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Advisors Network A World-class Team of Advisors The development of the RMS®
U.S. Terrorism Risk Model has involved the input of an extensive team of
highly qualified advisors, all of which are authorities in their field of
assessing terrorism threats.
RAND
RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decision
making through research and analysis. Created in 1946, RAND was the first organization to
be known as a "think tank." The institution is set up to serve the
public interest by widely disseminating its findings to decision makers
on diverse lines of policy research and development in public safety;
civil and criminal justice; national security; science and technology;
labor, population, and demography; and health. RAND
also advances specific policy recommendations based on the results of
its research. More than 1,600
full and part-time staff are employed at RAND. Eighty-five percent of the research staff
hold advanced degrees, with more than 65 percent having earned a Ph.D.
or masters degree.
Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of
St. Andrews, Scotland The Centre for the Study of
Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV) at the University of St.
Andrews in Scotland has been the leading academic institute researching
terrorism for the past twenty years. It aims to investigate the
roots of political violence, to develop a body of theory spanning its
various disparate elements, and to study the impact of violence, and
responses to it at societal, governmental, and international levels.
The Centre has a wide-ranging and intensive research program. Members
of CSTPV have been advisors to the U.S. government and leading
policymaking groups.
RMS is currently
sponsoring the RMS Terrorism Research Fellow, at CSTPV, University of
St. Andrews.
Jane's Information Group
Described on the CBS program "60 minutes" as the closest thing to a
commercial intelligence agency, Jane's Information Group publishes over
200 titles annually, covering areas of military and security
intelligence, weaponry, and public safety. Jane's Consultancy makes the
expertise of their correspondents, many of them worldwide authorities,
available commercially. In the area of counter-terrorism, Jane's has
over 15 different publications including Counter Terrorism, Intelligence
Review, and Unconventional Weapons Response Handbook. Jane's Terrorism
Intelligence Center (JTIC) provides country-by-country news, analysis,
and reference databases on terrorism worldwide.
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Singapore
The S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Singapore has
established the International Center for Political Violence and
Terrorism Research (ICPVTR). The center will train and prepare current
and future generations of leaders to effectively manage the threat of
political violence. Students and staff at the centre will engage in
research, education, and networking and outreach programs to better
understand and respond to politically motivated violence. Terrorism
research carried out at the RSIS is highly regarded internationally, and
is directed by Dr. Rohan Gunaratna, one of the world's most
knowledgeable terrorism authorities.
Individual Contributors Individual consultants who
contributed to the development of the RMS® U.S. Terrorism Risk Model include
the following:
Dr. Rohan Gunaratna Director, International Center for Political
Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR), S.Rajaratnam School of
International Studies (RSIS), Singapore
Terrorism threat from Al Qaeda and associated groups
Dr. Magnus Ranstorp Research Director, Centre for Asymmetric
Threat Studies, Swedish National Defence College, Sweden
Terrorism threats from Islamic militant groups and political violence
in Middle East
Dr. Bruce Hoffman Professor in Security Studies at the School Of
Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Terrorism risk in the U.S.
Dr. K. Jack Riley Director, RAND Public Safety and Justice
Homeland Security
Dr. Robert Reville Director of the RAND Institute for Civil
Justice
Terrorism compensation & liability
Dr. Darius Lakdawalla Associate economist at RAND and a faculty
research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research
Probabilistic modeling and economics of terrorism risk
Dr. Brian Chow Senior physical scientist at RAND
Loss modeling and the defense and control of terrorism weaponry
Dr. Greg Jones Senior defense policy analyst at RAND
Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons in terrorism
Dr. George Zanjani Economist in the capital markets function of
the research and market analysis group of the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York
Economics of terrorism insurance
Dr. Brian A. Jackson Associate physical scientist at RAND
Emergency response to terrorism incidents
Dr. Kim Cragin Associate international policy analyst at RAND
Historical data on terrorism attacks
Dr. Gregory Treverton Senior policy analyst at RAND
Terrorism, intelligence, and law enforcement
Dr. Lois Davis RAND
Defense and security at targets
James Quinlivan Senior analyst at RAND
Systems analysis research
Pete Baxter Director, global consultancy operations, Jane's
Information Group
Attack technology, logistical burden, and red teaming analysis
Michael Dell Director, Jane's Information Group
Terrorism intelligence and news analysis
Mark Mateski Consultant and project manager, Jane's Information
Group
Red teaming, site security, and logistical burden
David Kuhn Jane's Information Group
Weapons systems and unconventional attack operations
Charles Heyman Editor, Jane's World Armies, senior military
advisor, Jane's Information Group
Site security
Paul Mahoney & Laura Dake Jane's Information Group
Security survey of New York skyscrapers
Roger Davies Hazard Management Solutions Ltd., editor of TRITON
terrorist activity database
Consultant on attack technology (RMS terrorism model 1.0), provider
of data and reports (RMS terrorism model 2.0)
Dr. William Kastenberg Professor of nuclear engineering,
University of California, Berkeley and member of the Advisory Committee
on Nuclear Facility Safety for the U.S. DOE
Nuclear power plant safety against terrorist attack
Rich Balzano Consultant, Jane's Information Group
Nuclear power plant operations and security
Prof. Lawrence M. Wein Professor of management science at the
Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Bioterrorism attacks and emergency response
Mark Sauder Consulting engineer
Industrial facilities vulnerability
Malcolm Cowler Senior engineering analyst, Autodyn
Use of computational fluid dynamics for blast modeling
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