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International Terrorism - ARI
The Homegrown Terrorist Threat to the US Homeland (ARI)
ARI 171/2009 - 18/12/2009
Lorenzo Vidino
Radicalisation into violence affects some small segments of the American Muslim population and recent events show that a threat from homegrown terrorism of jihadist inspiration does exist in the US.

Countering Terrorism and Building Cooperation in North Africa: The Potential Significance of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (ARI)
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ARI 162/2009 - 1/12/2009
Eric Rosand
The UN Strategy for North Africa can contribute to a recalibration of counterterrorism efforts in the region and to a stronger cooperation among regional stakeholders and between the region and external partners such as the EU, the UN and the US.

Road to Salvation? The Military Offensive in South Waziristan and the Pakistani Nexus of Global Terrorism (ARI)
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ARI 147/2009 (Translated from Spanish) - 17/11/2009
Fernando Reinares
The authorities in Pakistan have launched a military offensive in South Waziristan in an effort to neutralise the threat that Therik e Taliban Pakistan and al-Qaeda and its affiliated groups pose for the political stability and social cohesion of a country that has nuclear weapons. But the terrorism nexus that these groups represent is more complicated than appears at first glance, and confronting the challenge that these extremists pose means the army’s intervention must be complemented with other kinds of measures on the part of the government.

CONTEST (2009): An Evaluation of Revisions to the UK Counter-Terrorism Strategy with a Special Focus on the CBRNE Threat (ARI)
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ARI 130/2009 - 11/9/2009
Frank Gregory
A much expanded version of the UK’s counter-terrorism strategy, CONTEST (based around the four CT objectives of: Pursue, Prevent, Protect and Prepare), was published in March 2009.

Closing Remarks by Mr. Jiri Šedivý
23/7/2009
Jiri Šedivý
Closing remarks by Ambassador Jiri Šedivý, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning, at the Seminar ‘Civil Society Civil Society Facing the Consequences of Terrorism: Victims of Terrorism, Civil Liberties and Human Rights’ organised by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, the Embassy of Switzerland and the Elcano Royal Institute, and held in Madrid from 15 to 16 June 2009.

International Terrorism and the Rule of Law
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24/6/2009
Hisashi Owada
Keynote speech by the President of the International Court of Justice Hisashi Owada at the Seminar ‘Civil Society Civil Society Facing the Consequences of Terrorism: Victims of Terrorism, Civil Liberties and Human Rights’ organised by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, the Embassy of Switzerland and and the Elcano Royal Institute and held in Madrid from 15 to 16 June 2009.

Civil Society Facing the Consequences of Terrorism: Victims of Terrorism, Civil Liberties and Human Rights
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(Translated from Spanish) - 16/6/2009
Enrique Múgica Herzog
Speech by the Spanish Ombudsman Enrique Múgica Herzog at the Seminar ‘Civil Society Civil Society Facing the Consequences of Terrorism: Victims of Terrorism, Civil Liberties and Human Rights’ organised by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, the Embassy of Switzerland and the Elcano Royal Institute and held in Madrid from 15 to 16 June 2009.

Al-Qaeda Terrorism and Islamist Extremism in East Africa (ARI)
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ARI 96/2009 - 5/6/2009
Ángel Rabasa
Chaos in Somalia has created opportunities that have been exploited by radical groups with links to al-Qaeda.

Global Terrorism: A Polymorphous Phenomenon (ARI)
ARI 65/2009 - 21/4/2009
Fernando Reinares
This ARI describes and analyses the various components observed in the current web of global terrorism. The risks and threats that terrorism related directly or indirectly to al-Qaeda pose for a given country or region of the world depend on how the various components eventually combine.

The Evolving Threat from Jihadist Terrorism in Turkey (ARI)
ARI 26/2009 - 16/2/2009
Guido Steinberg
If the trend towards the integration of Turkish Jihadists into larger transnational networks continues, the threat from Jihadist terrorism is likely to grow in Turkey and in countries in which there are sizable Turkish diaspora communities.

Targeting Energy Infrastructure: Examining the Terrorist Threat in North Africa and its Broader Implications (ARI)
ARI 25/2009 - 13/2/2009
Jennifer Giroux
This paper analyses the terrorist threats to energy infrastructures in North Africa –with a specific focus on events in the Sudan and Algeria, where oil and gas resources have been targeted–, at the statements made by al-Qaeda in this regard and at the protection strategies which are needed.

Hamas, Al-Qaeda and the Islamisation of the Palestinian Cause (ARI)
ARI 19/2009 - 30/1/2009
Jonathan Fighel
Under Hamas’s rule, a radical Islamic entity has been established in Gaza, opposed to the national-secular Fatah movement, and pro al-Qaeda groups have started to emerge and carry out attacks against western targets in the Strip.

 
 
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