The Politics of Counterterrorism in Western Europe

Abstract

European nations, the victims of left and right wing, separatist, and transnational terrorism, share a desire to deter terrorist violence within their own borders. This provides an incentive to develop effective domestic counterterrorist policies as well as to corrdinate counterterrorism programs among European nations in order to be more effective in the prevention of terrorist violence. Some attempts have been made to improve police and judicial cooperation both within the EU and internationally, and this has had a positive effect on counterterrorism operations. However progress in the area of counterterrorism strategy in Europe continues to be unsatisfactory as it is still the source of internal policy battles and many diplomatic disputes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA281896

Entities

People

  • Tracy Higgins

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Rights
  • Criminals
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Information Exchange
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • Personnel Management
  • Police
  • Public Policy
  • Societies
  • Surveillance
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • Violence

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.