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In January-February 2005, the National Academies Committee on Counterterrorism Challenges for Russia and the United States and the Russian Academy of Sciences Standing Committee on Counterterrorism held a workshop on urban terrorism in Washington, D.C. Prior to the workshop, three working groups convened to focus on the topics of energy systems vulnerabilities, transportation systems vulnerabilities, and cyberterrorism issues. The working groups met with local experts and first responders, prepared reports, and presented their findings at the workshop. Other workshop papers focused on various organizations' integrated response to acts of urban terrorism, recent acts of terrorism, radiological terrorism, biological terrorism, cyberterrorism, and the roots of terrorism.

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National Research Council. 2006. Countering Urban Terrorism in Russia and the United States: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/11698.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/11698
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Front Matter i-xiv
Report of U.S.-Russian Working Group on Energy Vulnerabilities 1-4
Report of U.S.-Russian Working Group on Transportation Vulnerabilities 5-8
Report of U.S.-Russian Working Group on Cyberterrorism Issues 9-13
Cybersecurity and Urban Terrorism—Vulnerability of the Emergency Responders 14-24
News and Terrorism: Communicating in a Crisis 25-33
Problems of Urban Terrorism in Russia 34-39
Terrorist Acts in Moscow: Experience and Lessons in Eliminating Their Consequences 40-45
Critical Integration and Coordination Issues in Urban Security 46-59
Special Characteristics of Firefighting in Urban Areas 60-78
A Decision Informatics Approach to Urban Emergency Management 79-94
Efforts of Russian Ministries in Implementing Measures to Prevent Acts of Terrorism 95-105
Safety and Security in Megacities 106-115
The Role of Science and Technology in Homeland Security and Countering Terrorism: Overview of Key Activities at the National Academies 116-127
Does the Emergence of Insurgencies Provide Lessons for Terrorism? 128-132
Unauthorized Use of Radiation Sources: Measures to Prevent Attacks and Mitigate Consequences 133-150
Other Dimensions of Radiological Terrorism 151-159
Biological Terrorism: Regional Preparedness 160-166
On the Events in Beslan 167-182
Measuring Progress, or Lack Thereof, in Combating Terrorism 183-187
On Efforts to Counter International Terrorism in the Russian Federation and Possible Areas of U.S.-Russian Cooperation in this Area 188-196
Cybercrime and the Training of Specialists to Combat It in Russia 197-206
Methodology for Assessing the Risks of Terrorism 207-222
Appendix A Methodology for Assessing the Risks of Terrorism 223-237
Appendix B Russian Academy of Sciences-U.S. National Academies Joint Committees on Countering Terrorism 238-242

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