UNITED STATES: How risk management can curb terrorism

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  • 'ABC' terrorism
  • Neglecting probabilities
  • Phantom threat?
  • The ABC scare
  • Risk and probability thresholds
  • Hardening critical infrastructures
  • Mundane weapons, mass terrorism
  • Unanticipated vulnerabilities
  • Negative externalities
  • 'Softer' targets
  • Applying risk analysis
  • Strategic counter-measures

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