Yair Sharan, PhD

 

BOOKS

    

1. Theodore J. Gordon, Elisabeth Florescu, Jerome C. Glenn, Yair Sharan,(eds) " Identification of  Potential Terrorists and Adversary Planning", IOS Press, ISBN 978-1-61499-747-4, March 2017

2. Theodore J. Gordon, Yair Sharan,Elisabeth Florescu, "Lone Wolf" Terrorism Prospects and Potential    Strategie to    Address the Threat,  ISBN :978-0-692-45554-8, June 2015

3. Aaron Richman, Yair Sharan (eds), "Lone Actors-an Emerging SecurityThreat", NATO     science   for     peace series,IOS press, ISSN 1874-6276,November 2015

4. Aaron Richman, Shmuel C. Shapira, Yair Sharan, (eds) "Medical Response to Terror Threats", IOS press, 2010.

5. Hans-Liudger Dienel, Yair Sharan, Christian Rapp, Niv Ahituv, (eds) "Terrorism and the Internet", IOS Press, 2010.

6. Yosi  Eisen, Yair Sharan(Starkand),  "Differential Geometry " ( based on lectures of H. Firstenberg),    Academon Hebrew University press, 1968

7. Yair  Sharan(Starkand)  , The Algebra of Angular Momentum, ( based on lectures of Z. Goldschmidt), Academon  Hebrew University Press, 1971

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trends over the past decades show that Lone Wolf (LW) terrorism is on the rise around the world. To reach a deeper understanding of this phenomenon and its possible future trajectory, the authors of this book, under the auspices of the Millennium Project's Israeli Node, conducted a Real-Time Delphi (RTD) study involving experts in security and related fields from around the world in November- December 2013. Results of the study were further discussed at an international conference in Pescara, Italy in June 2014 and in a NATO workshop in Jerusalem in November 2014. This book is largely based on the outcomes of those activities and extensive subsequent research. It presents the results of the RTD study and chapters that focus on key elements of the threats, strategies for coping, and detection of lone wolf terrorism in the future.

We believe that a new kind of arms race is developing. On one hand, is the possibility of increasingly destructive weapons falling into the wrong hands, and on the other, the development of new methods of surveillance and pinpointing individuals with malintent. Will the methods of detection be adequate and timely enough to avoid catastrophe? It is often said that one of the major purposes of futures research is to provide lead-time to decision makers and the decision process; we have lead-time. We hope it will be used to reduce the threat we see in front of us.

Albert Einstein is supposed to have said, "The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch and do nothing." We hope we have done something with this book.

The book contains about 200 pages, many examples of past attacks- some planned and thwarted and others completed, an examination of possible motives, targets, and possibly most important of all, the improving possibility of predetection of malintent.

 

 

 

 

Chapters in books

1. Yair Sharan, Water  R&D Policy, in " The Water Crisis-Views and Research" , A. Tal(ed), University of Tel Aviv, September 2001.

2. Shlomo Rosenberg, Jean Negreanu, Yair Sharan, "Israeli Case Study: Paz-Chem June 1991, Chaper 3 in "Common Ground on Chemical Risk: Case Studies from the Middle East"  Gayle Meyers (ed.) Search for Common Ground, Washington, DC. USA, 2004.ISBN 0-9647474-8, 2004

3. Yair Sharan, The Bioterrorism Threat, in M. S. Green et al. (eds), "Risk Assessment and Risk Communication Strategies in Bioterrorism Preparedness"  Springer , ISBN 978-1-4020-5807-3, 2007

4. Yair Sharan, "The Threat to Water Supply Systems: An Overview", Chapter 1 in "Water Supply in Emergency Situation", (Yair Sharan et al eds) Springer, 2007. (p.1)

5. Yair Sharan, Judy Bendel, Asher Vaturi, Abraham Tal, "Diaspora Museum (Beit Hatefutzot) Case Study, in "Building and Urban Space Accessibility", IHS BRE Press, 2008, (p.65).

6. Yair Sharan, "Emerging Technologies-Potential New Threats in the 21st. Century", Chapter 11 in "Medical Response to Terror Threats", IOS press, 2010. (p.91).

7. Yair Sharan et al…, "The Evolution of Terror Medicine", Chapter 1 in "Medical Response to Terror Threats", IOS press, 2010. (p.1).

8. Aharon Hauptman, Yair Sharan, Tal soffer, "Privacy Perception in the ICT era and beyond", chapter 8 in "Towards Responsible Research and Innovation in the Information and Communication Technologiesand Security Technologies Fields" , European Commission, ISBN 978-92-79-20404-3 ,2011(p.133)

9. Jacob Negranu,Asher Vaturi,Yair Sharan, Biological and Chemical Agents in the Hands of Lone Actors-A Different View, in "Lone Actors-an Emerging Security Threat" IOS press, ISSN 1874-6276, November 2015

10. Theodor Gordon,Yair Sharan, Elisabeth Florescu, "Possible Evolution of Lone Wolf and SIMAD Terrorism" in"Lone Actors-an Emerging Security Threat" IOS press, ISSN 1874-6276, November 2015

11. Asher Vaturi , Yair Sharan, "Lone Wolf and Black Sheep in the Modern Urban Jungle-Loneliness as a source for Terror threats in Modern Cities",in "Lone Actors-an Emerging Security Threat" IOS press, ISSN 1874-6276, November 2015.

12. Theodor Gordon,Yair Sharan, Elisabeth Florescu

13. Yair Sharan, "foreword",in "Envisioning Uncertain Futures, Roman Peperhove,Karlheinz steinmuller,Hansw-Liudger Dienel,(eds), Springer, 2019 (p. 9)

14. Yair Sharan, " Anticipating New Security Threats: The FEASTOS Project", in "Envisioning Uncertain Futures", Roman Peperhove,Karlheinz steinmuller,Hansw-Liudger Dienel,(eds), Springer, 2019 (p. 175) 

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