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Terrorism: Documents of International and Local Control is a
hardbound series that provides primary-source documents on the
worldwide counter-terrorism effort. Chief among the documents
collected are transcripts of Congressional testimony, reports by
such federal government bodies as the Congressional Research
Service and the Government Accountability Office, and case law
covering issues related to terrorism. Most volumes carry a single
theme, and inside each volume the documents appear within
topic-based categories. The series also includes a subject index
and other indices that guide the user through this complex area of
the law. Terrorism in Pakistan's value to researchers of Pakistani
terrorism issues is immediately evident from the organization of
the salient documents therein: first Pakistan's security law (in
statutes and international agreements), then Pakistan's reports to
the UN, UN resolutions on Pakistani terrorism developments, next
some U.S. perspectives on the problem, and lastly the perspectives
of international groups (including a message from al-Qaeda). Since
Pakistan's national efforts at thwarting internal terrorist
activity have largely failed, this volume's combination of
perspectives from inside the country with those from elsewhere
yields a full and thoughtful picture for researchers delving into
this complex arena, where history, religious extremism, and
international political imperatives meet. The impact of jihadist
training and organization within Pakistan extends far beyond its
borders, and so any scholarly treatment of this subject must
include both that discussion of domestic measures and that survey
of international responses to those measures. Researchers will find
in this volume the full spectrum of legal and political debate that
revolves around this troubled country.
Terrorism: Documents of International and Local Control is a
hardbound series that provides primary-source documents on the
worldwide counter-terrorism effort. Chief among the documents
collected are transcripts of Congressional and Parliamentary
testimony, reports by quasi-governmental organizations, and case
law covering issues related to terrorism. The series also includes
a subject index and other indices that guide the user through this
complex area of the law. Overall, the series keeps users up to date
on the panoply of terrorism issues now facing the U.S. and the
world. Terrorism in India takes researchers inside a country
currently reeling from its own major terrorist assault: India. For
the first time, the Terrorism series devotes a full volume to that
country's anti-terrorism policy and security challenges. The
documents presented here include both background legislation and
recent government responses to the Mumbai attacks.
Terrorism: Documents of International and Local Control is a
hardbound series that provides primary-source documents on the
worldwide counter-terrorism effort. Chief among the documents
collected are transcripts of Congressional and Parliamentary
testimony, reports by quasi-governmental organizations, and case
law covering issues related to terrorism. The series also includes
a subject index and other indices that guide the user through this
complex area of the law. Overall, the series keeps users up to date
on the panoply of terrorism issues now facing the U.S. and the
world. Cyberterrorism: Evolving Perceptions of the Threat focuses
exclusively on the threat of cyberterrorism in the U.S. General
Editor Lovelace has for this volume selected authoritative
documents demonstrating the current homeland vulnerabilities to
such an attack. By presenting these documents and by using his
commentary to assess the extent of such threats and
vulnerabilities, Lovelace has constructed a valuable one-stop
resource for researching the prospect of computer-based and
internet-based terrorism.
Terrorism: Documents of International and Local Control is a
hardbound series that provides primary-source documents on the
worldwide counter-terrorism effort. Chief among the documents
collected are transcripts of Congressional and Parliamentary
testimony, reports by quasi-governmental organizations, and case
law covering issues related to terrorism. The series also includes
a subject index and other indices that guide the user through this
complex area of the law. Overall, the series keeps users up to date
on the panoply of terrorism issues now facing the U.S. and the
world. Use of Contractors in the War Against Terrorists explores
the controversial issue of defense contractors. In selecting
documents for this volume and in writing expert commentary for it,
General Editor Lovelace has focused almost entirely on the current
U.S. military's use of contractors in Iraq. Although other books
have addressed the problem of military contracting, this volume
constitutes a rare combination of primary material and new
commentary on this developing issue.
