Dr. Maricel ANTIPA Abstract. The 9/11 attacks, the consequent invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, and the conflicts that followed created a radicalized environment worldwide and allowed the rapid spread of Bin Laden’s violent doctrines. Bombs exploded from Bali to Marrakech. Scores of major … [Read more...]
The Politics of Counterterrorism Strategies in the Middle East and Southwest Regions: Analysis of Contemporary Soft Tools
Mahmood SOHAIL, PhD A comprehensive counterterrorism would employ two tools or approaches: the harder ones using military force and the softer ones based on strengthening society and ameliorating the very conditions that were conducive for the growth of terrorism in the first place. It was … [Read more...]
„Foreign Fighters”
Drd. Raluca COŞEA* Oficiali ai sistemelor de intelligence din Statele Unite ale Americii şi din Europa, îşi arată din ce în ce mai frecvent îngrijorarea că tentaculele terorismului rezultat de războiului sirian şi de criza din Irak, va cuprinde atât Europa, cât şi SUA ca un tsunami extrem de … [Read more...]
Despre apariţia organizaţiei teroriste Al-Qaeda
In 1998, Osama Ben Laden and Ayman Al-Zawahiri signed together a new fatwa, through which the Muslims were urged to kill Americans and their Allies, where they can and when they can, although they did not have a traditional-islamic religious qualification, that was absolutely necessary in this case. … [Read more...]
Cooperarea internaţională în combaterea terorismului şi a crimei organizate între SUA, China şi Rusia
Terorismul a produs mutaţii în strategia de securitate a statelor şi organizaţiilor de tip militar, determinând schimbarea concepţiei privind poziţia şi rolul instituţiilor statului faţă de acest fenomen cu grad mare de risc. Considerat ca formă actuală de continuare politică a ducerii războiului … [Read more...]
Armele nucleare şi terorismul
Maricel ANTIPA Preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to terrorists and additional states is a fundamental priority for national and international security, and anticipating how nuclear weapons could spread is vital to developing effective non-proliferation strategies. The war in Afghanistan … [Read more...]
Europa – centrul nervos al terorismului global
Maricel ANTIPA As the political debates in London following the 2005 attacks (and in Washington following 9/11) have shown, that governments somehow are expected to prevent all terrorist attacks. When one occurs, political investigations into the cause of intelligence failures ensue and, on … [Read more...]
La nouvelle stratégie d’al-Qaïda et al-Qaïda en Lybie
Début mars, donc bien avant la liquidation d’Oussama Ben Laden, al-Qaïda „central” considérait qu’il fallait prendre acte du changement de climat politique consécutif aux victoires de ce que tout un chacun appelle désormais le „printemps arabe”. Dans deux vidéos diffusées à un jour de distance sur … [Read more...]
International Politics and Terrorism
Iskendar WITWIT The basic classes within a terrorist movement could be labeled as leaders, soldiers and sympathizers, while the main types of terrorism could be classified as: civil disorder, political terrorism, non-political terrorism, quasi - terrorism, limited political terrorism, official or … [Read more...]
Terror Attacks, U.S.-Israeli War Games Raise the Prospects for War with Iran
By Tom Burghardt [1. Tom Burghardt is a researcher and activist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition to publishing in Covert Action Quarterly and Global Research,, he is a Contributing Editor with Cyrano’s Journal Today. His articles can be read on Dissident Voice, Pacific Free Press, … [Read more...]