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Combating
Terrorism and Insurgency in the 21st Century: International Perspectives Combating terrorism has become a primary focus of security
professionals throughout the world. The attacks of September 11, 2001
inaugurated a new global era of counterterrorism policy and activity,
led by the United States, while many countries-from Algeria and Spain
to Sri Lanka and Indonesia-have redoubled their efforts at combating
their own indigenous terrorism threats. In the U.S., the four counterterrorism
goals identified in the National Strategy for Combating Terrorism (released
in February 2003)-defeating terrorist organizations with global reach;
denying sponsorship, support and sanctuary to terrorists; diminishing
the underlying conditions that terrorists seek to exploit; and defending
U.S. citizens and interests-can only be achieved through significant
multinational cooperation. At this
point in the development of the global counterterrorism efforts, it
is particularly important to pause for reflection on a number of critical
questions. What do we know about effectively countering terrorism? What
are the characteristics of successful or unsuccessful counterterrorism
campaigns? What do we need to learn in order to do this better? Countering
Terrorism in the 21st Century will address these and related questions,
and in doing so contribute to national security policy as well as to
our understanding of the terrorist threat and how it can be defeated.
Each chapter of this publication will address a different aspect of
the counterterrorism puzzle, addressing the most important diplomatic,
information, military/law enforcement, and economic/financial dimensions
to regional and global cooperation in countering terrorism, and providing
specific examples of these dimensions in practice. The chapters of Countering Terrorism in the 21st Century are organized in three volumes. Chapters in the first volume address issues of important strategic concern. The second volume provides a variety of insights on how to assess and combat the sources and facilitators of terrorism, while contributors to the third volume offer in-depth analyses of historical events and lessons learned in counterterrorism. Please see the Table of Contents for more information. |
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