Terrorism: Documents of International and Local Control is a
hardbound series that provides primary-source documents on the
worldwide counter-terrorism effort. Chief among the documents
collected are transcripts of Congressional testimony, reports by
such federal government bodies as the Congressional Research
Service and the Government Accountability Office, and case law
covering issues related to terrorism. Most volumes carry a single
theme, and inside each volume the documents appear within
topic-based categories. The series also includes a subject index
and other indices that guide the user through this complex area of
the law. Detainee Treatment, Interrogation and Extraordinary
Rendition in the War Against Terrorists leads researchers through
the legal background to the headline-grabbing issue of coercive
interrogation. The centerpiece of the volume is the section on the
Yoo memo, a document prepared by the Bush Administration to lay the
supposedly legal foundation for torturing detainees suspected of
terrorism. While many press reports have discussed and partially
quoted the memorandum, this volume constitutes the first
publication of both the memo's full text and expert commentary
thereof. General Editor Douglas Lovelace also equips readers with
the background treaties and statutes necessary to understand the
issue (the U.N. Convention Against Torture, the McCain Amendment to
the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, etc.), and he in turn makes
those laws more comprehensible with his own thought-provoking
analysis of them. Now that the question of torture's legality has
become such a prominent topic in law school classrooms and in the
halls of Congress, both students and policymakers will find a
uniquely comprehensive and accessible resource for their queries in
Volume 95 of Terrorism.
Terrorism: Documents of International and Local Control is a
hardbound series that provides primary-source documents on the
worldwide counter-terrorism effort. Chief among the documents
collected are transcripts of Congressional testimony, reports by
such federal government bodies as the Congressional Research
Service and the Government Accountability Office, and case law
covering issues related to terrorism. Most volumes carry a single
theme, and inside each volume the documents appear within
topic-based categories. The series also includes a subject index
and other indices that guide the user through this complex area of
the law. Managing the Nation's Borders During the Global War
Against Terrorists presents three viewpoints on the problem of
securing U.S. borders: the U.S. government's self-assessment, the
often critical judgment of independent agencies like the Government
Accountability Office ("GAO") and the Congressional Research
Service ("CRS"), and General Editor Douglas C. Lovelace's own
critique both of the governmental pronouncements and of those
GAO/CRS reports. By presenting both the text of border-related
regulations and these three perspectives on those regulations'
effectiveness, Lovelace provides researchers with a one-volume,
comprehensive exposition of the topical issue of border security.
Even more importantly, the documents and commentary in this volume
will provoke policymakers and other government staff into thinking
differently and creatively about the challenge of securing borders
that extend for thousands of miles over often harsh terrain. For
example, Lovelace and some of the included authors challenge the
notion that physical barriers alone will impede the entry of
terrorists. Similarly, Lovelace here encourages his readers to
envision borders not just as a means to regulate crime but also as
a vehicle for international cooperation between, in this case, the
U.S., Mexico, and Canada. This volume is essential for any
researcher seeking a current, tough-minded analysis of U.S. border
security.
Terrorism: Documents of International and Local Control is a
hardbound series that provides primary-source documents on the
worldwide counter-terrorism effort. Chief among the documents
collected are transcripts of Congressional testimony, reports by
such federal government bodies as the Congressional Research
Service and the Government Accountability Office, and case law
covering issues related to terrorism. Most volumes carry a single
theme, and inside each volume the documents appear within
topic-based categories. The series also includes a subject index
and other indices that guide the user through this complex area of
the law. The Palestinian Territories and Hamas provides researchers
with a thorough tour of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The
documents making up that tour include not just reports on Hamas and
Israeli military action but also analyses of such topics as the
Palestinian economy, the EU's relationship with the Palestinian
Authority, and, most especially, the construction and consequences
of the Security Wall. Although Volume 93 presents the Israeli
government's view of Hamas violence, the volume also provides
Hamas's own charter and third-party statements on how some of
Israel's policies have harmed Palestinians. Volume 93 also gives
researchers, in addition to the opinions of government agencies and
international bodies, the viewpoints of both U.S. and international
courts. This balanced presentation of documents will allow readers
to rely primarily on this book for the most common
Palestinian-related research questions. Volume 93 provides
researchers with a thorough tour of the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict. The documents making up that tour include not just
reports on Hamas and Israeli military action but also analyses of
such topics as the Palestinian economy, the EU's relationship with
the Palestinian Authority, and, most especially, the construction
and consequences of the Security Wall. Although Volume 93 presents
the Israeli government's view of Hamas violence, the volume also
provides Hamas's own charter and third-party statements on how some
of Israel's policies have harmed Palestinians. Volume 93 also gives
researchers, in addition to the opinions of government agencies and
international bodies, the viewpoints of both U.S. and international
courts. This balanced presentation of documents will allow readers
to rely primarily on this book for the most common
Palestinian-related research questions.
