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Hamed El-Said investigates the emergence of new, 'soft' approaches to counter violent extremists, generally known as counter radicalization and deradicalization programmes (Counter-de-Rad). This is the first work to develop a holistic framework which will allow policy makers and practitioners to better understand conditions conducive to violent extremism, and to better design and effectively implement such programmes in the future. This book, supported and facilitated by a wealth of primary research and consideration of all stakeholders, addresses cultural and legal differences between countries while developing its holistic approach. In addition, the research focuses on and identifies conditions conducive to either the success or the failure of Counter-de-Rad programmes. Finally, it provides a new, broader approach to evaluate the performance of such programmes, one that goes beyond the current narrow models which treat recidivism rates as the main indicator of success or failure.

Terrorism --- Radicalism --- Prevention --- RadicalismPrevention --- Terrorism - Prevention --- Radicalism - Prevention

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"The idea that war is going out of style has become the conventional wisdom in recent years. But in Only the Dead, award-winning author Bear Braumoeller demonstrates that it shouldn't have. With a rare combination of historical expertise, statistical acumen, and accessible prose, Braumoeller shows that the evidence simply doesn't support the decline-of-war thesis propounded by scholars like Steven Pinker. He argues that the key to understanding trends in warfare lies, not in the spread of humanitarian values, but rather in the formation of international orders-sets of expectations about behavior that allow countries to work in concert, as they did in the Concert of Europe and have done in the postwar Western liberal order. With a nod toward the American sociologist Charles Tilly, who argued that "war made the state and the state made war," Braumoeller argues that the same is true of international orders: while they reduce conflict within their borders, they can also clash violently with one another, as the Western and communist orders did throughout the Cold War. Both highly readable and rigorous, Only the Dead offers a realistic assessment of humanity's quest to abolish warfare. While pessimists have been too quick to discount the successes of our attempts to reduce international conflict, optimists are prone to put too much faith in human nature. Reality lies somewhere in between: While the aspirations of humankind to govern its behavior with reason and justice have had shocking success in moderating the harsh dictates of realpolitik, the institutions that we have created to prevent war are unlikely to achieve anything like total success-as evidenced by the multitude of conflicts in recent decades. As the old adage advises us, only the dead have seen the end of war."--

WAR--CAUSES --- WAR-- PREVENTION --- War --- International organization --- Causes --- Prevention --- War - Causes --- War - Prevention

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This book assesses the impact of post-9/11 domestic counterterrorism policy on US political life. It examines political discourse, law, institutional architecture, and state-population relations, and shows that 'homeland security' is a project with wide-ranging implications for democratic institutions and culture. These implications are addressed through a novel approach that treats law and the state as social relations, and relates developments in law to those in the state and in social dynamics. On this basis, the book examines the new political representations in counterterrorism discourse, especially regarding the relation between the state and the population. It examines the form and content of counterterrorism law, the powers it provides, and the structure and functions it prescribes for the state. By focusing on the new Department of Homeland Security and the restructuring of the intelligence apparatus, the book assesses the new, intelligence-led, policing model. Finally, it examines forms of popular support and resistance to homeland security, to discuss citizenship and state-population relations. The author concludes that homeland security has turned the US into a hybrid polity; the legal and political institutions of democracy remain intact, but their content and practices become authoritarian and exclude the population from politics. These legal and political forms remain operative beyond counterterrorism, in the context of the present economic crisis. They are a permanent configuration of power. This book is an indispensable companion for students of (counter-) Terrorism and Security Studies, Politics, Human Rights, Constitutional and Criminal Law, American Studies, and Criminology. -- Provided by publisher.

Terrorism --- Prevention --- Law and legislation --- TerrorismPrevention --- Terrorism - Prevention - Law and legislation - United States --- Terrorism - United States - Prevention

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Democratization --- Technical assistance --- Terrorism --- International cooperation --- Prevention --- TerrorismInternational cooperation --- Democratization - International cooperation --- Terrorism - Prevention

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Vingt ans, déjà, que les tours du World Trade Center se sont effondrées. Qui aurait cru alors que, deux décennies plus tard, la guerre globale contre le terrorisme se poursuivrait sans issue en vue ? Des sables du Sahara aux jungles d'Asie du Sud-Est, des plaines irakiennes aux montagnes afghanes, les pays occidentaux et leurs alliés continuent de pourchasser des djihadistes à la détermination sans faille. La menace n'est pas cantonnée à ces contrées lointaines : l'Europe – et singulièrement la France – a payé un lourd tribut à ce long conflit.Al-Qaida a fait preuve d'une résilience remarquable et de nouveaux groupes, comme l'État islamique, sont apparus. La chute du " califat " proclamé par Daech n'a pas signé la fin de cette organisation, et encore moins celle de son idéologie mortifère. Le monde compterait deux à trois fois plus de combattants djihadistes aujourd'hui qu'au début du siècle. Ce constat d'une interminable guerre d'usure interroge : qu'avons-nous fait de ces vingt ans ? En dépit des centaines de milliers de vies perdues et des sommes considérables dépensées, pourquoi la menace est-elle encore si élevée ?Fruit de plusieurs années d'enquêtes de terrain, cet ouvrage exceptionnel constitue la première histoire de la guerre contre le terrorisme de 2001 à aujourd'hui. Décryptant les dynamiques stratégiques de cet affrontement, les auteurs expliquent pourquoi il est si difficile de casser la spirale de la violence et tirent de ces deux décennies de lutte des leçons essentielles pour l'avenir

JIHAD --- TERRORISM--PREVENTION --- Terrorism - Prevention - History - 21st century --- Terrorism - Religious aspects - Islam