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The Issues of the Bush Victory in 2004: Terrorism, But Not Moral Values ARI Nº 177/2004 (Translation from Spanish) - 16.11.2004 Josep M. Colomer This paper analyses the issues that decisively shaped the election agenda during the United States presidential campaign and election of 2 November 2004. It can be expected that, during his second term, President George W. Bush will find different degrees of popular support to pursue new policy initiatives on various issues
Hispano-Argentine relations and Basque terrorism ARI Nº 116/2004 (Translation from Spanish) - 30.6.2004 Carlos Malamud On 17 June the Argentine federal judge Claudio Bonadío threw out the request for extradition of the presumed Basque terrorist Jesús María Iriondo presented by the Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón. The aim of this article is to analyse how this will affect bilateral relations between Spain and Argentina, which of late both sides had been attempting to improve
Saudi Arabia in 2004: Can it survive the terrorist threat? ARI Nº 119/2004 - 5.7.2004 Jean-François Seznec This paper will try to present a view of the socio-political structure of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia today and estimate whether the present system can handle the congruant stresses of unemployment among the young, the call for jihad by the extremists, the rift between the United States and Saudi Arabia at a time of uncertain leadership
From 9-11 to 3-11: Spain’s Role in the European Union ARI Nº 48/2004 (Translation from Spanish) - 2.6.2004 Carlos Closa Montero September 11 has had an impact on the EU and the processes underway since then, especially the negotiations on the Constitution. Now, March 11 poses new questions regarding the possible repercussions of the terrible terrorist attacks committed in Madrid.
Does al-Qaeda have a global strategy? ARI Nº 74/2004 (Translation from Spanish) - 4.5.2004 Haizam Amirah Fernández The attacks in Madrid on March 11 of this year are an example of how terrorists, when choosing a place, time and form of action, can help generate reactions which, in turn, have amplified consequences that serve their purposes. A demonstration of this tragic fact is how those who use terror for their political ends have developed an alarming capacity to analyze and predict events. Their understanding of the realities and mechanisms that govern open societies contrasts with the difficulties these societies face when attempting to predict the strategy and methods used by al-Qaedist groups
The Fight Against Islamist Terrorism After the March 11 Attacks: Lessons Learnt ARI Nº 41/2004 (Translation from Spanish) - 23.4.2003 Carlos Echeverría Jesús If there is one thing we should learn from recent terrorist actions, it is the terrorists’ ability to surprise us. This first large-scale Islamist attack in Europe has shown that what some dismissed as alarmist scaremongering has now become a reality. To combat this threat we need greater international coordination and cooperation than there has been so far, enhanced preventative capacity and a root-and-branch rethink of existing terrorist policies
The Madrid Massacre: The Iraq Connection ARI Nº 65/2004 (Translation from Spanish) - 21.4.2004 Juan Avilés The March 11 terrorist bomb attacks seem to have had two objectives: the general one of striking at the heart of Europe and the much more specific one of forcing a Spanish withdrawal from Iraq. This analysis explores the possibility of a connection between March 11 and the situation in Iraq
The Madrid Massacre: Mistakes Made and Mistakes to be Avoided (ARI) ARI Nº 50/2004 - 31/3/2004 Juan Avilés The terrorist outrage of 3/11 was the work, according to available information, of an al-Qaeda cell, probably trying to force Spain to withdraw its troops from Iraq.
What Does 3-11 Mean for the Spanish, European and World Economies? (ARI) ARI Nº 52/2004 (Translated from Spanish) - 31/3/2004 Paul Isbell The 3-11 terrorist attacks raise a very important question: What impact could they have on the development of the current economic situation?
The European Union and its Fight Against Terrorism (ARI) ARI Nº 42/2004 (Translated from Spanish) - 31/3/2004 Félix Arteaga Martín As in the aftermath of 9-11, the 3-11 tragedy has made the fight against terrorism a priority on the EU’s political agenda
The Moroccan Combatant Group ARI Nº 51 /2004 (Translation from French) - 30.3.2004 Mohamed Darif The author analyzes Morocco’s most active radical Islamist group, reviewing its creation and the presence of Moroccan volunteers in Afghanistan, its relations with Osama Bin Laden and its logistic support to al-Qaeda and, finally, its shift in strategy following the attacks of 11 September 2001 towards more overt terrorist activities
Terrorism Revisited (ARI) ARI Nº 59/2004 - 30/3/2004 Tomas Valasek One of the desired effects of the Madrid bombing seems to have been to splinter the Western alliance. The allies must see through the trap, acknowledge mistakes, produce a stricter definition of the threat of terrorism and create a new strategy for fighting its sources
Securitizing Migration after 11 March ARI Nº 56/2004 - 26.3.2003 James C. Ross This analysis draws on the recent experience of the United States to address perceived immigration risks since 9/11, and weighs the prospect of adopting similar approaches in Spain and the European Union following the 11 March terrorist attacks in Madrid
Possible consequences of the terrorist attacks in Madrid ARI Nº 40/2004 (Translation from Spanish) - 25.3.2004 Javier Jordán These are a series of considerations on the consequences of the attacks of 11 March, with some suggestions that may help stem the most negative effects
New threats from al-Qaeda ARI Nº 54/2004 - 24.3.2004 Juan Avilés (originally published in Spanish 30/11/2002) The events of the last few weeks underline the global threat posed by al-Qaeda, which will probably now turn to targets in Europe. Spain should pay particular attention to this risk
Terrorism in Morocco: a security concern for Spain ARI Nº 53/2004 - 24.3.2004 Domingo del Pino The terrorist attacks last May 16 in Casablanca force Spain to pay a greater attention to the state of Morocco’s internal affairs. Eventual instability in Morocco would affect Spain, given the importance of Spanish interests there, of their common sea and land borders and of the nature of the recurrent problems between the two countries. Following is an analysis of how Spanish interests would be affected if the recent attacks eventually led to instability in the Kingdom of Morocco
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