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

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.

Description

397 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

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