COVER; Copyright; Contents; List of figures, tables and boxes; Contributors; Introduction; PART I Informal Networks; 1. The utility of informal networks to policy-makers; 2. Terrorist networks: strengths and weaknesses; PART II Regional Networks; 3. Northern Ireland: communal division and the embedding of paramilitary networks; 4. Informal networks in North Africa; 5. Iran: informal networks and leadership politics; 6. How al-Qaeda lost Iraq; 7. Informal networks in Southeast Asia: the case of Jemaah Islamiah and its affiliates; PART III Disrupting Informal Networks.
8. Modeling proliferation networks9. Small-world networks, violence and global distress; 10. Hearts and minds: time to think differently?; 11. Producing terror: organizational dynamics of survival; Index.
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This innovative work examines the concept of the informal network and its practical utility within the context of counter terrorism. Drawing together a range of practitioner and academic expertise it explores the character and evolution of informal networks, addressing the complex relationship between kinship groups, transnational linkages and the role that globalisation and new technologies play in their formation and sustainability. --Publisher.
Terrorism, security and the power of informal networks.
9781847207364
National security.
Social networks.
Terrorism-- Prevention-- Government policy.
Terrorism-- Prevention.
National security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom & Security-- Terrorism.