THREAT OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST

• NCJ Number: 32582
• Author(s): L R BERES
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 15 pages
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PREPARED FOR THE JANUARY 1976 ISSUE OF CURRENT HISTORY.

Annotation

ARGUMENT THAT TECHNOLOGICAL BEHAVIORAL, AND CONTEXTUAL PROBLEMS POINT TO A HIGH CHANCE OF TERRORIST USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

Abstract

THERE ARE THREE MAJOR PROBLEMS: THE INCREASINGLY EASY ACCESS OF TERRORISTS GROUPS TO NUCLEAR WEAPONRY; THE SPECIAL NATURE OF TERRORIST GROUPS AS ACTORS IN WORLD POLITICS; AND THE GLOBAL TREND TOWARD TOLERANCE OF TERRORIST ACTIVITY. SOME SUGGESTIONS ARE OFFERED FOR DEVELOPING A RELIABLE SET OF STRATEGIES THAT CAN HALT THE DRIFT TOWARD NUCLEAR DESTRUCTION BY TERRORISTS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)