Do Counter-Terrorism Measures Work? Appraising the Long-Term and Global Effectiveness of Security Policies

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Berenice Boutin
Keyword(s):  
Security Policies ◽  
Counter Terrorism

scholarly journals Countering terrorism and radicalisation: Securitising social policy?

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Ragazzi
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Security Studies ◽  
Security Policies ◽  
Policy Actors ◽  
Counter Terrorism ◽  
Critical Security Studies ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Politics Of Religion ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Uk

While social and security policies have always overlapped in complex ways, recent developments in counter-terrorism policy suggest that Western European states, and the United Kingdom more specifically, are accelerating what can be termed the ‘securitisation of social policy’1 – namely, the increased submission of social policy actors and their practices to the logics of security and social control. With the PREVENT programme remaining highly controversial, what are the effects of these state practices? Has David Cameron’s project of ‘muscular liberalism’, aimed at integration and community cohesion, been enforced through counter-radicalisation policies? This themed issue examines preventative counter-terrorism policies in the UK and the politics of religion, ethnicity and race they enact. The relation between social policy and critical security studies is explored by an interdisciplinary group of scholars.

What German Responsibility Means

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-24
Author(s):  
Hanns W. Maull
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Nazi Germany ◽  
Security Policies ◽  
German Foreign Policy ◽  
Political Concept ◽  
Term Energy ◽  
Shadow Cast

“Responsibility” has long been a key political concept in German foreign policy since 1949. It reflects the shadow cast by Germany over Europe during the first half of the last century, and therefore implies a determination to pursue, at home and abroad, policies that are diametrically opposed to those pursued by Berlin under Emperor Wilhelm ii and Nazi Germany. In today’s context, German foreign policy “responsibility” has to deal with the breakdown of the pan-European order of Paris. The article argues that Berlin against this background should assume a leadership role within the osce along three major lines: new initiatives to launch co-operative security policies; long-term energy co-operation; and co-operative efforts to enhance the very fragile foundations of governance throughout Eastern Europe.

scholarly journals Security forecasts of terrorist attack

2019 ◽  
Vol 292 ◽  
pp. 01035
Author(s):  
Marta Blahova
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
International Security ◽  
Terrorist Attack ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Security Strategy ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Counter Terrorism ◽  
Introductory Part

This article deals with security developments in terrorism. In the introductory part, the article deals with the history and current situation of terrorism. Furthermore, the national ones are analyzed and International Security Strategy Papers on Counter-Terrorism. In the next part of this article, long-term safety forecasts from the Czech Republic are analyzed and foreign authors with a focus on terrorism. The main outcome of the article is a proposal for an alternative scenario of possible security developments in the area of terrorism within the European Union.

scholarly journals Los derechos fundamentales en la encrucijada de la lucha contra el terrorismo yihadista. Lo que el constitucionalismo y el derecho de la Unión Europea pueden ofrecer en común

2016 ◽  
pp. 487
Author(s):  
Rosario Serra Cristóbal
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Security Policies ◽  
Counter Terrorism ◽  
Jihadist Terrorism ◽  
The Eu

En la encrucijada de la lucha contra el terrorismo yihadista, numerosos derechos y libertades se han visto lamentablemente restringidos. Lo que se analiza en este trabajo es si, desde el marco de la UE, cabe establecer límites a esa capacidad individual de los Estados de adoptar decisiones en materia de seguridad nacional. Se defiende que contamos con principios e instrumentos, que son compartidos en el constitucionalismo europeo y que constituyen el fundamento de la UE, que pueden ayudar a que el peso de las políticas antiterroristas en Europa no recaiga exclusivamente en la defensa de la seguridad a costa de un sacrificio desproporcionado de nuestras libertades.At the crossroads of the fight against Jihadist terrorism, many rights and freedoms result limited. This dissertation analyses whether limits could be settle, from the EU framework, on the States’ autonomy to decide on national security policies. The essay argues that principles and tools exist, that are common to both the European constitutionalism and to the EU’ basis, and could contribute to balance the counter-terrorism fight strategies in favour of national security but without a disproportionate damage to our liberties.

29. Terrorism

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Scheinin
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Human Rights Violations ◽  
Intergovernmental Organizations ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Main Section ◽  
Human Rights Protection ◽  
Counter Terrorism ◽  
Rights Protection ◽  
Full Compliance

This chapter first addresses the question of whether terrorism constitutes a violation of human rights, or whether the notion of human rights violations can only be applied to action by states, and then considers challenges to the applicability of human rights law in the fight against terrorism, particularly since 9/11. It focuses on the notion of terrorism, and in particular the risks posed to human rights protection by vague or over-inclusive definitions of terrorism. The main section of the chapter deals with some of the major challenges posed by counter-terrorism measures to substantive human rights protections. It is argued that the unprecedented post-9/11 wave of counter-terrorism laws and measures that infringed upon human rights was a unique situation, and that governments and intergovernmental organizations are realizing that full compliance with human rights in the fight against terrorism is not only morally and legally correct but is also the most effective way of combating terrorism in the long term.

