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Sharing the Dragon's Teeth
Terrorist Groups and the Exchange of New Technologies
Terrorist groups — both inside and outside the al Qaeda network — sometimes form mutually beneficial partnerships to exchange “best practices.” These exchanges provide terrorist groups with the opportunity to innovate (i.e., increase their skills and expand their reach). Understanding how terrorist groups exchange technology and knowledge, therefore, is essential to ongoing and future counterterrorism strategies. This study examines how 11 terrorist groups in three areas (Mindanao, the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and southwest Colombia) have attempted to exchange technologies and knowledge in an effort to reveal some of their vulnerabilities. The analysis provides the Department of Homeland Security and other national security policymakers with insight into the innovation process and suggests ways that government policies can create barriers to terrorists’ adoption of new technologies.
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Contents
Chapter One:
Introduction
Chapter Two:
Organizational Theory and Terrorism
Chapter Three:
Mindanao: A Mecca for Transnational Terrorism in Southeast Asia
Chapter Four:
West Bank and Gaza: Israel as the Common Enemy
Chapter Five:
Southwest Colombia: A Safe Haven for Mutually Beneficial Exchanges
Chapter Six:
Policy Implications
Appendix:
Applying the Framework to Terrorist Groups
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