... Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) between 2013 and 2015. He is now also a Swiss citizen. List of publications at
GCSP website
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How do you assess the threat of nuclear terrorism? What forms of nuclear terrorism would you highlight?
Marc Finaud
Nuclear terrorism, defined as the detonation of one or several nuclear weapons by a terrorist or a terrorist group, is generally considered as a low-probability but high-impact risk. However, the use by terrorists of a radiological dispersal device (or “dirty bomb” - as if nuclear ones were “clean”) to spread ...
... or accident by restoring communication and increasing transparency and trust.
A third step could be to
collaborate to prevent ISIS and other terrorist groups from acquiring nuclear and radiological materials through a joint initiative to prevent WMD terrorism
. There is an urgent need to cooperate on securing vulnerable radioactive materials that could be used to produce a “dirty bomb.” Such materials are widely available in more than 150 countries and are often found in facilities, such as hospitals ...
... India.
While the threat of nuclear attack by a terrorist cannot be fully excluded, a review of the situation seems to suggest that the probability of any such threat materialising remains extremely low. This is not to say that the probability of nuclear terrorism is low, since the 2005 Convention extends the definition to the threat of using nuclear weapons. Incidents like this have happened in several countries, including Russia, the US, and France.
Of particular relevance were the events of 1974, when the FBI received a letter demanding US$ 200,000 in cash is left in a specified location ...
