ABSTRACT

The terrorist attacks of September 11th and more recent atrocities in Russia, Indonesia and Kenya have demonstrated that terrorism now poses the most dangerous threat to stability, democracy and prosperity around the world.

This major new book examines how the world has reacted to, and been affected by, the attacks on September 11th, ensuing war in Afghanistan and President George W. Bush's declaration of a 'war on terror' as the 'first war of the 21st century'. The contributions by distinguished specialists in the field examine the domestic implications of terrorism and counter terrorist initiatives across the world.

Few books can boast the quality and range of the contributions to this volume, which locate the war on terror in a truly global and intellectual context.

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

World reactions to September 11 and the ‘war on terror'

chapter |15 pages

Al-Qaeda

Organization and operations

chapter |14 pages

Superpower response

The United States of America

chapter |13 pages

Loyal ally

The United Kingdom 1

chapter |11 pages

Reluctant moral middle power

Canada

chapter |9 pages

Conflicting pressures

Saudi Arabia

chapter |12 pages

The consequence or the cause?

Impact on the Israel–Palestine peace process

chapter |14 pages

Unexpectedly at center stage

Pakistan

chapter |18 pages

Former superpower

The Russian Federation

chapter |13 pages

Negotiating the US presence

The Central Asian states

chapter |13 pages

International organizations

The UN, NATO and the EU

chapter |8 pages

The global economy

What has changed? 1

chapter |9 pages

The war on terror

International implications