CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1. OPENING SESSION -- Antoriino Zichichi Arriving at the Unpredictable - A Cross-disciplinary Challenge -- 2. MULTIDISCIPLINARY GLOBAL APPROACH -- Norman P. Neureiter The Role of Science and Technology in the War on Terrorism -- Ahmad Kamal Terrorism - An International Perspective -- Lillian Alurralde Regional Response to Terrorism -- INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION AGAINST TERRORISM -- THE STATES PARTIES TO THIS CONVENTION, -- Elisabeth Giacobino French Approaches to Counter-terrorism -- Henning Wegener Germany's Response to the Global Emergency -- Mohd Kamarulnizam Abdullah Limiting the Threats of Ideological-based Terror Groups: Lessons to be learned from Malaysia? -- INTRODUCTION -- FORTY YEARS OF DEALING WITH THE TERROR THREAT -- THE CHALLENGE OF A NEW THREAT -- REACTIONS AND RESPONSES -- WHAT IS NEXT? -- REFERENCES -- Anutoly Adumish in Russian Federation Options and Policy -- Robert Fox Myth, Reality and Realism in UK Government Response and Media Perception of Terrorism -- Anatoly S. Kulikov The World Community against Globalization of Criminality and Terrorism -- 3. CROSS-DISCIPLINARY RESPONSES TO CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR THREATS -- Ronald G. Manley Chemical Terrorism - Five Strategic Challenges -- INTRODUCTION -- CONTROLLING ACCESS TO TOXIC CHEMICALS -- IDENTIFYING AND HARDENING HIGH RISK TARGETS -- IMPROVING DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION -- TRAINING AND EQUIPPING FIRST RESPONDERS -- EDUCATING THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO THE RISKS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Charles R. Penn Biological Terrorism - Quantifying and Communicating Uncertainty -- INFECTION RISK -- Case study 1: Bioterrorism related anthrax 2001 -- Case study 2: SARS 2003 -- Epidemic Disease -- Conclusions -- REFERENCES -- Sally Leivesley Cross-disciplinary Mitigation of CBRNE Risk -- RISK ANALYSIS -- TERRORISM AS A SUB-CULTURE.

HUMAN FACTORS AND SOCIETAL RESPONSE -- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY -- CBRNE2 RESEARCH -- RESEARCH ON COUNTER TERRORISM MEASURES - 100 EXAMPLES: -- Chemical Attacks -- Biological Attacks -- Radiological Materials -- Nuclear Weapons and Facilities -- Extreme Explosives -- Electronic/Digital and Communications -- REFERENCES -- Vulery Krivokhiza Fight against Terrorism: Prospects of Co-operation between Russia and the West -- Vulery Kukhur Ukraine and Problems of Terrorism -- Hiltrnar Schubert Safety Aspects of Asymmetric Threats -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE OPPONENTS OF ASYMMETRIC CONFLICTS -- Militant terrorists -- Terror-"Free-riders'' -- Militant Demonstration Groups -- THE IMPACT OF THE ENVIRONMENT -- Explosions -- Distribution of Chemical Toxic Agents -- The Threat of Bioterrorism -- Environmental Impacts by Nuclear Materials -- Security Assessment of Public Energy and Water Supplies -- Securitv Assessment of Traffic. Transport and Public Agglomerations -- CONCLUSION -- Mark Wheelis Chemical and Biological Terrorism: Lessons from History -- INSTANCES OF TERRORIST USE OF CBW SINCE WWII -- LESSONS FROM THE HISTORICAL RECORD -- 4. CROSS-DISCIPLINARY CHALLENGES TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, MEDIA INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION -- Michael Sturrner Danse Macabre: Terrorism and Western Media -- Amy E. Srnithson Preparedness Challenges from the Perspective of Emergency Response Personnel -- FRONTLINE PREPAREDNESS MANTRAS -- MAJOR GAPS IN RESPONDER PREPAREDNESS FOR UNCONVENTIONAL TERRORIST ATTACKS -- CLOSING OBSERVATIONS -- REFERENCES -- Gary W. McConnell People: The Key Element in Disaster Response -- ENSURING PUBLIC SAFETY AT A GLOBAL EVENT: THE 1996 SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES -- Planning -- Prevention -- Response -- LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE SOLEC EXPERIENCE -- Training and Planning -- Communications -- Unified Command -- Decision Making.

