Europe Confronts Terrorism

✍ Scribed by Karin von Hippel

• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 311
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Europe Confronts Terrorism examines the institutional, political, and security reforms that have taken place in Europe since 9/11. The tragic attacks in Madrid in March 2004--to date, the worst terror attack on European soil--demonstrated that Europe was also a target, and emphasized the necessity of decisively defeating the al-Qa'ida organization, movement and network. Europe undertook a number of reforms, not only as a response to the terror attacks, US unilateralism and individual country concerns about becoming the next target, but also as part of a process that had been underway since the 1970s.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Notes on the Contributors......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 13
List of Abbreviations/Acronyms......Page 14
Introduction: Europe Confronts Terrorism......Page 18
Part I Country Case Studies......Page 34
1 France......Page 36
2 Germany......Page 60
3 Greece......Page 76
4 Italy......Page 97
5 Nordic Responses......Page 112
Part I: Counter-terrorism in Spain – An Overview......Page 140
Part II: Islamic Extremism......Page 149
7 The United Kingdom......Page 163
Part II Europe and America: Transatlantic Tension and Convergence......Page 186
8 The European Union......Page 188
9 A View from America: Tactical Unity, Strategic Divide......Page 208
10 Transatlantic Counter-Terrorism Cooperation after 11 September 2001......Page 225
11 Military Reforms: Closing the Capability Gap......Page 249
12 Balancing Security and Human Rights: Post 9/11 Reactions in the United States and Europe......Page 261
Conclusion: A Three-Year Progress Report and Tackling Root Causes......Page 280
B......Page 297
C......Page 298
D......Page 299
E......Page 300
F......Page 301
G......Page 302
I......Page 303
M......Page 304
N......Page 305
P......Page 306
S......Page 307
T......Page 308
U......Page 309
V......Page 310
Z......Page 311