Organization: Center on Terrorism and Irregular Warfare (CTIW)
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Publication Winning the psywar in Colombia(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2001-07) Moore, Tyler K.; Center on Terrorism and Irregular Warfare (CTIW)The international press has spent the last decade - and longer - criticizing U.S. efforts to make positive progress in their war on the Colombian drug trade. It surprises no one then, that magazines and newspapers around the globe are swollen "With articles attacking Plan Colombia, the latest step in our nation's effort to promote stability and security in our southern neighbor. Calling it a "Plan de Muerte" a Plan of Death - press members have leveled accusations of alleged GOC support of vigilante groups, indiscriminate spraying of herbicides near populated areas, and U.S. support for a military "With an atrocious record of human rights abuses. If these accusations are true, then we as a nation must seriously consider how much support we should rightfully provide to the hemispheres primary supplier of illicit drugs. But before we succumb to Dante's advice and "abandon all hope", a serious question begs an answer: Is the United States committing a vast portion of its foreign aid to a corrupt government, or has the world at large been effectively deceived by one of the most effective psychological warfare campaigns in history?Publication Cyberterror Prospects and Implications(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 1999-10) Nelson, Bill; Choi, Rodney; Iacobucci, Michael; Mitchell, Mark; Gagnon, Greg; Arquilla, John; Tucker, David; Cebrowski Institute for Innovation and Information Superiority; Center on Terrorism and Irregular Warfare (CTIW)Publication The future of armed resistance: cyberterror? mass casualties? final report on a Conference held May 15-17, 2000 at the University Pantheon-Assas (Paris II)(2000-09) Tucker, David; Cebrowski Institute for Innovation and Information Superiority; Center on Terrorism and Irregular Warfare (CTIW)In May, 2000, a conference convened to examine the decisionmaking process that leads sub-state groups engaged in armed resistance to develop new operational methods. The conference was particularly concerned to understand whether such groups would engage in cyberterrorism, including the conditions under which they might try to cause mass disruption of information systems. The conference also examined whether such groups would try to cause mass casualties, particularly through the use of chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) weapons. The conference, organized by the Center on Terrorism and Irregular Warfare of the Naval Postgraduate School, with the assistance of the Centre de Recherche sur les Menaces Criminelles Contemporaines of the University of Paris (II), was unprecedented in that its participants included former and active members of terrorist groups, as well as a hacker. It was equally unprecedented in the amount of time within and outside the formal structure of the conference that investigators were able to spend with these unique participants and in the opportunity to work with them through a series of problems in a controlled simulation. Together these characteristics made the conference an unique opportunity to learn about terrorism.Publication Welcome to the Naval Postgraduate School Center on Terrorism and Irregular Warfare (archived)(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2015-03) Center on Terrorism and Irregular Warfare (CTIW)Established in 1998, The Center on Terrorism and Irregular Warfare produces timely, innovative, interdisciplinary analysis relevant to policy and operations. In studying terrorism and irregular warfare, the Center focuses the research capabilities of its staff and the Naval Postgraduate School on an area of critical importance to the national security of the United States.Publication The submarine in the Andes: Rise of a Non-State Navy?(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2001-07) Moore, Tyler K.; Center on Terrorism and Irregular Warfare (CTIW)On Sept 7, 2000, Colombian National Police entered a bodega in Facatativa, a small village near Bogota. Acting on tips from members of the village, they expected to find drugs, weapons or other various tools used to proliferate the violence that has torn. Colombia's social fabric for decades. What they found instead astounded experts from various Colombian and U.S. agencies: Three modules of a double-hulled submarine approximately 300/0,400/0 completed. Obviously unable to abscond with their property, the "'owners" vacated the premises leaving behind a $25 million dollar2 piece of hardware with a variety of potential uses. Unfortunately, they left behind few clues as to what they planned to use the vehicle for, let alone why they were building it in the middle of the Andes, far from any coast. This mystery demands serious scrutiny, as the purpose (or purposes) behind the submarine's procurement may hold grave implications for the United States and Colombia.