Preventing Catastrophe is written by two authors who are experienced "e;Washington hands"e; and who understand the interplay between intelligence and policymaking.
This book investigates how schools deal with racism and extremism, focusing on everyday life, students, and the surrounding community and geographical area.
This edited collection aims to analytically reconceptualise the Syrian crisis by examining how and why the country has moved from a stable to a war-torn society.
When we take a look back at the way Western states have fought terrorist organizations in the last 20 years, it is difficult not to think that these alternatives to war might have been more ethical than the decisions to invade Afghanistan and Iraq in 2001 and in 2003.
While dramatic changes are taking place on the international scene and among the major powers, Africa continues to suffer from a multitude of violent conflicts.
Looking back at the "e;War on Terror"e; and its policies, actions, and the violence that followed, this book analyzes the resulting changes in international power structures and the relationship between citizens and their representatives.
Tony Blair has often said that he wishes history to judge the great political controversies of the early twenty-first century--above all, the actions he has undertaken in alliance with George W.
The Columbine tragedy on April 20, 1999 began a new era in law enforcement as it became apparent that the police response to such mass shootings must be drastically altered.
Establishing a new framework for understanding insider risk by focusing on systems of organisation within large enterprises, including public, private, and not-for-profit sectors, this book analyses practices to better assess, prevent, detect, and respond to insider risk and protect assets and public good.
Expanding the influence of auto/biography studies into cultural criminology, Radicalization: The Life Writings of Political Prisoners addresses the origins, processes and cultures of terrorist criminality and political resistance in a globalized world.
An unflinching account of Russia's brutal war in Chechnya by a reporter who was assassinated because of her work Chechnya, a 6,000-square-mile corner of the northern Caucasus, has struggled under Russian domination for centuries.
Using the best scientific decision-making practices, this book introduces the concept of risk management and its application in the structure of national security decisions.
Former political officer for the Nicaraguan Resistance (the contras), Rogelio Pardo-Maurer shares his experiences of the factional dynamics of that group in this provocative new study.
During the Civil War many young Lumbee Indians of North Carolina hid in the swamps to avoid conscription into Confederate labor battalions and carried on a running guerilla war.
How a reluctant soldier and ranger, excelling in reconnaissance, intelligence, and covert operations, details his journey post-Cold War training to the War on Terror.
Human beings indeed need not justify terrorism of any kind, regardless of whether one is Muslim, Christian or Jew, because it is the axis of evil and devastation of mankind.
While dramatic changes are taking place on the international scene and among the major powers, Africa continues to suffer from a multitude of violent conflicts.
La presente obra, en su primer capítulo, analiza la problemática del terrorismo de corte islamista radical, también llamado terrorismo yihadista, sus implicancias y posibles riesgos para la Argentina.
"El año 2015 me hizo entender lo que había sido el colaboracionismo: pude observar hasta qué punto el confort intelectual, carnalmente unido al instinto de supervivencia, impulsa a las mentes más brillantes hacia la complacencia y la cobardía.
This proceedings volume contains presentations, group discussions and reports on terrorism-related issues, such as: motivations; tools and countermeasures; worldwide stability; risk analysis.
As became apparent after the tragic events of September 11, 2001, terrorist groups are increasingly using the Internet as a communication and propaganda tool where they can safely communicate with their affiliates, coordinate action plans, raise funds, and introduce new supporters to their networks.
The book addresses why the Pakistani state is facing persistent challenges in extending and consolidating its governance (authority) throughout its territories, especially in the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (ex-FATA)?
This book engages a comprehensive approach to understand both traditional and non-traditional security issues in addressing dimensions of India's national security.
