Unconventional weapons and international terrorism : challenges and new approaches / edited by Magnus Ranstorp and Magnus Normark.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Defining knowledge gaps within CBRN terrorism research / Gary Ackerman -- WMD and the four dimensions of Al-Qaeda / Brian Fishman and James J. F. Forest -- Al-Qaeda's thinking on CBRN : a case study / Anne Stenersen -- Indicators of chemical terrorism / Amy E. Smithson -- Capacity-building and proliferation : biological terrorism / Gabriele Kraatz-Wadsack -- Terrorism and potential biological warfare agents / Walter Biederbick -- Influence diagram analysis of nuclear and radiological terrorism / Charles D. Ferguson -- Approaching threat convergence from an intelligence perspective / Gregory F. Treverton -- Terrifying landscapes : understanding motivations of non-state actors to acquire and/or use weapons of mass destruction / Nancy K Hayden -- Conclusions / Magnus Ranstorp and Magnus Normark.