Terrorism and Violence in Southeast Asia

Transnational Challenges to States and Regional Stability
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-7656-1433-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 282 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 566 g

This timely work examines the scale and root causes of terrorism across Southeast Asia, including the role of al-Qaeda's ascendancy in the region. It begins with an overview of the analytical and theoretical framework for discussing the subject. Individual chapters then examine terrorist activities from both functional and country-specific perspectives. The book traces fundamental linkages between terrorism and security issues, such as illegal immigration, narcotics trafficking, and other criminal activity. In addition, it considers the issue of convergence - the growing connection between criminal groups and terrorism, and how this may facilitate future violence. Written by a range of experts in the field, the individual chapters reflect a variety of perspectives. The contributions fall into two broad categories - chapters that directly address terrorism (the groups, their ideologies, their modus operandi, their origins, and state responses to them); and chapters that address the "enabling environment" that exists in Southeast Asia (the role of transnational crime, porous borders, convergence between terrorism and crime).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Paul J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I A Transnational Perspective of Terrorism in Southeast Asia; Chapter 1 Transnational Violence in the Asia-Pacific, Alan Dupont; Chapter 2 Militant Islamic Extremism in Southeast Asia, Peter Chalk; Chapter 3 Al-Qaeda Comes to Southeast Asia, Zachary Abuza; Chapter 4 Understanding al-Qaeda and Its Network in Southeast Asia, Rohan Gunaratna; Part II Regional Perspectives on Terrorism in Southeast Asia; Chapter 5 Al-Qaeda and Political Terrorism in Southeast Asia, Carlyle A. Thayer; Chapter 6 Terrorism and the Political Landscape in Indonesia, Anthony L. Smith; Chapter 7 The Philippines and the Challenge of International Terrorism, Paul A. Rodell; Part III Southeast Asia’s Ideological and Physical Enabling Environment; Chapter 8 Countering Radical Islam in Southeast Asia, Kumar Ramakrishna; Chapter 9 Terrorism and Transnational Organized Crime, Tamara Makarenko; Chapter 10 Trading the Tools of Terror, David Capie; Chapter 11 Border Security and Transnational Violence in Southeast Asia, Paul J. Smith; Chapter 12 Media, Information Revolution, and Terrorism in Southeast Asia, Shyam Tekwani;

Über Autor(innen)

Smith, Paul J.