Fighting Terrorism in the Liberal State: An Integrated Model of Research, Intelligence (NATO Security Through Science Series. E: Human and Societal)

The papers in this book illustrate the balanced dichotomy between terrorism and counter-terrorism against the background of the liberal state. This is a unique battlefield, where the tactical advantage is seemingly conceded to terrorists, who are free to exploit the liberties of the open society, while the authorities are constrained by those very rights and freedoms. They work under the constant scrutiny of the free press, public opinion, the political opposition, human rights organizations and the guardians of legal codes. But they have only an apparent advantage, which is forfeited the more depraved and indiscriminate terrorism becomes. Then terrorists begin to lose their popular support, and the authorities begin to win citizens' trust in their efforts to restore tranquility. Thus, it really boils down to a question of balance: of how to establish the delicate equilibrium of combating terrorism while preserving the liberties of the open society. This book begins with this question and becomes increasingly complex as it tackles the different aspects and dimensions of this dilemma.IOS Press is an international science, technical and medical publisher of high-quality books for academics, scientists, and professionals in all fields. Some of the areas we publish in: -Biomedicine -Oncology -Artificial intelligence -Databases and information systems -Maritime engineering -Nanotechnology -Geoengineering -All aspects of physics -E-governance -E-commerce -The knowledge economy -Urban studies -Arms control -Understanding and responding to terrorism -Medical informatics -Computer Sciences Samuel Peleg Samuel Peleg -- Hassan Hanafi Samuel Peleg -- Hassan Hanafi -- Wilhelm Kempf Samuel Peleg -- Hassan Hanafi -- Wilhelm Kempf -- Eitan Y. Alimi Samuel Peleg -- Hassan Hanafi -- Wilhelm Kempf -- Eitan Y. Alimi -- Juan Aviles Samuel Peleg -- Hassan Hanafi -- Wilhelm Kempf -- Eitan Y. Alimi -- Juan Aviles -- Barry A. Feinstein Samuel Peleg -- Hassan Hanafi -- Wilhelm Kempf -- Eitan Y. Alimi -- Juan Aviles -- Barry A. Feinstein -- Mokhtar Benabdallaoui Samuel Peleg -- Hassan Hanafi -- Wilhelm Kempf -- Eitan Y. Alimi -- Juan Aviles -- Barry A. Feinstein -- Mokhtar Benabdallaoui -- Berthold Meyer Samuel Peleg -- Hassan Hanafi -- Wilhelm Kempf -- Eitan Y. Alimi -- Juan Aviles -- Barry A. Feinstein -- Mokhtar Benabdallaoui -- Berthold Meyer -- Eitan Hadar Samuel Peleg -- Hassan Hanafi -- Wilhelm Kempf -- Eitan Y. Alimi -- Juan Aviles -- Barry A. Feinstein -- Mokhtar Benabdallaoui -- Berthold Meyer -- Eitan Hadar -- Irit Hadar Samuel Peleg -- Hassan Hanafi -- Wilhelm Kempf -- Eitan Y. Alimi -- Juan Aviles -- Barry A. Feinstein -- Mokhtar Benabdallaoui -- Berthold Meyer -- Eitan Hadar -- Irit Hadar -- Mansour Abu Rashid Samuel Peleg -- Hassan Hanafi -- Wilhelm Kempf -- Eitan Y. Alimi -- Juan Aviles -- Barry A. Feinstein -- Mokhtar Benabdallaoui -- Berthold Meyer -- Eitan Hadar -- Irit Hadar -- Mansour Abu Rashid -- Jeff Fouhy Samuel Peleg -- Hassan Hanafi -- Wilhelm Kempf -- Eitan Y. Alimi -- Juan Aviles -- Barry A. Feinstein -- Mokhtar Benabdallaoui -- Berthold Meyer -- Eitan Hadar -- Irit Hadar -- Mansour Abu Rashid -- Jeff Fouhy -- Alexander Bligh Samuel Peleg -- Hassan Hanafi -- Wilhelm Kempf -- Eitan Y. Alimi -- Juan Aviles -- Barry A. Feinstein -- Mokhtar Benabdallaoui -- Berthold Meyer -- Eitan Hadar -- Irit Hadar -- Mansour Abu Rashid -- Jeff Fouhy -- Alexander Bligh -- Olga A. Vorkunova, David Hovhannesian Samuel Peleg -- Hassan Hanafi -- Wilhelm Kempf -- Eitan Y. Alimi -- Juan Aviles -- Barry A. Feinstein -- Mokhtar Benabdallaoui -- Berthold Meyer -- Eitan Hadar -- Irit Hadar -- Mansour Abu Rashid -- Jeff Fouhy -- Alexander Bligh -- Olga A. Vorkunova, David Hovhannesian -- Lubna Nadvi Samuel Peleg -- Hassan Hanafi -- Wilhelm Kempf -- Eitan Y. Alimi -- Juan Aviles -- Barry A. Feinstein -- Mokhtar Benabdallaoui -- Berthold Meyer -- Eitan Hadar -- Irit Hadar -- Mansour Abu Rashid -- Jeff Fouhy -- Alexander Bligh -- Olga A. Vorkunova, David Hovhannesian -- Lubna Nadvi -- Anne