Cover -- Preface -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One - Introduction -- Understanding Terrorist Threats -- Methodology and Parameters -- Monograph Structure -- Chapter Two - Organizational Theory and Terrorism -- Pursuing New Technologies -- Technology Diffusion -- Technology Adoption -- Absorbing New Technologies Successfully -- Characteristics of the Technology -- Characteristics of the Receiving Organization -- Characteristics of the Source Organization -- Characteristics of the Transmission Mode -- Conclusions -- Chapter Three - Mindanao: A Mecca for Transnational Terrorism in Southeast Asia -- Background: Islamic Militant Groups in Mindanao -- Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) -- Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) -- Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) -- Misuari Breakaway Group (MBG-MNLF) and the Rajah SoliamanRevolutionary Movement (RSRM) -- Rationalizing the Exchange of Technology andKnowledge -- JI Rationale -- Filipino Islamist Rationale -- Identifying Exchanges in Mindanao -- Contextualizing the Exchanges -- Key Judgments -- Chapter Four - West Bank and Gaza: Israel as the Common Enemy -- Background:Militant Groups in the West Bank and Gaza Strip -- Hizballah -- Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades -- Harakat Al-Muqawama Al-Islamiya (Hamas) -- Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) -- Rationalizing the Exchange of Technology andKnowledge -- Identifying Exchanges in the West Bank and Gaza -- Direct Person-to-Person Instruction -- Physical Technology Exchanges -- Beyond Technology Exchanges? -- Contextualizing the Exchanges -- Key Judgments -- Chapter Five - Southwest Colombia: A Safe Haven for Mutually Beneficial Exchanges -- Background -- The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) -- The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) -- Similarities of Interest Between PIRA and FARC.

Rationalizing the Exchange of Technology andKnowledge -- PIRA Rationale -- FARC Rationale -- Identifying Exchanges in Colombia's Despeje -- What PIRA Shared with FARC -- What FARC Shared with PIRA -- Key Judgments -- Chapter Six - Policy Implications -- Improving Threat Assessments -- Disrupting Innovation Processes -- Affecting Terrorists' Cost-Benefit Analyses -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Selected Bibliography.