Format:
1 online resource (160 pages)
ISBN:
9781607501633
Content:
Contains papers that explore the challenges faced by the science establishments in the new security environment across a range of NATO countries. This work examines possible solutions by looking in closer detail at some national case studies. It sets out the importance of the NATO Security Through Science programme in the new security environment.
Content:
Title page -- Preface -- Introduction -- Executive Summary -- List of Participants -- Contents -- Setting the Scene -- NATO's Science for Peace Programme -- Science and Security in the 21st Century: New Challenges and New Responses -- Tangible Problems for Armies Fighting in the New Security Environment -- The United Kingdom Police Counter-Terrorism Unit -- Cultural Precursors and Psychological Consequences of Contemporary Western Responses to Acts of Terror -- Other Nations' Perspectives -- Key Security Issues in the Caspian Region -- Estonian Research and Development Policy: A Vital Contribution to European Security -- Lithuanian Scientists - Military Implications of the Challenges -- Hungary on the Road -- A Small Nation Perspective - Norway -- Initiatives to Break Down Barriers Amongst Scientific Communities -- Science and Security in the EU -- The Cambridge-MIT Institute as an Example of International Collaboration: The Emerging Lessons -- A Strategy for Pre-Preemption: Designing Innovation Agoras to Inspire Progress and Project Stability -- The Royal Society and Security -- Government and the Business Community - The Role of Industry in the New Anti-Terrorism Era -- Annex. Examples of Breakout Group Discussions -- Annex 1: Breakout Group on Eastern Europe: The Way Ahead -- Annex 2: Breakout Group on the Middle East: Discussion Report -- Annex 3: Breakout Group on Western Nations -- Author Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781586035938
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781586035938
Additional Edition:
Print version Science and Society in the Face of the New Security Threats
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=265981