AMLO crime strategy to face major challenges in Mexico

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Violent Crime ◽  
Security Policies ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Security Forces ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Change Of Direction ◽  
Security Challenges ◽  
President Elect

Subject New security strategies. Significance When he takes office on December 1, President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) will inherit responsibility for addressing some of Mexico’s worst-ever rates of violent crime. Rejecting the failed, militaristic security strategies of President Enrique Pena Nieto, AMLO has pledged a new approach based on long-term prevention, investment and a shake-up of the security forces. His recognition of the need for a change of direction is promising, but his plans are ambitious and lacking in detail, and his goals have already been revised down on multiple occasions. Impacts Rapidly changing security challenges will test the effectiveness and viability of AMLO’s security approach. Morena’s control of both houses of Congress will be insufficient to guarantee security policies’ success. Limited financial resources may affect AMLO’s ability to improve overall security.

‘Alert not alarm’: The UK experience of public counter-terrorism awareness and training, with explicit reference to Project ARGUS

2019 ◽  
Vol 93 (3) ◽  
pp. 167-182
Author(s):  
Dylan Aplin ◽  
Marian Brooke Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Training Tool ◽  
Counter Terrorism ◽  
Shopping Centre ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
And Training

This study evaluates the contribution of a UK counter-terrorism training tool, the Project ARGUS simulation exercise format, designed to increase preparedness by ‘alerting not alarming’ the populace to the prevailing ‘severe’ international terrorist threat. The paper draws upon the theoretical basis for preparedness in order to contend that, despite exceeding expectations in terms of quantity of events delivered and evidence of immediate post-event learning, Project ARGUS does not wholly live up to its promise to change the behaviour of individuals and organisations by embedding long-term learning. The researchers designed and analysed pre- and post-event questionnaires (N = 120) in order to explore the impact of attendance at an ARGUS Retail event within a shopping centre. This information was then augmented with a follow-up survey (N = 44) and semi-structured interviews (N = 9) of key facilitators and participants. The authors recommend the immediate adoption of an appropriate evaluation and certification scheme to mandate participation and embed organisational learning. They argue that adoption of these approaches would better enable ARGUS to fulfil its potential and make a significant contribution to improving the resilience of busy crowded places to terrorism in the UK.

Talking security and rights

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 658-682 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ipek Demirsu
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Frame Analysis ◽  
Hard Core ◽  
Security Policies ◽  
Parliamentary Debates ◽  
Counter Terrorism ◽  
Moral Power ◽  
Liberal Rights ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Established Democracies

Abstract This article addresses the question of how draconian counter-terrorism policies are legitimized in long-established democracies. Being the heartland of liberal rights, the UK comes to the fore as a striking case where some of the most controversial security policies have been enacted. The study undertakes a systematic frame analysis of UK parliamentary debates with the help of ATLAS.ti, which allows the analyst to trace and map out recurrent concepts, themes, and arguments as well as their overall distribution. While demonstrating the workings of securitization in the formulation of key counter-terrorism legislation, the study unearths how the security narrative in the UK context evidently relies on the language of rights in invoking legitimacy. The study suggests that far from negating the indispensable status of human rights, security narrative resorts to the latter’s moral power and mimics rights language, heralding the weight of these international norms even in hard-core security matters.

scholarly journals Assessing Public Support for Terrorism Over Time

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandy Schumann ◽  
Bettina Rottweiler ◽  
Paul Gill
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Counter Terrorism ◽  
Terrorist Groups ◽  
Long Term Trends ◽  
Time Series Analyses ◽  
Muslim Majority ◽  
Over Time

Public support for terrorism reflects people’s sympathy for terrorist groups or tactics; it is influenced by and, in turn, shapes terrorists’ campaigns as well as counter-terrorism measures. To date, long term trends of public opinion about terrorism have been assessed in case studies and through descriptive statistics. Systematic analyses that specify whether and how public support for terrorism has changed over time are not available. We addressed this gap in the literature and conducted time-series analyses of eight waves of data (2004 2011) from the Pew Global Attitudes Survey. Including responses from 15 Muslim majority countries (N =43255), we showed that the percentage of people who believed that suicide terrorism was justified decreased between 2005 and 2007 after which support remained at a lower level (one structural breakpoint). Results also highlighted that depending on how public opinion was operationalised, the same data could inform an opposing narrative about support for terrorism. Notably when analyses were replicated with a mean composite score of the answer options ‘often', 'sometimes‘ and ‘rarely justified’ the percentage of people who thought that terrorism was ‘ever justified’ was reduced in 2005 before increasing again in 2008 (two structural breakpoints). Pre-registration of studies is therefore crucial to avoid selective analyses.

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