1st Edition

The Ideological War on Terror Worldwide Strategies For Counter-Terrorism

Edited By Anne Aldis, Graeme P. Herd Copyright 2007
    304 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    304 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    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