| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 153 pages) : illustrations (digital, PDF file) |
| Series |
Terrorism analysis report ; 1 |
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Terrorism analysis report ; 1.
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| Contents |
Preface. -- Executive Summary. -- Introduction. -- Defining the Pakistani Neo-Taliban. -- Historical evolution of the Pakistani Neo-Taliban. -- Behavioral elements of the Pakistani Neo-Taliban. -- Appendix I: Summary of notable PNT-related attacks |
| Summary |
The greatest threat to Pakistan's nuclear infrastructure comes from jihadists both inside Pakistan and South and Central Asia. While there is appreciation of this danger, there are few substantive studies that identify and explore specific groups motivated and potentially capable of acquiring Pakistani nuclear weapons and/or fissile materials. This report fills that gap by exploring the Pakistani Neo-Taliban (PNT) and the groups that fill its ranks. The Federation of American Scientists' Terrorism Analysis Project (TAP) is conducting a multi-year study of nuclear weapon and fissile material security in South Asia. The researchers' intention is to highlight specific elements of the nuclear fuel-cycles and nuclear weapon infrastructures of both Pakistan and India that warrant the international community's greatest concern. TAP's overarching methodological approach involves quantitative analyses of the specific violent non-state actors most likely to exploit nuclear weapons-related opportunities in Pakistan and India. While the author still believes that it is unlikely Pakistan will lose control of its nuclear materials or weapons, this report makes it clear that the security situation in Pakistan is only getting worse. Ironically, this fact arguably makes Pakistan's nuclear infrastructure more secure: extremists are generally able to meet their tactical requirements and strategic objectives without the perceived need for weapons of mass destruction. This situation, however, could quickly reverse |
| Notes |
June 2011 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Title from PDF title screen (viewed on July 3, 2011) |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
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System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader |
| Subject |
Taliban.
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Qaida (Organization)
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| SUBJECT |
Qaida (Organization) fast (OCoLC)fst00763708 |
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Taliban. fast (OCoLC)fst00743547 |
| Subject |
Nuclear terrorism -- Prevention
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Nuclear arms control -- Pakistan
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Islamic fundamentalism -- Pakistan
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Terrorists -- Pakistan
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Islam and politics -- Pakistan
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Security, International.
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Insurgency -- Pakistan
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Pushtuns.
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Insurgency.
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Islam and politics.
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Islamic fundamentalism.
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Nuclear arms control.
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Nuclear terrorism -- Prevention.
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Pushtuns.
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Security, International.
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Terrorists.
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Pakistan.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Federation of American Scientists.
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