Terrorism: Documents of International and Local Control is a
hardbound series that provides primary-source documents on the
worldwide counter-terrorism effort. Chief among the documents
collected are transcripts of Congressional testimony, reports by
such federal government bodies as the Congressional Research
Service and the Government Accountability Office, and case law
covering issues related to terrorism. Most volumes carry a single
theme, and inside each volume the documents appear within
topic-based categories. The series also includes a subject index
and other indices that guide the user through this complex area of
the law. Lebanon and Hezbollah charts the course of Hezbollah's
rise and Lebanon-based violence over the last five tumultuous years
of that country's history. The documents collected in this volume
demonstrate not just key details in Hezbollah's direct war on
Israel but also the organization's public relations and financial
efforts, both over the Internet and in collaboration with Iran. But
this volume's usefulness can be found not just in its detailed
history of Hezbollah's multi-front campaign but also in several
documents' analysis of the suffering endured by Lebanese citizens,
including the harm wrought by Israel's response to Hezbollah. To
complete the picture of Lebanon's difficult recent history, Volume
92 also provides two classes of UN documents: Lebanon's own reports
on its counter-terror work, and the Security Council's measures
related to the tribunal investigating Hariri's assassination. For
researchers seeking one volume in which all parties affected by the
Lebanese crisis present their view, this volume will prove quite
valuable.
Volume 89 introduces Terrorism researchers to the realm of European
Union security law. With an ever-expanding immigrant population and
a rising Islamic presence within Europe, the EU's quickly
developing security law demands the kind of topically organized
document collection that Volume 89 constitutes. A key feature of
this volume is the section devoted to case law from the European
Court of Justice, which has addressed the delicate legal issue of
defining and categorizing philanthropic organizations as
terrorist-supporting groups. This volume also features the text of
European Parliament measures that regulate the flow of money to
terrorist groups. Given the prominence of these questions in
non-European countries as well, this volume will serve as a unique
research tool for scholars and policymakers around the world.
Terrorism: Documents of International and Local Control is a
hardbound series that provides primary-source documents on the
worldwide counter-terrorism effort. Chief among the documents
collected are transcripts of Congressional testimony, reports by
such federal government bodies as the Congressional Research
Service and the Government Accountability Office, and case law
covering issues related to terrorism. Most volumes carry a single
theme, and inside each volume the documents appear within
topic-based categories. The series also includes a subject index
and other indices that guide the user through this complex area of
the law.
Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents is a series that
provides primary source documents and expert commentary on various
topics relating to the worldwide effort to combat terrorism, as
well as efforts by the United States and other nations to protect
their national security interests. Volume 148, Lone Wolf
Terrorists, examines the phenomenon of the solitary domestic
terrorist, analyzes the distinction between such terrorists and
mass murderers who are not deemed to be terrorists, considers the
motivations of violent extremists, and examines the dilemmas faced
by law enforcement in preventing solitary political extremists with
violent ideologies from translating their beliefs into actions. The
volume is divided into three sections, providing an overview of the
topic, an examination of strategies for prevention of such attacks,
and a consideration of the Internet's role in contributing to
radicalization. Documents included in this volume include a CRS
report on domestic terrorism, a report examining violent
radicalization from a criminal justice perspective, and a CRS
report differentiating hate crimes from domestic terrorism, as well
as other reports on the lone wolf terrorism phenomenon and
strategies to prevent and/or counter it. The last document in the
volume is a CRS report relating to the advocacy of terrorism on the
Internet, especially including social media, and the ways in which
law enforcement might be able to address the problem of dangerous
online speech within the current U.S. legal structure.
Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents is a series that
provides primary source documents and expert commentary on various
topics relating to the worldwide effort to combat terrorism, as
well as efforts by the United States and other nations to protect
their national security interests. Volume 147, Assessing the 2017
U.S. National Security Strategy, evaluates the changes in U.S.
national security policy indicated in the National Security
Strategy published by the Trump administration in 2017, as well as
the U.S. National Defense Strategy, a summary of which was made
available to the public in 2018. The volume also takes a close look
at the comparable strategy documents of the Russian Federation and
the People's Republic of China (PRC), the two greatest competitors
of the U.S. in the global power structure, in addition to
considering the U.S. security posture in the broader international
context. In addition to including the text of the 2017 U.S.
National Security Strategy and the 2018 U.S. National Defense
Strategy, this volume also includes the Russian Federation's
Foreign Policy Concept, National Security Strategy, and Military
Doctrine, and China's national defense, military strategy, and
Asia-Pacific cooperation documents, as well as Chinese President Xi
Jinping's October 2017 speech to the 19th National Congress of the
Communist Party of China outlining the way forward for the PRC. Two
2017 CRS reports examining U.S. security strategy in the
international context are also included: U.S. Role in the World:
Background and Issues for Congress and A Shift in the International
Security Environment: Potential Implications for Defense-Issues for
Congress.
Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents is a series that
provides primary source documents and expert commentary on various
topics relating to the worldwide effort to combat terrorism, as
well as efforts by the United States and other nations to protect
their national security interests. Volume 145, The North Korean
Threat, examines the strategies adopted by the United States,
China, and the international community in response to the nuclear
threat posed by North Korea. The volume includes a selection of
documents chosen to illustrate developments in this area from 2010
through 2016, with commentary from series editor Douglas C.
Lovelace, Jr. The documents in this volume include 2016 UN Security
Council resolutions on North Korea, Congressional Research Service
reports covering various aspects of the U.S. response to North
Korea's nuclear program, a U.S. Department of Defense report
prepared for Congress on military and security developments related
to North Korea, and a detailed description of the U.S. sanctions
program against North Korea from the U.S. Treasury Department's
Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents is a series that
provides primary source documents and expert commentary on various
topics relating to the worldwide effort to combat terrorism, as
well as efforts by the United States and other nations to protect
their national security interests. Volume 146, Russia's Resurgence,
examines recent developments in the foreign policy and strategy of
the Russian Federation, including an examination of its aggression
against neighboring states with Russian populations, its recent
focus on strengthening its military capabilities, its larger
strategy vis-a-vis NATO and the United States, its utilization of
hybrid warfare in the "gray zone" to achieve its goals, its
increasing influence on Middle Eastern politics, and the historical
context within which these developments have occurred. This volume
includes Congressional Research Service reports on security issues
concerning the United States, Ukraine, and the Russian Federation,
as well as an English-language version of the Military Doctrine of
the Russian Federation made available to the public, NATO's
Framework for Future Alliance Operations, and recent studies on
Russia's hybrid warfare from the NATO Defense College and the Joint
Special Operations University Press.
At a crucial crossroads between Africa and Europe, the
Mediterranean and the Atlantic, and the "Arab World" and the West,
Morocco has long had a special place in U.S. diplomacy and
strategic planning. Since September 11, 2001, Morocco's importance
to the United States has only increased, and the more recent
uncertainties of the Arab Spring and Islamist extremism have
further increased the value of the Moroccan-American alliance. Yet
one of the pillars of the legitimacy of the Moroccan monarchy, its
claim to the Western Sahara, remains a point of violent contention.
