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Arms races among invertebrates, intelligence gathering by the immune system and alarm calls by marmots are but a few of nature's security strategies that have been tested and modified over billions of years. This provocative book applies lessons from nature to our own toughest security problems—from global terrorism to the rise of infectious disease to natural disasters. Written by a truly multidisciplinary group including paleobiologists, anthropologists, psychologists, ecologists, and national security experts, it considers how models and ideas from evolutionary biology can improve national security strategies ranging from risk assessment, security analysis, and public policy to long-term strategic goals.
Price: $85.00
Pages: 306
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date:
01 February 2008
ISBN: 9780520934313
Format: eBook
Contributors vii
Acknowledgments ix
Part One: Introduction
1. The Origins of Natural Security 3
Raphael D. Sagarin
2. Living with Risk 14
Terrence Taylor
Part Two: Life History and Security
3. Security, Unpredictability, and Evolution: 25
Policy and the History of Life
Geerat J. Vermeij
4. From Bacteria to Belief: Immunity and Security 42
Luis P. Villarreal
Part Three: Security Today
5. Corporations and Bureaucracies under a Biological Lens 71
Elizabeth M. Prescott
6. Selection, Security, and Evolutionary International Relations 86
Gregory P. Dietl
Part Four: Evolution’s Imprint: Psychology and the Roots of Terrorism
7. Militants and Martyrs: Evolutionary Perspectives on 105
Religion and Terrorism
Richard Sosis and Candace S. Alcorta
8. Causes of and Solutions of Islamic Fundamentalist 125
Terrorism
Bradley A. Thayer
9. The Power of Moral Belief 141
Scott Atran
Part Five: Ecology and Security
10. Fourteen Security Lessons from Antipredator Behavior 147
Daniel T. Blumstein
11. Population Models and Counterinsurgency Strategies 159
Dominic D. P. Johnson and Joshua S. Madin
12. The Infectiousness of Terrorist Ideology: 186
Insights from Ecology and Epidemiology
Kevin D. Lafferty, Katherine F. Smith, and
Elizabeth M. P. Madin
Part Six: Synthesis
13. Paradigm Shifts in Security Strategy: 209
Why Does It Take Disasters to Trigger Change?
Dominic D. P. Johnson and Elizabeth M. P. Madin
14. Network Analysis Links Parts to the Whole 240
Ferenc Jordán
15. A Holistic View of Natural Security 261
Raphael D. Sagarin
Index 279
Acknowledgments ix
Part One: Introduction
1. The Origins of Natural Security 3
Raphael D. Sagarin
2. Living with Risk 14
Terrence Taylor
Part Two: Life History and Security
3. Security, Unpredictability, and Evolution: 25
Policy and the History of Life
Geerat J. Vermeij
4. From Bacteria to Belief: Immunity and Security 42
Luis P. Villarreal
Part Three: Security Today
5. Corporations and Bureaucracies under a Biological Lens 71
Elizabeth M. Prescott
6. Selection, Security, and Evolutionary International Relations 86
Gregory P. Dietl
Part Four: Evolution’s Imprint: Psychology and the Roots of Terrorism
7. Militants and Martyrs: Evolutionary Perspectives on 105
Religion and Terrorism
Richard Sosis and Candace S. Alcorta
8. Causes of and Solutions of Islamic Fundamentalist 125
Terrorism
Bradley A. Thayer
9. The Power of Moral Belief 141
Scott Atran
Part Five: Ecology and Security
10. Fourteen Security Lessons from Antipredator Behavior 147
Daniel T. Blumstein
11. Population Models and Counterinsurgency Strategies 159
Dominic D. P. Johnson and Joshua S. Madin
12. The Infectiousness of Terrorist Ideology: 186
Insights from Ecology and Epidemiology
Kevin D. Lafferty, Katherine F. Smith, and
Elizabeth M. P. Madin
Part Six: Synthesis
13. Paradigm Shifts in Security Strategy: 209
Why Does It Take Disasters to Trigger Change?
Dominic D. P. Johnson and Elizabeth M. P. Madin
14. Network Analysis Links Parts to the Whole 240
Ferenc Jordán
15. A Holistic View of Natural Security 261
Raphael D. Sagarin
Index 279