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Ausgabe 3-2006

Themenschwerpunkt: Terrorismusbekämpfung / Counter Terrorism

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Themenschwerpunkt: Terrorismusbekämpfung

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The Politics of Security:
A View from New York Five Years After 9/11
Jonathan Bach
The politics of security in the United States after September 11th 2001 has resulted in the expansion of executive power under Cover of intense politicization. At the same time a new logic of collective security is emerging centered around vital Systems« as infrastructure becomes increasingly vulnerable to real attacks and natural disasters. The result is a discourse of preparedness marked by a historic bureaucratic reorganization. This reorganization will have long-term effects on the structure and logic of both domestic and global security, and will also CO-exist uneasily with the Bush Administration's focus on increasing the power of the executive office.
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Der »Dschihadismus«: Gewaltideologie einer politischen Sekte
Kai Hirschmann
The fight against terrorism with traditional instruments of power like armed forces, police and repressive diplomacy often misses the intended effect. The recognition that organisations of fighters under the ideology of the »jihad« have similarities with the structures of sects, must be taken into account in the fight against the Islamic terror. The leading heads of the Islamic terror are rather >>propagandistosf the jihad« than hierarchic leaders and, therefore, quickly replaceable. If individual people of a terrorist organisation get killed or force is used on its adherents, the idea of jihad will rather win than lose popularity. Because of that, a theological and political analysis of the ideology of the Islamic terror, by the western-Christian communities and the muslirn parishes, must become the aim of all efforts.
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Die EU und der Kampf gegen den Terrorismus -
die schwierige Balance zwischen Sicherheit und Freiheit
Martin Kahl
The terrorist attacks in Madrid (March 2004) and London Uuly 2005) Iiave increased the pressure on the EU to improve strategies and instruments of its counter-terrorism policy. The specific structure of islamic terrorism calls for adjustments with regard to new terrorist actors, motives and potentials. The design and development of an effective policy against terrorism, however, faces a wide range of challenges. One of the most fundamental is the problem of finding an appropriate balance between internal security and the protection of civil liberties of EU citizens. In dealing with terrorism the EU has already decided r several measures that not only undermine civil liberties but are of questionable effectiveness.
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Europeans Fighting Proliferation: The Test-Case of Iran
Alyson J. K. Bailes
The EU was driven by the Iraq experience to produce its own strategy against WMD proliferation, and induced by the USA's implied threats against Iran to seek a non-violent solution to concerns about the latter's nuclear Programme. EU-Iran negotiations have to date not solved the problem, for reasons that include the EU'S own internal divisions of authority and its weakness in terms of leverage: but they continue to hold the stage and have at least won time. The EU would do well meanwhile to consider investing more in parts of its WMD strategy that are lower-risk and more under its own control, such as sharing export control expertise and funding safe destruction Programmes.
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Sicherheitspolitik nach dem 11.9.
Christian Ströbele und Hans Erlenmeyer
After 9/11 the UN Council decided that all persons that were involved into terrorist attacks should be brought to just ice but the US war against the Taliban in Afghanistan lacks UN legimation. The war in Iraq, torture and Guantanamo createc even more terrorists and the most obvious consequences of this development were the attacks in London and Madrid. In 2004 Germany released counterterrorism laws including the extension of the authority of secret services and the enforcement of new laws for tl-ie safeguarding of aircraft. Originally all these laws were limited to five years but so far they have not been withdrawn The article evaluates the sense and nonsense of these laws and outlines useful political options to fight terrorism.
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Die Krise Frunda: Das Dilemma der ungarischen Rumänen
Heiko Fürst
Taking as its starting point the recent Romanian controversy over majority-minority and state-nation relations, this article explores the political representation of ethnic Hungarians in Romania. It critically reviews the history of the DAHR, the main political organisation of Hungarians in Romania, from its founding to the present day, discussing the DAHR's constitutional principle of including various platforms under a single roof, analysing the major actors and their struggles for influence within the alliance. Reflecting the fact that the role played by ethnic Hungarians in Romanian political life can be decisive, the conclusion takes the results of the analysis to make more general remarks on political CO-operation and future inter-ethnic relations.
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In the Name of the Pater, or Why Democracy Remains Absent from Central Asia
Klavdija Cernilogar
The independence of the Central Asian countries has not been accompanied by transition towards democracy. This process is prevented through the dominance of neopatrimonial Patterns of governance, which combine new formally existing democratic institutions and the traditional persistence of the patrimonial System of rule. Two basic characteristics of this type of rule are its rootedness in the traditional societal structure and the misuse of the imprecise legal framework. The international community's attempts to contribute to the democratisation of Central Asia are largely unsuccessful and will remain so until there is clear domestic preparedness for reform.
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Bulgarien auf dem Weg zu demokratischen zivil-militärischen Beziehungen
Stanimira Tchoubatarova
Abstract: Like all former Warsaw Pact states the Bulgarian forces also face the task of reducing and restructuring. With this, their integration into the democratic state under the rule of law plays an important role in this process. This article analyses specific Bulgarian problems and possible approaches to solve them.
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