Global Responses to Terrorism

The attacks of September 11th 2001 and atrocities in Russia and Indonesia have demonstrated that terrorism now poses the most dangerous threat to stability, democracy and prosperity around the world. This text examines how the world has reacted to and been affected by the attacks on America, ensuing war in Afghanistan and to President George Bush's declaration of a "war on terror" as the "first war of the 21st century". Locating the war on terror in global and intellectual contexts, these contributions by distinguished specialists in the field examine the domestic implications of terrorism and counter-terrorist initiatives.