The outer rings of the terrorist universe / / Angel Rabasa ... [et al.].

• Author: United States. Air Force.
• TeilnehmendeR: Rabasa, Angel.; United States. Air Force.; Project Air Force (U.S.)
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Beyond al-Qaeda ; 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (215 p.)
• Notes: "Prepared for the United States Air Force."; "Project Air Force."

This two-part RAND project aims to increase understanding of future threats from terrorist and other extremist organizations. Part Two examines other violent Islamist and non-Islamist groups, without known links to al-Qaeda, that threaten U.S. interests and allies and looks at the nexus between terrorism and organized crime.

Table of Contents

Cover; Preface; Contents; Figure and Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; Anaytical Framework; Chapter Two - Hezbollah and Hamas; Hezbollah, Party of God; Hamas: The Islamic Resistance Movement; Chapter Three - Other Islamist Groups Outside the al-Qaeda Network; The Armed Islamic Group (GIA); Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya; Al-Wa'ad; South Africa: People Against Gangsterism and Drugs(PAGAD); Eritrean Islamic Jihad/Eritrean Islamic Reform Movement; Chapter Four - The Iraqi Insurgency; Ideological Foundation; Strategic and Operational Objectives

Environmental FactorsFuture Trajectory of the Insurgency; Chapter Five - Non-Islamist Groups; Categories of Non-Islamist Groups and Insurgencies; The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia andNational Liberation Army; Maoist Insurgencies; Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam; Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA); Some Conclusions Regarding Groups Outside theal-Qaeda Universe; Chapter Six - Antiglobalization Movements; Anarchism, the "New, New Left," and the Extreme Rightin Western Europe and North America; Neo-Marxist and Radical Populist Movements in LatinAmerica

Chapter Seven - The convergence of Terrorism, Insurgency, and CrimeThe Tamil Tigers' Widespread International CriminalNetwork; The Abu Sayyaf Group: An Islamic Terrorist-CriminalGroup; Colombia: The Synergy of Drugs and Insurgency; Al-Qaeda and Hezbollah in Africa: The Conflict DiamondsNexus; Hezbollah and Crime in North America; The Middle Eastern Terrorist-Criminal Nexus in theTri-Border Area of South America; Chapter Eight - Conclusions and Recommendations; Implications for the U.S. Military and the U.S. Air Force; Bibliography