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Avoiding The Terrorist Trap: Why Respect For Human Rights Is The Key To Defeating Terrorism (Paperback)
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Avoiding The Terrorist Trap: Why Respect For Human Rights Is The Key To Defeating Terrorism (Paperback)
Series: Insurgency And Terrorism Series, 12
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'This book makes uncomfortable reading both in its detailed
analysis of terrorism and its causes, and in the critique of state
responses, particularly in modern times. It is unusual to have such
a defence of a 'human rights framework' from a counter-terrorism
practitioner rather than from within the legal fraternity. It is
this that makes the case even more persuasive. All who are involved
in counter-terrorism strategy should consider carefully the
arguments put forward.'Global Policy JournalFor more than 150
years, nationalist, populist, Marxist and religious terrorists have
all been remarkably consistent and explicit about their aims:
provoke states into over-reacting to the threat they pose, then
take advantage of the divisions in society that result. Yet, state
after state falls into the trap that terrorists have set for them.
Faced with a major terrorist threat, governments seem to reach
instinctively for the most coercive tools at their disposal and, in
doing so, risk exacerbating the situation. This policy response
seems to be driven in equal parts by a lack of understanding in the
true nature of the threat, an exaggerated faith in the use of
force, and a lack of faith that democratic values are sufficiently
flexible to allow for an effective counter-terrorism response.
Drawing on a wealth of data from both historical and contemporary
sources, Avoiding the Terrorist Trap addresses common
misconceptions underpinning flawed counter-terrorist policies,
identifies the core strategies that guide terrorist operations,
consolidates the latest research on the underlying drivers of
terrorist violence, and then demonstrates why a counter-terrorism
strategy grounded in respect for human rights and the rule of law
is the most effective approach to defeating terrorism.
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