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CIAO DATE: 04/05

Combating Terrorism and Its Implications for the Security Sector

Theodore H. Winkler (ed.), Anja H. Ebnöther (ed.), Mats B. Hansson (ed.)

January 2005

Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)

Abstract

Combating terrorism has become the focus of security structures all over the world since the tragic events of 11 September 2001. In many countries, old methods have been revised in order to organize and prepare modern society to meet so-called new and existing threats (i.e. terrorism), instead of focusing on the territorial defence of the Cold War era.

It could be argued that this current refocusing is too late. Why didn't European and American societies respond to these emerging threats during the 1990s? Why didn't we analyse and evaluate the world as it was and change at the time? These and other questions are addressed in this anthology, which is the result of close cooperation between the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces and the Swedish National Defence College.

The publication gives a general overview of current trends in the area of Security Sector Reform linked to combating terrorism. A range of issues is comprehensively covered by the authors. Some of them, including Alyson Bailes, discuss the origins as well as the definitions of terrorism, while at the same time giving a broad picture of the problems connected with the tightening of rules, regulations, and procedures.

Title Page and Table of Contents (PDF, 5 pages, 233.3 KB)

Introductory Remarks, Content and Preface (PDF, 7 pages, 43.8 KB)

Terrorism and the International Security Agenda since 2001 (PDF, 14 pages, 89.8 KB)

Historical Origins of the British Army's Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorist Techniques (PDF, 19 pages, 125.3 KB)

Transnational Terrorism: The Newest Mutation in the Forms of Warfare (PDF, 13 pages, 103.2 KB)

The Post-Madrid Face of Al Qaeda (PDF, 9 pages, 67.8 KB)

Counterterrorism Policies and Strategies: Keys to Effective Interagency Cooperation and National Security (PDF, 11 pages, 73.2 KB)

Terrorism and Parliamentary Control (PDF, 24 pages, 108.2 KB)

Combating Terrorism and Its Implications for the Polish Armed Forces (PDF, 17 pages, 109.9 KB)

Transformation of the Romanian Armed Forces in the Post-September 11 Environment: New Principles, New Missions, and New Capabilities for a New NATO (PDF, 10 pages, 69.7 KB)

Combating Terrorism and Its Implications for Intelligence (PDF, 39 pages, 170.2 KB)

Policing Terrorism: Rhetoric and Implementation (PDF, 14 pages, 80.9 KB)

The Contribution of Border Security Agencies in the War on Terror (PDF, 10 pages, 130.2 KB)

The Implications of the Fight Against Terrorism for the French Gendarmerie (PDF, 15 pages, 81.2 KB)

Private Military Companies (PDF, 19 pages, 560.9 KB)

A Lawful Fight Against Terrorism? (PDF, 14 pages, 99.8 KB)

Conclusions: (PDF, 10 pages, 280.4 KB)