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Countering Urban Terrorism in Russia and the United States:

Proceedings of a Workshop

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Publication Year:2006

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Glenn E. Schweitzer and A. Chelsea Sharber, Editors, Committee on Counterterrorism, Challenges for Russia and the United States, Office for Central Europe and Eurasia, National Research Council, in cooperation with the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Front Matter	i-xiv
Report of U.S.-Russian Working Group on Energy Vulnerabilities	1-4	(skim)
Report of U.S.-Russian Working Group on Transportation Vulnerabilities	5-8	(skim)
Report of U.S.-Russian Working Group on Cyberterrorism Issues	9-13	(skim)
Cybersecurity and Urban Terrorism Vulnerability of the Emergency Responders	14-24	(skim)
News and Terrorism: Communicating in a Crisis	25-33	(skim)
Problems of Urban Terrorism in Russia	34-39	(skim)
Terrorist Acts in Moscow: Experience and Lessons in Eliminating Their Consequences	40-45	(skim)
Critical Integration and Coordination Issues in Urban Security	46-59	(skim)
Special Characteristics of Firefighting in Urban Areas	60-78	(skim)
A Decision Informatics Approach to Urban Emergency Management	79-94	(skim)
Efforts of Russian Ministries in Implementing Measures to Prevent Acts of Terrorism	95-105	(skim)
Safety and Security in Megacities	106-115	(skim)
The Role of Science and Technology in Homeland Security and Countering Terrorism: Overview of Key Activities at the National Academies	116-127	(skim)
Does the Emergence of Insurgencies Provide Lessons for Terrorism?	128-132	(skim)
Unauthorized Use of Radiation Sources: Measures to Prevent Attacks and Mitigate Consequences	133-150	(skim)
Other Dimensions of Radiological Terrorism	151-159	(skim)
Biological Terrorism: Regional Preparedness	160-166	(skim)
On the Events in Beslan	167-182	(skim)
Measuring Progress, or Lack Thereof, in Combating Terrorism	183-187	(skim)
On Efforts to Counter International Terrorism in the Russian Federation and Possible Areas of U.S.-Russian Cooperation in this Area	188-196	(skim)
Cybercrime and the Training of Specialists to Combat It in Russia	197-206	(skim)
Methodology for Assessing the Risks of Terrorism	207-222	(skim)
Appendix A Methodology for Assessing the Risks of Terrorism	223-237	(skim)
Appendix B Russian Academy of Sciences-U.S. National Academies Joint Committees on Countering Terrorism	238-242	(skim)

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