Combating Terrorism: How Five Foreign Countries Are Organized to Combat Terrorism

Abstract

All five countries we visited have parliamentary style governments with various ministries that provide an array of government services. For example, a ministry of the interior may provide national law enforcement and intelligence services. In a parliamentary style of government, the executive branch has the dominant role in the development of policy and strategy. Members of the legislative branch generally make up the cabinet, which under the prime minister or the chancellor leads the executive branch of government. The prime minister or the chancellor also leads the majority political party, and because of party discipline, the majority party in the legislature does not provide an independent role and the minority party does not have much of a role in policy development.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA376830

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Congress
  • Criminals
  • Emergency Response
  • Governments
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Interagency Coordination
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Systems
  • President (United States)
  • Public Administration
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.