INTL454  - Forecasting Terrorism

This course examines the processes involved in forecasting terrorism. The syllabus examines terrorism in general, actual and planned cases of chemical and biological weapons, and improvised weapons of mass destruction. It continues by differentiating the varying magnitudes of threat and effect of nuclear, radiological, biological, chemical and high explosive weapons, and analyzes terrorist precedent, strategy & psychology, from which terrorism forecasts and counter-terrorism activities are generated. It moves on to examine traditional and newer methods of forecasting terrorism: Intuition-based; profiling; conflict vulnerability analysis & prognosis (early warning); Atypical Signal Analysis & Processing (ASAP), and the Khalsa systematic Indications & Warning (I&W) methodology. It concludes with a brief overview of less conventional and known Military & Intelligence forecasting programs such as AMP (Anomalous Mental Phenomena): Remote Viewing and Psycho-kinesis (electron movement).