Subsidizing to Disrupt a Terrorism Supply Chain − A Four-player Game

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dc.contributor.authorShan, Xiaojun
dc.contributor.authorZhuang, J.
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-31T15:31:20Z
dc.date.available2019-10-31T15:31:20Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractTerrorism with weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) is an urgent threat to homeland security. The process of counter-WMD terrorism often involves multiple government and terrorist group players, which is under-studied in the literature. In this paper, first we consider two subgames: a proliferation game between two terrorist groups or cells (where one handling the black market for profits proliferates to the other one to attack, and this is modelled as a terrorism supply chain) and a subsidization game between two governments (where one potential WMD victim government subsidizes the other host government, who can interfere with terrorist activities). Then we integrate these two subgames to study how the victim government can use the strategy of subsidization to induce the host government to disrupt the terrorism supply chain. To our knowledge, this is the first game-theoretic study for modelling and optimally disrupting a terrorism supply chain in a complex four-player scenario. We find that in the integrated game, when proliferation payment is high or low, the practical terrorist group will proliferate and not proliferate, respectively, regardless of government decisions. In contrast, in the subsidization subgame between the two governments, the decision of subsidization depends on its cost. When proliferation payment is medium, the decision of subsidization depends on not only its cost but also the preparation cost and the attacking cost. Findings from our results would assist in government policymaking.en_US
dc.identifier.citationShan, X. and J. Zhuang. “Subsidizing to Disrupt a Terrorism Supply Chain − A Four-player Game”, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 65(7): 1108-1119, 2014.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657.1/1631
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJournal of the Operational Research Society;Vol. 65, No. 7, pp. 1108-1119
dc.titleSubsidizing to Disrupt a Terrorism Supply Chain − A Four-player Gameen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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