Synopses & Reviews
The terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 marked a turning point in international politics, representing a new type of threat that could not easily be anticipated or prevented through state-based structures of security alone. Opening up interdisciplinary conversations between strategic, economic, ethical and legal approaches to global terrorism, this edited book recognises a fundamental issue: while major crises initially tend to reinforce old thinking and behavioural patterns, they also allow societies to challenge and overcome entrenched habits, thereby creating the foundations for a new and perhaps more peaceful future.
This volume addresses the issues that are at stake in this dual process of political closure, and therefore rethinks how states can respond to terrorist threats. The contributors range from leading conceptual theorists to policy-oriented analysts, from senior academics to junior researchers. The book explores how terrorism has had a profound impact on how security is being understood and implemented, and uses a range of hitherto neglected sources of insight, such as those between political, economic, legal and ethical factors, to examine the nature and meaning of security in a rapidly changing world.
Synopsis
This new book brings together leading experts from three continents to evaluate the dilemmas posed by the need for greater civil-military cooperation in the War on Terror.
The scourge of international terrorism has had a profound impact on International Relations. On September 11, 2001 over three and a half thousand people were killed in the terror attacks on New York and Washington. In a variety of different places and cases, coalition forces have taken the fight to those who harbor terrorists and threaten their neighbors. Having won the war in both Afghanistan and Iraq, however, Americans their allies are now confronted with the challenge of winning the peace.
This new volume shows how to win the peace, the military must cooperate closely with a wide variety of civilian agencies. It brings together leading experts from three continents to evaluate the dilemmas posed by the need for greater civil-military cooperation. In particular, it will focus on: on-going military operations, security sector reform, intelligence cooperation, post-war reconstruction, and homeland security.