Human Rights Strategies in an Age of Counter-Terrorism

An optimization-based framework for modelling counter-terrorism strategies

This article introduces the subject of terrorism and counter-terrorism by means of a two-person bimatrix game that provides some insight into the behaviour of the two players. We then examine three important areas in counter-terrorism tasks: the detection of terrorist cells and how to render them inoperable, the fortification of assets in order to protect them from terrorist attacks and the opt...

human rights and terrorism

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Robust Stochastic Games and Applications to Counter-Terrorism Strategies

This report presents a new methodology for strategic decision making under uncertainty and presence of adversaries. This investigation is motivated by the need to determine optimal strategies under uncertainty against an adversarial and adaptive opponent. Such problems arise in the context of terrorism threats. To model investment decisions that pertain to homeland security, one should account ...

the violation of human rights and broadening terrorism

the vast violation of humans’ fundamental rights and freedoms including political suppression, social discrimination, intolerance and endurance towards minorities (religious, ethnic and so on), marginalization of opposition voice from any sort and so on is one of substantial causes in shaping and developing the aggressive and terrorist actions. on the other hand, the aggressive actions generall...

The War on Terrorism and the End of Human Rights