In January-February 2005, the National Academies Committee on Counterterrorism Challenges for Russia and the United States and the Russian Academy of Sciences Standing Committee on Counterterrorism held a workshop on urban terrorism in Washington, D.C. Prior to the workshop, three working groups convened to focus on the topics of energy systems vulnerabilities, transportation systems vulnerabilities, and cyberterrorism issues. The working groups met with local experts and first responders, prepared reports, and presented their findings at the workshop. Other workshop papers focused on various organizations' integrated response to acts of urban terrorism, recent acts of terrorism, radiological terrorism, biological terrorism, cyberterrorism, and the roots of terrorism.

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Front Matter
Report of U.S.-Russian Working Group on Energy Vulnerabilities
Report of U.S.-Russian Working Group on Transportation Vulnerabilities
Report of U.S.-Russian Working Group on Cyberterrorism Issues
Cybersecurity and Urban Terrorism—Vulnerability of the Emergency Responders
News and Terrorism: Communicating in a Crisis
Problems of Urban Terrorism in Russia
Terrorist Acts in Moscow: Experience and Lessons in Eliminating Their Consequences
Critical Integration and Coordination Issues in Urban Security
Special Characteristics of Firefighting in Urban Areas
A Decision Informatics Approach to Urban Emergency Management
Efforts of Russian Ministries in Implementing Measures to Prevent Acts of Terrorism
Safety and Security in Megacities
The Role of Science and Technology in Homeland Security and Countering Terrorism: Overview of Key Activities at the National Academies
Does the Emergence of Insurgencies Provide Lessons for Terrorism?
Unauthorized Use of Radiation Sources: Measures to Prevent Attacks and Mitigate Consequences
Other Dimensions of Radiological Terrorism
Biological Terrorism: Regional Preparedness
On the Events in Beslan
Measuring Progress, or Lack Thereof, in Combating Terrorism
On Efforts to Counter International Terrorism in the Russian Federation and Possible Areas of U.S.-Russian Cooperation in this Area
Cybercrime and the Training of Specialists to Combat It in Russia
Methodology for Assessing the Risks of Terrorism
Appendix A Methodology for Assessing the Risks of Terrorism
Appendix B Russian Academy of Sciences-U.S. National Academies Joint Committees on Countering Terrorism