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Human rights is all too often the first casualty of national insecurity. How can democracies cope with the threat of terror while protecting human rights? This volume compares the lessons of the United States and Israel with the 'best-case scenarios' of the United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, and Germany

The author develops a range of rough estimates of the benefits and costs of a U.S. counterterrorism effort in the context of moderate (based on Northern Ireland in 1999), severe (recent Israeli experience), and nuclear terrorist attacks against the United States

Historical experience has shown that successful strategies to combat terrorism that is spawned by serious, deep-rooted problems have involved first crushing the current threat and then bringing about changes to make terrorism?s reemergence less likely. While deterrence of terrorism may at first glance seem to be an unrealistic goal?concepts such as co-optation and inducement cannot be expected to be effective for dealing with terrorists who have the unshakable commitment of an Osama bin Laden?it may be possible to influence some members of terrorist groups. Such groups are not simply single

The worldview that has molded Washington's twin wars on drugs and terrorism constitutes an extremely narrow framework through which to address the complex problems Colombia faces. National security, defined exclusively in military terms, has taken precedence over equally significant political, economic, and social considerations.

Leeuwen, M. v.: Catastrophic terrorism: elusive phenomenon, deadly threat. - S. 7-17. Osinga, F.: Security, war and strategy after 9-11. - S. 19-29. Leurdijk, D. A.: The fight against international terrorism: the right to self-defence, and the involvement of the UN and NATO. - S. 31-46. Harm, P. v.: Politics as unusual: NATO and the EU after 9-11. - S. 47-57. Homan, K.: Countering terrorism: a supportive role for defence. - S. 59-67