Research Catalog

Title

Beyond convergence : world without order / edited by Hilary Matfess and Michael Miklaucic.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Center for Complex Operations, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, 2016.

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Additional Authors

• Matfess, Hilary
• Miklaucic, Michael
• National Defense University. Center for Technology and National Security Policy. Center for Complex Operations, issuing body.

Description

397 pages : illustrations (some color); 23 cm

Summary

"In Beyond Convergence: World Without Order, edited by Hilary Matfess and Michael Miklaucic (published 2016), a range of different authors - amongst them several staff members and experts from the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime - examine different areas where a range of illicit actors (international terrorists, globally networked insurgents, and transnational criminal organisations) exploit, thrive on and keep fragile states."--Provided by publisher.

Alternative Title

World without order

Subject

• Transnational crime > Communication systems
• Transborder data flow > Security measures
• Computer networks > Security measures
• Information warfare
• Cyberspace operations (Military science)
• Computer security
• Transnational crime > Social networks
• Sovereignty > Social networks
• Cyberterrorism > Prevention
• Cyber intelligence (Computer security)

Note

• "October 2016."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Introduction: World order or disorder? / Hilary Matfess and Michael Miklaucic -- I. Slouching Toward Dystopia. The global crisis of governance / Phil Williams -- The twin insurgencies: plutocrats and criminals challenge the Westphalian state / Nils Gilman -- The Islamic State revolution / Scott Atran -- The march is not linear: big party politics and the decline of democracy worldwide / Francis Fukuyama and Hilary Matfess -- Costs of hedging bad: the global threat network and impact on financial market volatility / Jay Chittooran and Scott Helfstein -- II. One Network. Terrorist and criminal dynamics: a look beyond the horizon / Christopher Dishman -- Hezbollah's criminal networks: useful idiots, henchmen, and organized criminal facilitators / Matthew Levitt -- Convergence in criminalized states: the new paradigm / Douglas Farah -- ISIL and the goal of organization survival / Jessica Stern -- III. Pandora. Virtually illicit: the use of social media in a hyper-connected world / Tuesday Reitano and Andrew Trabulsi -- "We pay, you pay": protection economies, financial flows, and violence / Mark Shaw -- The neglected mega-problem: illicit trade in "normally licit" goods / Karl Lallerstedt -- Cybercrime: the evolution of traditional crime / Raj Samani -- IV. A Toolbox for the 21st Century. Leviathan redux: toward a community of effective states / Clare Lockhart and Michael Miklaucic -- Communicate, cooperate, and collaborate (C³) through public-private partnerships (P³) to counter the convergence of illicit networks / Celina Realuyo -- Adapting to today's battlefield: the Islamic State and irregular war as the "new normal" / Sebastian Gorka -- Networks at war: organizational innovation and adaptation in the 21st century / Christopher Fussell and D.W. Lee.

Call Number

JFE 17-9686

ISBN

• 9780160936135
• 0160936136

LCCN

2017380439

OCLC

969978197

Title

Beyond convergence : world without order / edited by Hilary Matfess and Michael Miklaucic.

Publisher

Washington, D.C. : Center for Complex Operations, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, 2016.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Connect to:

http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo76875

Added Author

Matfess, Hilary, editor.

Miklaucic, Michael, editor.

National Defense University. Center for Technology and National Security Policy. Center for Complex Operations, issuing body.

Other Form:

Beyond convergence: world without order (OCoLC)969979837

Gpo Item No.

0378-H-14

Sudoc No.

D 5.417/2:C 76/3

Research Call Number

JFE 17-9686