TERRORISM

COMM SEC DOCS V104 TERR C
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-19-539808-3
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 512 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 1148 g

Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents Volume 104: Current Trends brings readers up to date on the major trends in U.S. counter-terrorism efforts. In this volume, General Editors Doug Lovelace, Kristen Boon and Aziz Huq categorize the selected documents into three realms: strategic trends, economic trends, and intelligence trends. In the strategic realm, Lovelace provides helpful commentary on such underreported national security threats as the threat of conventional arms posed by developing countries. The main economic trend that this volume explores is the immense economic burden created by the US military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq. The last section of this volume presents the latest information on how technology is improving the intelligence capabilities of the U.S. military.

In particular, Volume 104 (Current Trends) details how the U.S. military has adjusted its counter-terror strategy in light of the Global War on Terrorism's open-ended, seemingly endless nature. Lovelace's commentary and document selection also reveal the problem the U.S. federal government faces in its commitment to insure victims of terrorism for their losses. Lastly, this volume shows how the U.S. intelligence community has now sought to improve its effectiveness by studying the non-terrorist criminal steps that extremist groups take in preparation for an attack.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oceana

Boon, Kristen

Huq, Aziz

Lovelace, Jr., Douglas

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- STRATEGIC TRENDS IN TERRORISM

- Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr., Esq.

- DOCUMENT NO. 1: National Defense Strategy, U.S. Department of Defense, June, 2008

- DOCUMENT NO. 2: Joint Operating Environment, Joint Forces Command: November 25, 2008

- DOCUMENT NO. 3: The Irregular Warfare Joint Operating Concept, U.S. Department of Defense: September 11, 2007

- ECONOMIC TRENDS IN TERRORISM

- Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr., Esq.

- DOCUMENT NO. 4: Estimated Costs of U.S. Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and of Other Activities Related to the War on Terror, by Peter Orszag (Director, Congressional Budget Office): October 24, 2007

- DOCUMENT NO. 5: Global War on Terrorism: Reported Obligations for the Department of Defense, GAO Report: December 15, 2008

- DOCUMENT NO. 6: Terrorism Insurance: Status of Efforts by Policyholders to Obtain Coverage, GAO Report: September 15, 2008.

- INTELLIGENCE TRENDS IN TERRORISM

- Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr., Esq.

- DOCUMENT NO. 7: Geospatial Analysis of Terrorist Activities: The Identification of Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Preparatory Behavior of International and Environmental Terrorists, by Brent L. Smith, Jackson Cothren, Paxton Roberts, and Kelly R. Damphousse: Terrorism Research Center Report, February 2008

- DOCUMENT NO. 8: Information Sharing: Definition of the Results to Be Achieved in Terrorism-Related Information Sharing Is Needed to Guide Implementation and Assess Progress: GAO Report, June 2008

- DOCUMENT NO. 9: Developing and Testing a Method for Using 911 Calls for Identifying Potential Pre-Planning Terrorist Surveillance Activities, National Institute of Justice Report: May 2008

Über Autor(innen)

Doug Lovelace is the Director of the Strategic Studies Institute at the US Army War College. Earlier in his military career, he worked on national security directives. He holds an MBA degree from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and a JD from Widener School of Law.

Kristen E Boon is Director of International Programs at Seton Hall University School of Law. Her writings have appeared in the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law and the New York University Journal of International Law. A former clerk to the Supreme Court of Canada's Justice Ian Binnie, she holds an M.A. in Political Science from McGill University and a J.D. from New York University School of Law.

Aziz Huq teaches at the University of Chicago Law School and was recently Director of the Liberty and National Security Project at NYU Law School's Brennan Center. He previously clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and served as Senior Consultant Analyst for the International Crisis Group.