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The U.S.-Russia joint threat assessment on nuclear terrorism / Matthew Bunn [and others].

Title
  1. The U.S.-Russia joint threat assessment on nuclear terrorism / Matthew Bunn [and others].
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  1. Cambridge, MA : Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies, ©2011.
Author
  1. Bunn, Matthew

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Additional authors
  1. Ryan, Kevin
  2. Institut Soedinennykh Shtatov Ameriki i Kanady (Rossiĭskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk)
  3. Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Description
  1. 48 pages, 60 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
Summary
  1. Nuclear terrorism is a real and urgent threat. Given the potentially catastrophic consequences, even a small probability of terrorists getting and detonating a nuclear bomb is enough to justify urgent action to reduce the risk. Al-Qaeda and North Caucasus terrorist groups have both made statements indicating that they seek nuclear weapons and have attempted to acquire them; these groups are presented together as a case study to assess nuclear terrorism as a present and future threat. (The only other terrorist group known to have systematically sought to get nuclear weapons was the Japanese cult group Aum Shinrikyo.) This study makes the case that it is plausible that a technically sophisticated group could make, deliver, and detonate a crude nuclear bomb if it could obtain sufficient fissile material. The study offers recommendations for actions to reduce this danger.
Uniform title
  1. Harvard Kennedy School Working Papers and Reports.
Alternative title
  1. United States-Russia joint threat assessment on nuclear terrorism
  2. US-Russia joint threat assessment on nuclear terrorism
Subject
  1. Qaida (Organization)
  2. Nuclear terrorism -- Prevention
  3. Terrorism -- Russia (Federation) -- Caucasus, Northern
  4. Terrorisme -- Russie -- Ciscaucasie
  5. Nuclear terrorism -- Prevention
  6. Terrorism
  7. Russia (Federation) -- Northern Caucasus
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Note
  1. "May 2011."
  2. Text in English and Russian.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references.
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  1. committed to retain