Roots and Trajectories of
Violent Extremism and
Terrorism
A Cooperative Program of
the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and
the Russian Academy of Sciences (1995-2020)
Glenn E. Schweitzer
Development, Security, and Cooperation
Policy and Global Affairs
The views expressed are those of the author and
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Contents
Introduction and Acknowledgments
1 Ethnic Conflicts within Russia
2 Acceptable Limits on Biological Research
3 Radiological Challenges: Security, Sources, Waste Sites, and Disposal
4 Security of Transportation, Industrial, Construction, Communications, and Other Urban Challenges
5 Interests in the Middle East and Beyond
6 Continuing Inter-Academy Cooperation in a Changing World
B Characteristics of Early Ethnic Monitoring Network in Russia and Beyond
C Lessons Learned from a Terrorist Attack in a Moscow Theater (Yevgeny Kolesnikov)
D Terrorist Attack at a School in the North Caucasus (Gennady Kovalenko)
E New Trends in Monitoring Multiethnic Russia (Valery Tishkov)
F Final Stages in Disposition of Radioactive Waste (Vladislav Petrov)
