Science and Technology to Counter Terrorism

Roddam Narasimha and Arvind Kumar, Editors, Stephen P. Cohen and Rita Guenther, Editors, National Academy of Sciences, In cooperation with International Strategic and Security Studies Programme of the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India

• 1 Front Matter; 2 1 Science, Technology, and Countering Terrorism: The Search for a Sustainable Strategy; 3 2 Terrorist Threats in India; 4 3 Discussion of Terrorist Threats in the United States and India and Relevant Science and Technology; 5 4 Information Technology and Communications Security in India; 6 5 Cyberterrorism and Security Measures; 7 6 Discussion of Information Technology and Communications Security; 8 7 Threats to Civil Nuclear-energy Facilities; 9 8 Threats to Nuclear Facilities: Framing the Problem; 10 9 Discussion of Protecting Nuclear Facilities; 11 10 Local Realities of Terrorist Threats; 12 11 Securing Against Infrastructure Terrorism; 13 12 Discussion of Terrorist Threats to Urban Infrastructure and Relevant Science and Technology Responses; 14 13 India and Agricultural Bioterrorism; 15 14 Twentieth-Century Legacy: The Challenge of Biological Threats to Twenty-First Century Bio-Medical Science and Society; 16 15 Discussion of Biology and Agriculture Terrorist Threats; 17 16 Why Should India and the United States Cooperate?; 18 17 Can Science and Technology Help to Counter Terrorism?; 19 18 Discussion of Indo-U.S. Cooperation; 20 Appendix A Workshop Agenda; 21 Appendix B Science and Technology to Counter Terrorism An Indo-U.S. Workshop January 12-14, 2004