CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Music, Zlatan |
|---|---|
| Title | Encountering the Wahhabi Movement in Bosnia: The Benefits of Social Network Analysis in Intelligence Management and Police Harmonization |
| Summary | The potential terrorist threats of religious extremist groups present a real danger to internal security not just to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), but also to the wider European region. The recent terrorist acts and the evident presence of radical ideology propaganda on the Internet raised many novel security related concerns among the country’s public and authorities. This thesis addresses the security risks associated with the religious extremist Wahhabi movement in the country and provides a concrete set of recommendations. Its findings are drawn from qualitative research analysis, from the relevant literature, media reports, official documents and semi-structured interviews. It applies the policy learning and diffusion framework by taking the United States (US) as an example for counter-terrorist and intelligence efforts. Further, the domestic institutional security setup of BiH is examined. The analysis indicates the lack of necessary expertise within multifaceted law enforcement structure. In BiH, harmonizing the police force remains a priority for achieving an effective counter-terrorist policy design. The application of Social Network Analysis (SNA) is positioned as a method that could be used to complement this process and allow for better understanding of the Wahhabi network structure and information exchange. The US experience is used for explaining the process of intelligence collection from open sources, i.e. Internet and print media. However, it was revealed that various methods of government surveillance have negative implications to individual privacy. Intercepting communication bears multiple legal and ethical considerations. Due to this fact, the protection of an individual’s right to individual privacy is emphasized. |
| Supervisor | Coyer, Catherine Noelle and Fischer, Alex |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/music_zlatan.pdf |
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