Volunteer and Private Security -- Health and Medical -- Intelligence and Intelligence Detail Teams -- Statements to the Media -- Share the Credit and the Blame -- REFERENCES9 -- A.D. Vickery Key Issues in Disaster Response: Ensuring Critical Systems and Equipment Work when Needed -- Training for Biological and Radiological Mayhem: TOPOFF 2 -- Concluding Observations -- REFERENCES -- Jody Westby The Intersection of Information, Communication Technologies and Terrorism (Not available for publication) -- 5. CROSS-CULTRUAL AND CROSS-DISCIPLINARY TOOLS AND COUNTERMEASURES WORKING GROUP SESSION -- Ronald G. Manley and Reiner K. Huber Cross-cultural and Cross-disciplinary Tools and Countermeasures Working Group Report -- INTRODUCTION -- CONTROLLING ACCESS TO CBRN MATERIALS -- DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF CBRN MATERIALS -- BUILDING RESILIENCE AGAINST A CBRN ATTACK -- PREVENTIVE OPERATIONS AGAINST CBRN TERRORISM -- SMALLPOX -- SECURING WEAPONS-USABLE URANIUM AND PLUTONIUM -- INFORMING THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON CBRN ISSUES -- RECOMMENDATION -- 6. CROSS-DISCIPLINARY CHALLENGES TO QUANTIFICATION OF RISK WORKING GROUP SESSION -- Richard Wilson and Charles R. Penn Cross-Disciplinary Challenges to Quantification of Risk Working Group Report -- INTRODUCTION -- CLASSIFICATIONS OF RISK -- CALCULATION OF RISK -- Actuarial consequence assessment -- Probability of events -- Perception -- Connectivitv. linkape and infrastructure -- Value consequence -- COMMUNICATION OF UNDERSTANDING AND ACCEPTABILITY OF RISK -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- John Adams Science and Terrorism: Challenges to the Quantification of the Risks of Terrorism -- MANAGING RISK -- VIRTUAL RISK AND PERCEPTUAL FILTERS -- POLICING IN A HYPERMOBILE WORLD -- TERRORIST TARGETS -- TERRORISM: CAN THE RISKS BE QUANTIFIED? -- TERRORISM AND THE ROLE OF SCIENCE -- REFERENCES.

Olivia Bosch Counter-terrorism Post-Madrid 2004: Information Sharing and UNSCR 1540 -- INTELLIGENCE -- INFORMATION SHARING BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITIES -- CHALLENGES TO INFORMATION SHARING AND ACQUISITION -- UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1540 (2004): WMD NON- PROLIFERATION AND TERRORISM -- REFERENCES -- Richard Wilson Quantifying Terrorism: A Cross-disciplinary Challenge. From Precise to Speculative, from Objective to Subjective: Where does the Risk of Terrorism Belong? -- 7. CROSS-CULTURAL AND CROSS-DISCIPLINARY COMMUNITY RESPONSE WORKING GROUP SESSION -- Amy E. Smithson Report of the Cross-cultural and Cross Disciplinary Community Response Working Group -- DEFINITIONS, OVERARCHING CONCEPTS, AND GENERAL STATEMENTS -- R&D Needs and Proposals -- Recovery Issues: -- A.R. Green The Global Emergency: A Cross-disciplinary Approach to Risk -- ABSTRACT -- BACKGROUND -- IMPROVED RISK ASSESSMENT -- HARNESSMG GLOBAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY -- CHANGING INDUSTRIAL RISK MANAGEMENT -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- Leslee Stein-Spencer TOPOFF 2: Appreciating the Importance of Disaster Drills -- OVERVIEW -- THE TOPOFF 2 SCENARIO IN ILLINOIS AND CHICAGO -- LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE ILLINOIS COMPONENTS OF TOPOFF 2 -- ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH -- LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS -- THE HOSPITALS -- CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 8. CROSS-CULTURAL EVALUATION OF SOCIETAL RESPONSE WORKING GROUP SESSION -- Ahmad Kumal Report of the Working Group on Cross-cultural Evaluation of Societal Response -- Scott Atrun Trends in Suicide Terrorism: Sense and Nonsense -- GROWING THREAT OF SUICIDE TERRORISM -- SUICIDE TERROR TODAY -- MISCONCEIVING ROOT CAUSES -- RELATIVE DEPRIVATION AND RELIGIOUS REDEMPTION -- ORGANIZATION AND THE BANALITY OF EVIL -- SOFT POWER COUNTERSTRATEGY -- EPILOGUE -- REFERENCES.

Furhang Mehr Globalisation of Terrorism -- REFERENCES -- Francois Waelbroeck Terrorism and the Law of Talion -- REFERENCES -- Seminar Participants.