Nuclear Terrorism and Rational Choice

{"ID":5233321,"post_title":"Nuclear Terrorism and Rational Choice","title":"Nuclear Terrorism and Rational Choice","post_content":"The prospect of nuclear terrorism, terrorist acts with nuclear fission explosives, is analysed by means of rational choice theory, a methodology borrowed from economics which has hitherto not been systematically applied to nuclear terrorism. Four relevant decision situations are studied: The terrorist's choice of whether to embark on an ambitious and expensive nuclear project or to stay with tried and trusted conventional methods, The choice of fissile material for a terrorist bent on building a nuclear weapon, The government's choice of prioritising between branches of fissile materials security, and the strategic interplay between terrorist and government in the case where the terrorist has acquired a nuclear weapon and must decide whether to use it to attack, for extortion, or to deter an attack upon his own interests. In each case, the methodology of modelling allows a number of key conclusions to be drawn, informing policy makers on best responses to a threat which is notoriously difficult to estimate.","image":"https:\/\/c5-static.dodax.com\/de-ch\/dp\/35HJ3ADQBDD-cc42c03d8d-175-175-5982333294258472142","url":"https:\/\/www.vergleiche.ch\/unterhaltung\/product\/nuclear-terrorism-and-rational-choice\/","min_price":0,"low_price_merchant_id":0,"deeplink":"","ean":9783844394269,"brand":"undefined"}