Archive for the Terrorism Category
By admin | Fri 22 May 2009 at 17.28 PDT
Categories: Intelligence, International Relations, Terrorism | Tags: civilliberties, Omand
In this article, Benedict Wilkinson asks whether a ‘false opposition’ exists between security and civil liberties. He assesses arguments as to whether civil liberties and security are bound up in ‘zero-sum’ game in which the former must be sacrificed for the latter, and he argues for an Expanded Criminal Justice Model as a more effective response to the security threats we face.
By admin | Thu 5 Mar 2009 at 13.24 PST
Categories: Intelligence, Terrorism
Luke Norris, a Rhodes Scholar, recent graduate from Oxford University and J.D. candidate at Yale Law School, gives an American perspective on why torture, as a method of tackling terrorism, in fact undermines core American values.
By Leni Wild | Fri 20 Feb 2009 at 15.42 PST
Categories: Intelligence, International Relations, Terrorism
As the newly elected American President begins to take key strategic decisions regarding intelligence, terrorism and foreign policy, this article examines two key challenges which remain.
By Charles Vandepeer | Mon 19 Jan 2009 at 17.15 PST
Categories: Intelligence, Terrorism, theory | Tags: bali, bombings
On 12 October 2002, members of the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) detonated two bombs in Bali’s tourist district causing the deaths of 202 people including 88 Australians and 24 British citizens. The bombers employed suicide as a tactic using bombs made up of commercial chemicals and TNT assembled on the island. Following the bombings, [...]