Home to the largest functional military barrier in the world, the
Western Sahara has a long history of colonial conquest and
resistance, guerrilla warfare and counterinsurgency, and evolving
strategic thought, and its future may prove critical to U.S.
interests in the region.
The premise of most Western thinking on counterinsurgency is that
success depends on establishing a perception of legitimacy among
local populations. The path to legitimacy is often seen as the
improvement of governance in the form of effective and efficient
administration of government and public services. However, good
governance is not the only possible basis for claims to legitimacy.
The author considers whether, in insurgencies where ethno-religious
identities are salient, claims to legitimacy may rest more on the
identity of who governs, rather than on how whoever governs
governs. This monograph presents an analytic framework for
examining these issues and then applies that framework to two
detailed local case studies of American counterinsurgency
operations in Iraq: Ramadi from 2004-05; and Tal Afar from 2005-06.
These case studies are based on primary research, including dozens
of interviews with participants and eyewitnesses. The cases yield
ample evidence that ethno-religious identity politics do shape
counterinsurgency outcomes in important ways, and also offer
qualified support for the argument that addressing identity
politics may be more critical than good governance to
counterinsurgent success. Key policy implications include the
importance of making strategy development as sensitive as possible
to the dynamics of identity politics, and to local variations and
complexity in causal relationships among popular loyalties,
grievances, and political violence.
This monograph begins with a case study that provides a means for
analyzing the complexity of organizational leadership in the
contemporary security environment. As such, it presents a high
stakes problem-set that required an operational adaptation by a
cavalry squadron conducting combat operations in Baghdad. This
problematic reality triggered the struggle to find a creative
response to a very deadly problem, while cultural norms served as
barriers that prevented the rejection of previously accepted
solutions that had proven successful in the past, even though those
successful solutions no longer fit in the context of the reality of
the present. The case study highlights leaders who were constrained
by deeply-held assumptions that inhibited their ability to adapt
quickly to a changed environment. The case study then moves on to
provide an example of a successful application of adaptive
leadership and adaptive work that was performed by the organization
after a period of reflection and the willingness to experiment and
assume risk. The case study serves as a microcosm of the challenges
facing the U.S. Army, and the corresponding leadership framework
presented in this monograph can be used as a model for the Army as
it attempts to move forward in its effort to make adaptation an
institutional imperative. The paper presents a more holistic
approach to leadership where the leader transcends that of simply
being an authority figure and becomes a real leader who provides a
safe and creative learning environment where the organization can
tackle and solve adaptive challenges. The paper concludes by
recommending that U.S. Army leaders apply Harvard Professor Dean
Williams's theory to the challenges confronting the Army's leader
development process thereby fostering a culture of adaptive
leaders.
This book explores the relationship between strategic planning and
doctrine at the joint level.
Dr. Williams identifies the roots of organized crime in
post-Ba'athist Iraq in an authoritarian and corrupt state dominated
by Saddam Hussein and subject to international sanctions. He also
explains the rise of organized crime after the U.S. invasion in
terms of two distinct waves: the first wave followed the collapse
of the state and was accompanied by the breakdown of social control
mechanisms and the development of anomie; the second wave was
driven by anarchy, insecurity, political ambition, and the
imperatives of resource generation for militias, insurgents, and
other groups. This monograph looks in detail at major criminal
activities, including the theft, diversion, and smuggling of oil,
the kidnapping of both Iraqis and foreigners, extortion, car theft,
and the theft and smuggling of antiquities. The author also
considers the critical role played by corruption in facilitating
and strengthening organized crime. He shows how al-Qaeda in Iraq,
Jaish-al-Mahdi, and the Sunni tribes used criminal activities to
fund their campaigns of political violence. Dr. Williams also
identifies necessary responses to organized crime and corruption in
Iraq, including efforts to reduce criminal opportunities, change
incentive structures, and more directly target criminal
organizations and activities.
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Old and New Insurgency Forms (Paperback)
Robert J. Bunker; Edited by Strategic Studies Institute (U S ), Army War College (U.S.); Foreword by Douglas C. Lovelace
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