Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Analyzing New Terrorist Behaviors 3. Assessing New Terrorist Risks 4. Should You Negotiate? 5. Immediate Management of the Incident 6. Develop a Relationship 7. Assess Their Psychology 8. Assess Their Motivations, Intentions, and Goals 9. Negotiating for Ransoms 10. Negotiating for Prisoners 11. Resolve the Negotiation 12. Should the Official Side Consider Violence? 13. Assaulting Appendix 1. The Sects of Islam Appendix 2. Public Responses to Active Attacks References

About the Author

Bruce Oliver Newsome, PhD, is a lecturer in international relations at the School of Global Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Before teaching, he was a research policy scientist at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California. He earned his undergraduate degree with honors in war studies from Kings College London, a master's degree in political science from the University of Pennsylvania, and a PhD in international studies from the University of Reading.

W. James Stewart is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in Middle Eastern studies including the Islamic State, Amman, Jordan, and Erbil, Iraq.

Aarefah Mosavi is a researcher at the Human Rights Center, Boalt Law School. She earned her degree in peace and conflict studies from the University of California, Berkeley.