Dissuading Adversaries and Their RN Pathways: Integrating Deterrence Theory and Analytics in the GNDA

The Dissuading Adversaries and their RN Pathways (DARNP) project expands upon several extant analytical and computational models and data collections of potential radiological or nuclear (RN) adversary behaviors that UWT-START researchers have previously developed, many for Department of Homeland Security Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO). The project uses cutting-edge non-state actor deterrence theory and game-theoretical approaches to combine these previous models, which themselves integrate deep qualitative and contextual empirical data on violent non-state actors with theoretical insights drawn from terrorism studies, organizational psychology, political science, criminology, sociology, and engineering