Negotiating the impossible?: the Beslan hostage crisis /
DOLNIK Adam
Negotiating the impossible?: the Beslan hostage crisis / Adam Dolnik - London : RUSI, 2007 - v, 45 p. - Whitehall report. 2-07 .
Based on interviews, primary documents, and open source materials in several languages this report considers the Beslan school hostage crisis. As well as providing background to the event (including a chronology) and to its mastermind Shamil Basayev, the papers main concerns are with the negotiation process, the reasons for its failure and the identification of practical lessons. Concludes a) that barricade hostage taking by terrorist groups is likely to occur again, b) that the hostage takers have specific objectives, c) that there is some scope for successful negotiations, and d) that governments should not cover up the outcomes of such events in subsequent reports.
1750-9432
BESLAN SCHOOL--TERRORIST ATTACK
BARRICADE HOSTAGE TAKING
TERRORISM--HOSTAGES
Negotiating the impossible?: the Beslan hostage crisis / Adam Dolnik - London : RUSI, 2007 - v, 45 p. - Whitehall report. 2-07 .
Based on interviews, primary documents, and open source materials in several languages this report considers the Beslan school hostage crisis. As well as providing background to the event (including a chronology) and to its mastermind Shamil Basayev, the papers main concerns are with the negotiation process, the reasons for its failure and the identification of practical lessons. Concludes a) that barricade hostage taking by terrorist groups is likely to occur again, b) that the hostage takers have specific objectives, c) that there is some scope for successful negotiations, and d) that governments should not cover up the outcomes of such events in subsequent reports.
1750-9432
BESLAN SCHOOL--TERRORIST ATTACK
BARRICADE HOSTAGE TAKING
TERRORISM--HOSTAGES