United States but an appendix identifies international roadshows and films forecast but not released as roadshows. Included are plots, contemporary critical reaction, premiere dates, production background, and methods of promotion--i.e., the ballyhoo.

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McFarland

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0786460628

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Adopted Territory

Transnational Korean Adoptees and the Politics of Belonging

By: Eleana J. Kim

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Adopted Territory

Transnational Korean Adoptees and the Politics of Belonging

By: Eleana J. Kim

An ethnography examining the history of Korean adoption to West, the emergence of a distinctive adoptee collective identity, and adoptee returns to Korea in relation to South Korean modernity and globalization.

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Duke University Press

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0822346958

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9780822346951

What Factors Cause Individuals to Reject Violent Extremism in Yemen?

By: Eric Robinson,Kate Frier,Kim Cragin,Melissa A. Bradley,Daniel Egel,Loidolt,Paul S. Steinberg

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What Factors Cause Individuals to Reject Violent Extremism in Yemen?

By: Eric Robinson,Kate Frier,Kim Cragin,Melissa A. Bradley,Daniel Egel,Loidolt,Paul S. Steinberg

Why do some individuals engage in political violence in Yemen, while others do not? We examine the role that social, political, and economic factors play on individual behavior toward violence in the midst of Yemen’s bloody and multiyear civil war. We use a unique national survey conducted in Yemen in 2016 to better understand why Yemenis may reject political violence despite persistent conflict and civil unrest across the country.

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0833096826

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Women as Terrorists

Mothers, Recruiters, and Martyrs

By: R. Kim Cragin,Sara A. Daly

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Women as Terrorists

Mothers, Recruiters, and Martyrs

By: R. Kim Cragin,Sara A. Daly

Two international policy analysts scrutinize the increasingly important operative and support roles women play in various terrorist organizations around the world. Women as Terrorists: Mothers, Recruiters, and Martyrs is the first post-September 11 book to examine women's multifarious roles in terrorist organizations of all stripes around the world. It covers political, religious, ethno-separatist, and Maoist groups in countries as diverse as Iraq, Palestine, Chechnya, Sri Lanka, Colombia, South Africa, the Philippines, and Northern Ireland. Modeling terrorist organizations as purposive organizations that depend for support, recruitment, and rationale on a culturally defined community of sympathizers, the authors explore why women become involved in terrorist groups, how terrorist leaders turn the societal attributes of women to advantage in designing terrorist campaigns, and how women fight for the right to assume strategic and combat roles in terrorist groups. The authors conclude with a review and projection of the rapidly evolving trends in the use of women in terrorist organizations, paying particular attention to al-Qaeda and its affiliated groups and considering the implications of their findings for counterterrorist strategies.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313059446

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Social Science for Counterterrorism

Putting the Pieces Together

By: Paul K. Davis,Kim Cragin

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Social Science for Counterterrorism

Putting the Pieces Together

By: Paul K. Davis,Kim Cragin

Employs an interdisciplinary, social science approach to various counterterrorism questions, problems, and policies.

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0833047604

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Dissuading Terror

Strategic Influence and the Struggle Against Terrorism

By: Kim Cragin,Scott Gerwehr

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Strategic Influence and the Struggle Against Terrorism

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The Dynamic Terrorist Threat

An Assessment of Group Motivations and Capabilities in a Changing World

By: Kim Cragin,Sara A. Daly,Susan S. Everingham,Jill Hoube,M. Rebecca Kilburn,Cheryl Y. Marcum

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The Dynamic Terrorist Threat

An Assessment of Group Motivations and Capabilities in a Changing World

By: Kim Cragin,Sara A. Daly,Susan S. Everingham,Jill Hoube,M. Rebecca Kilburn,Cheryl Y. Marcum

As the war on terrorism wages on, our nation's policymakers will continue to face the challenge of assessing threats that various terrorist groups pose to the U.S. homeland and our interests abroad. As part of the RAND Corporation's yearlong "Thinking Strategically About Combating Terrorism" project, the authors of this report develop a way to assess and analyze the danger posed by various terrorist organizations around the world. The very nature of terrorism creates a difficulty in predicting new and emerging threats; however, by establishing these types of parameters, the report creates a fresh foundation of threat analysis on which future counterterrorism strategy may build.

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0833036211

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Breaching the Fortress Wall

Understanding Terrorist Efforts to Overcome Defensive Technologies

By: Brian A. Jackson,Peter Chalk,Kim Cragin,Bruce Newsome,John V. Parachini,R. Kim Cragin

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Breaching the Fortress Wall

Understanding Terrorist Efforts to Overcome Defensive Technologies

By: Brian A. Jackson,Peter Chalk,Kim Cragin,Bruce Newsome,John V. Parachini,R. Kim Cragin

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Sharing the Dragon's Teeth

Terrorist Groups and the Exchange of New Technologies

By: Kim Cragin

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Terrorist Groups and the Exchange of New Technologies

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Beyond al-Qaeda: Part 2, The Outer Rings of the Terrorist Universe

By: Angel Rabasa,Peter Chalk,Kim Cragin,Sara A. Daly,Heather S. Gregg

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By: Angel Rabasa,Peter Chalk,Kim Cragin,Sara A. Daly,Heather S. Gregg

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Beyond al-Qaeda: Part 1, The Global Jihadist Movement

By: Angel Rabasa,Peter Chalk,Kim Cragin,Sara A. Daly,Heather S. Gregg

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Beyond al-Qaeda: Part 1, The Global Jihadist Movement

By: Angel Rabasa,Peter Chalk,Kim Cragin,Sara A. Daly,Heather S. Gregg

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Arms Trafficking and Colombia

By: Kim Cragin,Bruce Hoffman,Mark Berends,Stephanie Williamson,Paul Sorensen

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Arms Trafficking and Colombia

By: Kim Cragin,Bruce Hoffman,Mark Berends,Stephanie Williamson,Paul Sorensen

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What Factors Cause Individuals to Reject Violent Extremism in Yemen?

By: Eric Robinson,Kate Frier,Kim Cragin,Melissa A. Bradley,Daniel Egel,Loidolt,Paul S. Steinberg

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What Factors Cause Individuals to Reject Violent Extremism in Yemen?

By: Eric Robinson,Kate Frier,Kim Cragin,Melissa A. Bradley,Daniel Egel,Loidolt,Paul S. Steinberg

Why do some individuals engage in political violence in Yemen, while others do not? Using a unique national survey, we examine the role that social, political, and economic factors play on individual behavior toward violence during Yemen's civil war.

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