Sharing the Dragon's Teeth Terrorist Groups and the Exchange of New Technologies

• Main Author: Cragin, Kim (auth)
• Other Authors: Chalk, Peter (auth), Daly, Sara A. (auth), Jackson, Brian A. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2007
• Subjects: International relations; Terrorism, armed struggle; Political Science
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Case studies of 11 terrorist groups in Mindanao, the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and southwest Colombia show how these groups have exchanged technologies and knowledge in an effort to innovate (i.e., improve their operational capabilities). The analysis provides national security policymakers with ins...