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The aim of this book is to provide readers with the tools to understand the historical evolution of terrorism and counterterrorism over the past 150 years. In order to appreciate the contemporary challenges posed by terrorism it is necessary to look at its evolution, at the different phases it has gone through, and the transformations it has experienced. The same applies to the solutions that states have come up with to combat terrorism: the nature of terrorism changes but still it is possible to learn from past experiences even though they are not directly applicable to the present. This book provides a fresh look at the history of terrorism by providing in-depth analysis of several important terrorist crises and the reactions to them in the West and beyond. The general framework is laid out in four parts: terrorism prior to the Cold War, the Western experience with terrorism, non-Western experiences with terrorism, and contemporary terrorism and anti-terrorism. The issues covered offer a broad range of historical and current themes, many of which have been neglected in existing scholarship; it also features a chapter on the waves phenomenon of terrorism against its international background. This book will be of much interest to students of terrorism studies, political violence, international history, security studies and IR.

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Asymmetric conflict is changing the way that we practise and think about war. Torture, rendition, assassination, blackmail, extortion, direct attacks on civilians, and chemical weapons are all finding their way to the battlefield despite longstanding international prohibitions. This book offers a practical guide for policy makers, military officers, students, and others who ask such questions as: Do guerillas deserve respect or long jail sentences? Are there grounds to torture guerillas for information or assassinate them on the battlefield? Is there room for nonlethal weapons to subdue militants and safeguard the lives of noncombatants? Who are noncombatants in asymmetric war? What is the status of civilians who shelter and aid guerillas? And, do guerillas have any right to attack civilians, particularly those who aid and shelter members of the stronger army? If one side can expand the scope of civilian vulnerability, then why can't the other? To read and comment on Michael Gross's blog article on the UN Human Rights Council Report on Gaza

Книга посвящена современному этапу существования российских спецслужб. Ее авторы Ю. Фельштинский и В. Прибыловский довольно хорошо известны в России и за рубежом. Юрий Фельштинский - историк, специалист по истории революции, автор книги "Вожди в законе", соавтор книги "КГБ играет в шахматы". Владимир Прибыловский - известный российский политолог, специализирующийся на "архивировании" текущих политических процессов.

Since 9/11, one of the most dominant issues in American politics has been: what exactly is a war on terror and who is in charge of it? Previous books on this topic have fallen off the horse on either side: on the right, making military actions under the Bush administration equal to previous declared wars and ceding too much war-making power to the presidency or on the left, requiring congressional approval for any national security steps at all, contradicting much of American historical precedent. Weinberger presents a novel understanding of the Declare War clause of the Constitution (Article 1, Section 8), filtering it through the AUMFs passed by Congress since 9/11 and concluding that the Presidency has wide latitude and autonomy in the overseas theaters, but not on the domestic front.

More than ever before International Humanitarian Law needs to find new solutions to new types of conflicts. The current state of the fight against terrorism is without doubt one of the new problems facing international society and one of the concerns of International Humanitarian Law. This volume offers reflections on the international legal theory of terrorism, international responsibility, the obligation to prevent terrorist acts, terrorism in armed conflicts, the responses to terrorism by regional international organizations and the legal limits to the fight against terrorism.The contributors consist of academics (and politicians) from Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Lebanon and Israel , as well as from Spain, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and a representative for the Organisation of American States, The book thus contains a wide, multidisciplinary debate, with an emphasis on a Mediterranean perspective. In addition to examining all aspects of international terrorism, the objective of the symposium which gave rise to these essays was to establish some guidelines, in the form of a Declaration, to serve as the basis for the UN's High Level Group for the Alliance of Civilisations on the subject of international terrorism. This overall objective was achieved with the adoption of the "Huelva Declaration for an Alliance of Civilisations against Terrorism", the text of which is included at the end of this book.

The relationship between law and terrorism has re-emerged recently as a pressing issue in contemporary jurisprudence. Terrorism appears to take law to its limit, whilst the demands of counter-terrorism hold the cause of justice in contempt. At this point the case for engaging alternative intellectual approaches and resources is compelling. Ian Ward argues that through a closer appreciation of the ethical and aesthetical dimensions of terror, as well as the historical, political and cultural, we can better comprehend modern expressions and experiences of terrorism. For this reason, alongside juristic responses to modern expressions of terrorism, Law, Text, Terror examines a variety of supplementary literary texts as well as alternative intellectual approaches; from the drama of Euripides and Shakespeare, to the rhetoric and poetry of Burke and Shelley, the literary feminisms of Lessing and Rame, and the narrative existentialism of Conrad, Coetzee, Dostoevsky and DeLillo.

Учебник В. Л. Васильева, являющийся базовым пособием во всех юридических вузах России, помог многим работникам правоохранительных органов — юристам, адвокатам, следователям, а также юридическим психологам освоить свою профессию. По нему учатся студенты и слушатели курсов и институтов повышения квалификации во многих городах России и СНГ. Новое, шестое, дополненное и переработанное, издание «Юридической психологии» ориентировано на современные реалии и учитывает значительные изменения, которые произошли в экономической жизни страны и системе правоотношений. Богатство теоретического, экспериментального и документального материала привлечет к этой книге внимание не только юристов, но и всех, кто увлечен психологией и интересуется современными методами борьбы с преступностью. Рекомендовано Министерством общего и профессионального образования Российской Федерации в качестве учебника для студентов высших учебных заведений, обучающихся по специальности «Юриспруденция».

Это книга о страхе, в особенности в его отношении к современной политике. Под политическим страхом автор подразумевает переживание людьми возможности определенного ущерба их коллективному благополучию — боязнь терроризма, панику в результате роста преступности, тревогу из-за упадка нравственности — или же запугивание людей властями либо отдельными группами.

Бороться с терроризмом, силой захватывая подозрительных людей, без суда удерживая их в застенках, подвергая издевательствам, – такова стратегия ЦРУ в XXI веке. Обнаружение целой системы, включающей сеть тайных тюрем и нигде не регистрируемые пути передвижения между ними, было делом случая. Раскрутившись, маховик общественного скандала привел к раскрытию обширного трансконтинентального заговора, в который были вовлечены правительства целого ряда стран. А судьбы незаконных узников ЦРУ, поломанные контртеррористической системой, оказались не более завидными, чем судьбы жертв самых страшных террористов.