System Thinking, Social-Science, and Humility in Defending Against Terrorism

摘要

Preface: MORS working group is addressing systems approaches to critical infrastructure protection. But - What's a system. What's 'systems thinking' And what's special about systems thinking in people-centric problems. Analytic paradigms and methods for drawing on the social-science literature. Topics: System View in Study of 'Deterrence' after 9/11 * Social Science for Counterterrorism, and for Stabilization and Reconstruction * For Discussion, Given Time * Other model types needed * Need for exploratory analysis.