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"Enhancing Counterterrorism Cooperation in Eastern Africa"
This article, published in the African Security Review, begins with an overview of the terrorist threat and vulnerabilities in eastern Africa and the capacity of governments to respond. It then looks at the response at the subregional level and what has developed into the primary mechanism for fostering deeper subregional...
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The G8’s Counterterrorism Action Group
This policy brief argues that although the Group of Eight’s (G8) Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) has performed unevenly and largely failed to meet the goals set out for it, the mechanism still offers the best opportunity currently available for enhanced coordination of counterterrorism assistance. The brief outlines a series of...
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Countering Terrorism in South Asia: Strengthening Multilateral Engagement
Horrific acts of terrorism, such as the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai, underscore the regional nature of the terrorist threat in South Asia and point to the need for greater cooperation within the region to address it. This report explores ways to strengthen such cooperation, with a particular focus on...
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From Adoption to Action: The UN’s Role in Implementing Its Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
This policy brief examines the role of the UN system in carrying forward implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. It highlights some UN achievements in supporting Strategy implementation efforts, enumerates some of the challenges facing the organization as it seeks to enhance these efforts, and offers suggestions on...
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Building Stronger Partnerships to Prevent Terrorism: Recommendations for President Obama
President Barack Obama is the first U.S. President to take office since the 9/11 attacks. He has a unique opportunity to learn from the successes and failures of his predecessor’s response to the terrorist threat and recalibrate U.S. counterterrorism policies accordingly. This report outlines a number of concrete steps that...
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The UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and Regional and Subregional Bodies: Strengthening a Critical Partnership
This report discusses the contributions that regional and subregional bodies can make in implementing the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Strategy. It provides a region-by-region survey of some of the contributions of those bodies and an overview of counterterrorism-related engagement between regional and subregional bodies and the UN system. It concludes with...
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International Process on Global Counter-Terrorism Cooperation: A Compilation of Key Documents
This report is a compendium of documents from the International Process on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, a process sponsored by the governments of Costa Rica, Japan, Slovakia, and Turkey with the support of CGCC. The focus of the process was assessing overall UN contributions to the fight against terrorism and how...
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Civil Society and the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy: Opportunities and Challenges
This report explores the important and often overlooked role that civil society can play in combating terrorism without compromising their ongoing important work and examines the challenges and the opportunities for expanding engagement between civil society and the UN system on counterterrorism and related issues. The report also looks at...
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