CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Bari, Solomon Etansa |
|---|---|
| Title | Responding to terrorism:Towards a comprehensive counterterrorism policy approach |
| Summary | ABSTRACT Terrorism is becoming the main threat to international peace and security. The evolving nature of the threats and the challenge(s) it triggers both at domestic and international level is heightened with the advance in technology and globalization in the 21st century. This has become clear to the international community especially after the September 11 incident. Countries reacted to the growing threat of terrorism in different ways by employing different policy tools both before and after September 11. However, the success achieved is highly uneven and the threat is becoming more devastating. Counterterrorism policy scholars suggest that countries should use a ‘comprehensive counterterrorism policy approach’ in order to overcome the threat. This thesis evaluates this ‘comprehensive counterterrorism policy’ and substantiates whether a country with a more comprehensive counterterrorism policy is more successful at combating transnational terrorism than others. The thesis uses two case countries, specifically Ethiopia and Kenya, and assesses their counterterrorism policies in their response to al-Shabaab. The thesis also uses both quantitative and qualitative data to assess the counterterrorism policies of the countries and the attacks they faced from the year 2006 - 2014. The research has found that the country with more comprehensive counterterrorism policy is more successful in combating terrorism. |
| Supervisor | Nick Sitter |
| Department | School of Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/bari_solomon.pdf |
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