Test of Terrorism

<p>This book offers a timely and critical reflection on how states have responded to the test of terrorism in the long shadow of 9/11. Terrorism has become the hallmark of international relations in the early twenty-first century. This book provides a policy-focused analysis of how certain states have responded to its test by employing a range of viewpoints that encompass state level responses down to a close interrogation of the nebulous non-state actors who have orchestrated spectacular political violence in contemporary times. It engages with the challenges of terrorism from a variety of perspectives that include philosophical discourses the perils of counterterrorism encapsulated in the death of Jean Charles de Menezes learning in counterinsurgency the effectiveness of counterterrorism spending Al Qaeda's <i>modus operandi</i> and the threat posed by Boko Haram to Nigeria. This eclectic collection of chapters is an important contribution to the wide-ranging and contested debate about terrorism that has dominated the political discourse in the West since 2001.</p><p>This book was published as a special issue of <em>Defense and Security Analysis</em>.</p>