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Author Woodcock, Alexander, author.

Title Modeling the combined terrorist-narcotics trafficker threat to national security [electronic resource] / Alexander Woodcock and Samuel Musa.

Publication Info. [Washington, D.C.] : Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University, 2012.

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 Axe Federal Documents Online  D 5.423:93    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (47 pages) : color illustrations.
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Defense & technology papers ; no. 93
Defense & technology papers ; no. 93.
Note Title from title screen (viewed June 4, 2012).
"May 2012."
Series from web site.
Summary The relationship between terrorism, drug trafficking, and policymaking is examined through the development, implementation, and use of a series of systems dynamics-based models. These activities are intended to provide the basis for future development of a decision aid to support policymakers in combating the narco-terror threat. The models developed for this purpose are: a narcotics, counter-narcotics, and trafficker double agent model; a policy cycle model to manage the trafficker double agent conversion policies; a prototype societal deprivation, affection, disaffection, and advanced terrorist recruitment, training, and narco-terrorist support model; entity security and terrorist activity models; a violence generation model; and policy cycle models to represent the management of social violence and entity security policies. These models illustrate the relationships between deprivation of key resources to individuals and disaffection and ultimate terrorist activity; attack of notional targets by teams of terrorists; deprivation of individuals leading to violence, which can lead to an increase in the level of perceived deprivation; dynamics of policymaking in response to perceived needs; and the impact of corruption on policymaking.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 47).
Contents Introduction -- Model-based analyses of counter-narcotics activities -- Policy cycle models can represent the management of societal violence levels and entity security policies -- Summary, discussion, and a way forward.
Subject Drug traffic -- Computer simulation.
Narco-terrorism -- Computer simulation.
Added Author Musa, Samuel, author.
National Defense University. Center for Technology and National Security Policy, issuing body.
Gpo Item No. 0378-H-22 (online)
Sudoc No. D 5.423:93

 
    
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