Modeling the Combined Terrorist-Narcotics Trafficker Threat to National Security

Authors

Alexander Woodcock, MITRE Corporation
Samuel Musa, Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University

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Description

This modeling study demonstrated that model-generated data closely resembled actual reports about tons of disrupted narcotics substances in three consecutive years. the policy cycle model showed that increased rates of policy cycle activity increased the amount of narcotics disruption, while increased levels of corruption reduced those levels.

Document Type

Article

Topic(s)

National Security, Terrorism and Extremism

Publication Date

5-2012

Publication

Defense and Technology Paper

Publisher

National Defense University Press

City

Washington, D.C.

Keywords

cartels, terrorist organization, narcotics trafficking, narcotics

Recommended Citation

Woodcock, Alexander and Musa, Samuel, "Modeling the Combined Terrorist-Narcotics Trafficker Threat to National Security" (2012). Defense and Technology Papers. 16.
https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/defense-tech-papers/16