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The role of terrorism in twenty-first-century warfare
The role of terrorism in twenty-first-century warfare is a critical reflection on the major armed conflicts occurring during the 1990s and the first decade of the Twenty First Century. Conflicts in Bosnia, Kosovo, Chechnya, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria all involved the use of terrorism by one or more groups. Turning to the future, the book asks what does this mean for violent conflicts yet to come? Using a variety of case studies, Weinberg and Martin provide a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the role played by terrorism as a stand-alone tactic as well as one used to ignite broad-scale conflict, asking whether terrorist violence occurs during the early stages of an insurgency, as a leading indicator of a wider conflict, or if it is employed throughout the conflict's duration? The work also poses the question on what occasions does terrorism tend to occur as an armed conflict begins to subside, and when, in other words, is it a trailing indicator? This book is the product of Weinberg and Martin's thorough investigations into the role and timing of terrorist violence in multi-dimensional conflicts. It is an essential text for understanding the role that acts of terror play in contemporary warfare and future conflicts. -- Provided by publisher.
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India's fragile borderlands : the dynamics of terrorism in north east India
\"The nature of terrorism is the subject of ever-increasing scrutiny and there are many lessons to be learned from India's borderlands. Terrorism, fostered at first by post-colonial resentments, took root in the region because of an increased sense of cultural identity and perceived discrimination and exclusion by the Indian state. This book examines the long-term effects of terrorism on the population of North East India - where the best-known conflict is the Naga tribe's ongoing campaign for a greater Nagaland - as well as its international consequences.\" \"India's fragile borderlands traces the development of terrorist groups within the region from small domestic groups to internationally connected and financed organizations. This comprehensive and penetrating study examines three major components of terrorism: the causes of terrorism, in their national, global and historical context; the nature and manifestations of this phenomenon in India's north-eastern frontiers; and trends within counter-terrorism and security and their effectiveness, both within the region and internationally.\" \"India's Fragile Borderlands offers a comprehensive study of the nature, origins and history of terrorism in India's North East within an international perspective. Sharing borders with China, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar (Burma) and Bhutan, the region abounds in nationalist, separatist and even religious organizations that have used terrorism as a strategy to achieve their aims. Archana Upadhyay explores the complex and specific ideologies of these groups while highlighting the cross-border links and connections with organized crime that fund the violence in the region. This book includes many insights into the nature of terrorism in India's north-eastern frontiers and will be invaluable for students of Politics, History and International Relations.\"--BOOK JACKET.
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Der lange Abschied von der Angst
Etwas mehr als einen Monat nach dem Terroranschlag im Bataclan am 13.11.2015 ist Oksana Sabuschko zu Gast in Paris. Die Erfahrung in der paralysierten Metropole lässt die ukrainische Autorin über das Verarbeiten von Angst, hervorgerufen durch Krieg und Terror, reflektieren. Das historische und kulturelle Gedächtnis europäischer Staaten stehen zunächst im Fokus des Essays. Ausgehend von den Kollaborateuren mit dem Vichy-Regime und dem Versagen der Linksintellektuellen während des Zweiten Weltkriegs reist Sabuschko durch die französische Geistesgeschichte von Sartre über Derrida bis hin zu Houellebecq. Wo liegen die Parallelen zwischen dem Einmarsch der Nationalsozialisten in Frankreich und der russischen Besatzung der Krim seit 2014? Ist die Ukraine ein failed state? Welchen Einfluss haben Politik und Medien auf unser Alltagsleben? Bezugnehmend auf die Feldstudien geht sie in einem weiteren Schritt der Frage nach, inwieweit Sex eine Metapher für soziale und kulturelle Konstellationen darstellt. Dieser kluge und provokante Essay zeichnet einen langen Abschied von der Angst nach - lange mag der Weg sein, aber nicht hoffnungslos. Oksana Sabuschko wurde 1960 geboren und lebt in Kiew. Sie hat Philosophie studiert, an der Ukrainischen Akademie der Wissenschaften gearbeitet, war als Fulbright-Stipendiatin in Harvard sowie Pittsburgh und als writer-in-residence an der Penn State University. Sabuschko zählt zu den bedeutendsten Schriftstellerinnen der heutigen Ukraine. Ihr Werk wurde in zahlreiche Sprachen übersetzt und u.a. mit dem Global Commitment Foundation Poetry Prize (1997) sowie dem Angelus-Preis (2013) ausgezeichnet. Bei Droschl erschienen die beiden Romane \"Feldstudien über ukrainischen Sex\" (2006) und \"Museum der vergessenen Geheimnisse\" (2010) sowie die Essaysammlung \"Planet Wermut\" (2012).
Preventing Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis was a reminder, if any were needed, that criminal creativity thrives in times of chaos, exploiting people's fears. Unsafe face masks, counterfeit drugs, and suspect medical equipment flooded the market, touted as miracle cures against the coronavirus by unscrupulous actors wanting to turn a quick profit. Companies with no record in health won big government contracts and, as people's situation deteriorated, organized crime stepped in to lend a “helping hand” to those suffering financial distress. Where most people saw a global public health andeconomic crisis, criminals saw an opportunity. What this criminal behavior, indeed almost all financial economic crime, has in common is that the funds involved move through the formal financial system. The service providers that execute those transactions are in a good position to gather firsthand intelligence on what is happening. For this reason, banks and other financial institutions have anti-money-laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) obligations to find out who is paying whom and why and, if necessary, to alert the authorities. Financial institutions are the first line of defense against this criminal behavior; they are the gatekeepers to the international financial system
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What We Have Learned about Terrorism since 9/11
This overview examines critically the post-9/11 empirical literature on terrorism. Major contributions by both economists and political scientists are included. We focus on five main themes: the changing nature of terrorism, the organization of terrorist groups, the effectiveness of counterterrorism policies, modern drivers or causes of terrorism, and the economic consequences of terrorism. In so doing, we investigate a host of questions that include: How do terrorist groups attract and retain members? What determines the survival of terrorist groups? Is poverty a root cause of terrorism? What counterterrorism measures work best? In the latter regard, we find that many counterterrorism policies have unintended negative consequences owing to attack transference and terrorist backlash. This suggests the need for novel policies such as service provision to counter some terrorist groups’ efforts to provide such services. Despite terrorists’ concerted efforts to damage targeted countries’ economies, the empirical literature shows that terrorism has had little or no effect on economic growth or GDP except in small terrorism-plagued countries. At the sectoral level, terrorism can adversely affect tourism and foreign direct investment, but these effects are rather transient and create transference of activities to other sectors, thus cushioning the consequences.
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