International Police Cooperation on Countering Transnational Terrorism
Abstract
Since the inception of modern police organizations, the police have been on the front lines of counterterrorism operations. The changing concept of terrorism into a more "transnational" activity has driven police organizations to devise new means to counter this challenge. International police cooperation on countering transnational terrorism is the product of this evolution. There have been several initiatives to build a competent and effective international police cooperation organization to fight against transnational terrorism, and new ones are steadily proposed by different stakeholders in the international arena. Without understanding what makes an international police cooperation organization effective in countering transnational terrorism, these initiatives will only yield to further duplication of effort, waste of resources, and a steep decrease in overall performance. This project analyzes four international police cooperation organizations using level of structural relations within the organization and geographic proximity as the independent variables. The cases are evaluated based on the performance of these organizations in achieving three organizational functions: information exchange, ad hoc assistance and capacity building, and policy coordination and contracting.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2012
- Accession Number
- ADA563457
Entities
People
- Hikmet Yapsan
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School