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Nuclear Terrorism
Countering the Threat
Edited by Brecht Volders, Antwerp University, Belgium
and Tom Sauer, Antwerp University, Belgium
Series: Routledge Global Security Studies
March 2016: 234x156: 262pp
Hb: 978-1-138-93139-8 | £90.00
eBook: 978-1-315-67977-8
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1. Introduction, Brecht Volders and Tom Sauer 2. The
nuclear threat: a two-level analytical framework to
assess the likelihood of nuclear terrorism, Brecht
Volders 3. Internal dynamics of a terrorist entity
acquiring biological and chemical weapons, Jean
Pascal Zanders PART I: Preventing Radiological
Terrorism 4. Promoting alternatives to high-risk
radiological sources, Miles Pomper and Aaron Gluck 5.
Time for a convention on radiological security?, Sylvain
Fanielle and Piotr Andrzejewski 6. The threat of a
self-sustained chain reaction device, Ivan Andryushin,
Eugeny Varseev and Gennady Pshakin PART
II: Preventing Attacks on Nuclear Facilities 7. Attacking
nuclear facilities: hype or genuine threat?, Gary
Ackerman and James Halverson 8. Nuclear security in
Belgium: evolution and prospects, Rony
Dresselaers and Sylvain Fanielle PART III: Preventing
the Detonation of a Crude Nuclear Device 9. Searching
for the nuclear silk road, Steve Sin and Marcus Boyd 10.
Securing Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal: the threat from
within, Pervez Hoodbhoy and Zia Mian PART IV: Nuclear
Security Governance and Culture 11. Nuclear security
culture: from concept to practice, Igor Khripunov 12.
Nuclear security commitment making: results of the
summit process, Michelle Cann 13. Nuclear security
diplomacy beyond summitry, Trevor Findlay 14.
Conclusion, Tom Sauer and Brecht Volders
Nuclear terrorism is perceived as one of the most
immediate and extreme threats to global security
today. While the international community has made
important progress in securing fissile material, there
are still important steps to be made with nearly 2,000
metric tons of weapons-usable nuclear material
spread around the globe. The volume addresses this
complex phenomenon through an interdisciplinary
approach: legal, criminal, technical, diplomatic,
cultural, economic, and political. Despite this crossdisciplinary approach, however, the chapters are all
linked by the overarching aim of enhancing
knowledge of nuclear security and the prevention of
nuclear terrorism. The volume aims to do this by
investigating the different types of nuclear terrorism,
and subsequently discussing the potential means to
prevent these malicious acts. In addition, there is a
discussion of the nuclear security regime, in general,
and an important examination of both its strengths
and weaknesses. In summary, the book aims to extend
the societal and political debate about the threat of
nuclear terrorism.
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