# Networks and Netwars
**Entity class:** Publication and strategic framework
## Definition
*Networks and Netwars: The Future of Terror, Crime, and Militancy* is a 2001 RAND volume edited by [[wiki/John Arquilla|John Arquilla]] and [[wiki/David Ronfeldt|David Ronfeldt]]. It examined how network forms alter conflict, organization, doctrine, information, and state response.
## Relevance to this collection
It is a historical bridge from qualitative network strategy to today's [[wiki/Dynamic Network Analysis|Dynamic Network Analysis]], [[wiki/Temporal Heterogeneous Graph|temporal heterogeneous graphs]], and [[wiki/Counterterrorism Predictive Graph|Counterterrorism Predictive Graph]].
## Relationships
- **master collection:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]].
- **intellectual neighborhood:** [[wiki/Intellectual Neighborhood of the Counterterrorism Collection|Intellectual Neighborhood of the Counterterrorism Collection]].
## Sources / Provenance
- [RAND, *Networks and Netwars: The Future of Terror, Crime, and Militancy*, 2001](https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/www/external/congress/terrorism/phase1/netwars.pdf).
**As of:** 2026-09-23