Accession Number:
ADA409007
Title:
Deterrence & Influence in Counterterrorism. A Component in the War on al Qaeda
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Corporate Author:
RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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Report Date:
2002-02-01
Pagination or Media Count:
100.0
Abstract:
This monograph summarizes the findings of a six-month project on deterrence of terrorism conducted jointly by RAND and the Institute for Defense Analyses IDA. This study was initiated by a request to develop a framework for deterring terrorism. It was subsequently broadened to address, which greatly increased the operating space for our research, allowing us to consider measures ranging from co-optation to full-scale military attacks executed to deter future terrorist attacks by al Qaeda or by others. This broadening of the problem also reflected a lesson gleaned from reviewing historical experience with terrorism Successful strategies to combat terrorism spawned by serious, deep-rooted problems have involved first crushing the current threat and then bringing about changes to make terrorisms reemergence less likely. Thus, although concepts such as co-optation and inducement are not effective for dealing with terrorists who have the unshakable commitment of a bin Laden, they do apply to others that the United States must try to influence.
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Subject Categories:
- Unconventional Warfare