1st Edition
The Ideological War on Terror Worldwide Strategies For Counter-Terrorism
This edited book addresses the appropriateness of US and other counter-terrorist (CT) strategies in Europe and Eurasia, the Middle East, the Asia Pacific region and in Latin America, with a view to improving their effectiveness.
The book has three main objectives:
- to re-examine terrorists' strategic goals and sources of legitimacy and the nature of their ideological support
- to analyze current US and regional CT strategies and assess their success in de-legitimizing terrorists and undermining their support
- to provide a strategic synthesis and policy recommendations in light of the research findings.
This book will be of interest to students of political violence and terrorism, security studies and international relations in general.
Preface Part I: Introduction 1. Approaches to Countering Ideological Support for Terrorism Magnus Ranstorp and Graeme P. Herd 2. Ideology in Terrorism and Counter Terrorism: Lessons from al Qaeda Rohan Gunaratna Part II: The Greater Middle East 3. Saudi Arabia's Conundrum and the al Qaeda Insurgency Richard L Russell 4. Countering Terrorism: Hizbullah's Appeal Fariborz Mokhtari 5. Countering Arab Television? Assessing the Effect of Alhurra Anne-Marie Baylouny 6. Islamic Radicalism in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan Rouben Azizian 7. Countering Ideological Support: the Case of the Ferghana Valley Ehsan Ahrari Part III: Southeast Asia 8. Combating al Jama’ah al Islamiyyah in Southeast Asia Rohan Gunaratna 9. It's the Story, Stupid: Neutralizing Radical Islamism in Southeast Asia Kumar Ramakrishna 10. Counter-Ideological Work: Singapore Experience Muhammad Haniff Hassan Part IV: Latin and South America 11. Terrorism in the Southern Cone Salvador Raza 12. Confronting Terrorism in Latin America: Building Cooperation in the Andean Ridge Boris Saavedra 13. Countering Ideological Support to Terrorism in the Circum-Caribbean John T. Fishel and Mary Grizzard Part V: Europe and Africa 14. Countering Islamist Radicals in Eastern Europe Gyorgy Lederer 15. South African Experience of Countering Terrorists David Africa Part VI: Conclusions and Policy Recommendations 16. Synthesising Strategies World-Wide Graeme P. Herd and Anne Aldis Bibliography Index
Biography
Anne Aldis, Graeme Herd