Speckhard Samuel Peleg-- Hassan Hanafi-- Wilhelm Kempf-- Eitan Y. Alimi-- Juan Aviles-- Barry A. Feinstein-- Mokhtar Benabdallaoui-- Berthold Meyer-- Eitan Hadar-- Irit Hadar-- Mansour Abu Rashid-- Jeff Fouhy-- Alexander Bligh-- Olga A. Vorkunova, David Hovhannesian-- Lubna Nadvi-- Anne Speckhard-- Samuel Peleg. Contemporary Modern Terrorism : Actors, Motivations, Countermeasures / Samuel Peleg -- The Double Fear : Who Is Afraid Of Whom? / Hassan Hanafi -- September 11 And The Need For A Social Science Research Agenda / Wilhelm Kempf -- Reconceptualizing Political Terrorism : A Collective Action Perspective For Analyzing The Tanzim / Eitan Y. Alimi -- Experiencing Terrorism In Spain : The Case Of Eta / Juan Aviles -- Combating Terrorism Through International Law / Barry A. Feinstein -- Violence And Terrorism : The Sense And Its Names / Mokhtar Benabdallaoui -- Fighting Terrorism By Tightening Laws : A Tightrope Walk Between Protecting Security And Losing Liberty / Berthold Meyer -- Peer Networks Of Collaborating Intelligent Software Agents : Modular Infrastructure For Adaptive Distributed Intelligent Systems / Eitan Hadar -- The Impact Of The Human Aspects In Designing Collaborative Information Technology Systems / Irit Hadar -- A Practitioner's Thoughts About Terrorism / Mansour Abu Rashid -- The Role Of Business In The Uk Policing Counter-terrorist Effort / Jeff Fouhy -- An Analytical Model Of Anti-terror Cross-border Cooperation / Alexander Bligh -- Terrorism : Myth Conceptions And Conceptual Inadequacies / Olga A. Vorkunova, David Hovhannesian -- The War Against State Terrorism : Reframing The Debate On Global Terrorism / Lubna Nadvi -- Understanding Suicide Terrorism : Countering Human Bombs And Their Senders / Anne Speckhard -- The World After 9/11 : New Actors, New Game / Samuel Peleg. Edited By Samuel Peleg And Wilhelm Kempf. Proceedings Of The Nato Advanced Research Workshop On Fighting Terrorism In The Liberal State: An Integrated Model Of Research, Intelligence And International Law, Konstanz, Germany, 15-16 April 2005--t.p. Verso. Published In Cooperation With Nato Public Diplomacy Division. This Publication Is Supported By: The Nato Programme For Security Through Science--cover. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Title page......Page 1 Introduction: Terrorism and the Open Society - A Question of Balance......Page 5 Contents......Page 13 Contemporary Modern Terrorism: Actors, Motivations, Countermeasures......Page 15 The Double Fear: Who Is Afraid of Whom?......Page 22 September 11 and the Need for a Social Science Research Agenda......Page 28 Reconceptualizing Political Terrorism: A Collective Action Perspective for Analyzing the Tanzim......Page 34 Experiencing Terrorism in Spain: The Case of ETA......Page 54 Combating Terrorism Through International Law......Page 62 Violence and Terrorism: The Sense and Its Names......Page 97 Fighting Terrorism by Tightening Laws: A Tightrope Walk Between Protecting Security and Losing Liberty......Page 102 Peer Networks of Collaborating Intelligent Software Agents: Modular Infrastructure for Adaptive Distributed Intelligent Systems......Page 112 The Impact of the Human Aspects in Designing Collaborative Information Technology Systems......Page 122 A Practitioner's Thoughts About Terrorism......Page 127 The Role of Business in the UK Policing Counter-Terrorist Effort......Page 136 An Analytical Model of Anti-Terror Cross-Border Cooperation......Page 138 Terrorism: Myth Conceptions and Conceptual Inadequacies......Page 148 The War Against State Terrorism: Reframing the Debate on Global Terrorism......Page 168 Understanding Suicide Terrorism: Countering Human Bombs and Their Senders......Page 172 The World After 9/11: New Actors, New Game......Page 190 Subject Index......Page 207 Author Index......Page 211 Contains papers that illustrate the balanced dichotomy between terrorism and counter-terrorism against the background of the liberal state. How to establish the equilibrium of combating terrorism while preserving the liberties of the open society? This book begins with this question and tackles different aspects and dimensions of this dilemma.