Actor-NuclearTerror Nexus? Importance: High http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1659785 Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1659785 1″.”R.L.Brown”-“Nuclear”Terrorism”and”PMCs” Private(Military(Corporations:(a(Non3State(Actor3Nuclear(Terror(Nexus?( Robert”L.”Brown” Department”of”Political”Science” Temple”University” [email redacted]” ” Prepared”for”delivery”at”the”Annual”Meeting”of”the”American”Political”Science” Association,”1″September”2010,”Washington,”D.C.” Abstract:”The”risk”of”nuclear”terrorism”is”hyped”by”some”as”possible”and”high” consequence”(Allison”2006)”while”others”dismiss”the”strategy”as”too”difficult”and”too” risky”for”terrorist”organizations”(Jenkins”2008).”However,”analysts”have”no”data” from”which”to”directly”analyze”the”probability”of”terrorist”acquisition”and”use.”One” methodological”solution”is”to”extend”the”range”analysis”to”include”analogous”cases:” private”military”corporations”(PMCs)”are”one”class”of”nonXstate”actors”(NSAs)”who” may”possess”the”capacity”and”autonomy”to”pose”a”risk”of”nuclear”terrorism”for”their” state”masters.”I”find”that”the”while”the”technical”and”military”capabilities”of”PMCs” may”be”greater”than”those”of”terrorist”organizations”with”respect”to”nuclear”weapon” construction”or”delivery,”they”are”still”be”insufficient”(and”PMCs”must”also”somehow” acquire”fissile”materials).”Also,”PMCs”benefit”from”agency”slack,”as”demonstrated”by”…
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