Terrorism : what the next President will face / special editor of this volume, Richard A. Clarke.

Format:

Book

Microformat

Contributor:

Clarke, Richard A. (Richard Alan), 1951-

American Academy of Political and Social Science.

Series:

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 0002-7162 ; v. 618.

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 0002-7162 ; v. 618

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Qaida (Organization).

Terrorism--Psychological aspects.

Terrorism.

Terrorism--Religious aspects--Islam.

Terrorism--United States--Prevention.

United States.

Terrorism--Prevention.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Physical Description:

277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif : Sage, [2008]

Summary:

The United States' approach to fighting terrorism is among the most debated in the 2008 presidential campaign. The new administration will face an immediate need to address Islamist extremist terrorism and develop a long-term strategy that will shape U. S. interests abroad and life at home. This special volume of the ANNALS provides valuable insight that can help influence policy choices and strategies for addressing the challenges of combating terrorism. Taken together, these unclassified briefs are designed to assist the new president and administration--as well as scholars and the general public-- to examine terrorism. They provide a fresh perspective from which to set an agenda to counter violent Islamist extremists - especially the growing threat of nuclear terrorism - immediately following the inauguration, before day-to-day crises obstructs long-term planning and strategies.

Contents:

Introduction : Terrorism : the first portfolio for the next president / Richard A. Clarke and Emilian Papadopoulos

Section One: Al Qaeda's Incarnations

Al Qaeda, the organization : a five year forecast / Peter Bergen

Pakistan and terror : the eye of the storm / Bruce Riedel

Using the mistakes of al Qaeda's franchises to undermine its strategies / Brian Fishman

Iraq's long-term impact on Jihadist terrorism / Daniel L. Byman and Kenneth M. Pollack

Briefing for the new President : the terrorist threat in Indonesia and Southeast Asia / Sidney Jones

Section Two: Motivations

From profiles to pathways and roots to routes : perspectives from psychology on radicalization into terrorism / John Horgan

"Homegrown" terrorists : theory and cases in the War on Terror's newest front / Evan F. Kohlmann

Section Three: Specific U.S. Policies and Programs

Countering terrorist finance : a work mostly in progress / Jonathan M. Winer

The incisive fight : recommendations for improving counterterrorism intelligence / Eric Rosenbach

Restoring moral authority : ending torture, secret detention, and the prison at Guantanamo Bay / Tom Malinowski

Mutual assured support : a security doctrine for terrorist nuclear weapon threats / Baruch Fischhoff, Scott Atran, and Marc Sageman

The conundrum of Iran : strengthening moderates without acquiescing to belligerence / John Brennan

Section Four: Overall U.S. Strategy

A counterradicalization strategy for a new U.S. administration / Karin von Hippel

The resurgent and persistent threat of al Qaeda / Reid Sawyer and Michael Foster

To win the "War on Terror," we must first win the "War of Ideas": here's how / Hady Amr and P. W. Singer

A strategy for fighting international Islamist terrorists / Marc Sageman

Defeating the attempted global jihadist insurgency : forty steps for the next President to pursue against al Qaeda, like-minded groups, unhelpful state actors, and radicalized sympathizers / Peter Bergen and Laurence Footer

Section Five: Quick Read Synopsis.

Notes:

"July 2008."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781412969864

1412969867

9781412969857

1412969859

OCLC:

232550128