Terrorism: The Threat and Post 9/11 Trends

August 2002

Compiled by  Air University Library
Bibliography Branch
Maxwell AFB, AL

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Trends Global Political-Military 

Internet Resources

International Contributions to the War on Terrorism.
Available online at: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jun2002/d20020607contributions.pdf
An OSD Public Affairs fact sheet.

Multinational Response to September 11
Available online at: http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2001/html/10264.htm
From Patterns of Global Terrorism 2001.

September 22 - One Year On:  NATO's Contribution to the Fight Against Terrorism
Available online at: http://www.nato.int/terrorism/index.htm

U.N. Action Against Terrorism
Available online at: http://www.un.org/terrorism/
Provides a global perspective on terrorism. There are links to the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee and to U.N. Charter: Chapter 7.

Books

Clarkson, Stephen. After the Catastrophe: Canada's Position in North America. Toronto, Canada, Canadian Institute of International Affairs, 2001. 15 p.
Book call no.: 971.008 B419

Talbott, Strobe. The Age of Terror: America and the World After September 11, edited by Strobe Talbott and Nayan Chanda. New York, Basic Books: Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, 2001. 232 p.
Book call no.: 973.931 A265

Aguera, Martin. What Future for Transatlantic Security Relations after 11 September? Defense & Security Analysis 18:89-91 March 2002.

Ahmed, Samina. The United States and Terrorism in Southwest Asia: September 11 and Beyond. International Security 26:79-93 Winter 2001-2002.

Andreyev, Ivan. 'Axis of Evil' Becomes 'Axis of Discord'. Current Digest of the Post Soviet Press 54:18-19 March 13, 2002.
Reports on the antiterrorist coalition between the U.S. and Russia.

Antonenko, Oksana. Putin's Gamble. Survival 43:49-59 Winter 2001.

Arbatov, Alexei G. A Russian Note of Caution. Survival 43:149-154 Winter 2001.

Barnett, Thomas P. M. Globalization Is Tested. U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 127:57 October 2001.

Bristow, Damon. The War on Terrorism and Its Impact on the Security Situation in the Asia-Pacific. Asian Defence Journal 1/2:4-7 January-February 2002.

Brooke, Micool. A Common Purpose: Asia-Pacific Nations Stand with the US in the War Against International Terrorists. Armed Forces Journal International 139:60+ February 2002.

Coping With the 'Axis of Evil'. Contemporary Review 280:278-284 May 2002.

Could Yemen's Calm be Threatened? Economist 362:41-42 February 16, 2002.
Discusses the war on terrorism in Yemen and relations between Yemen and the U.S. Also discusses the question of whether the U.S. will require that Yemen cease sponsoring terrorism.

Exploring the Axis of Evil. Defense Monitor 31:1-2 April 2002.

Gordon, Philip H. NATO after 11 September. Survival 43:89-106 Winter 2001.

Heisbourg, Francois. Europe and the Transformation of the World Order. Survival 43:143-148 Winter 2001.

Ignatieff, Michael. Ethics and the New War. Canadian Military Journal 2:5-10 Winter 2001-2002.
Delivered by Dr. Ignatieff at Royal Military College, 25 Oct 2001.

Kalyanaraman, S. and Bharadwaj, Atul. International Legal Provisions and the U.S. Response to September 11. Strategic Analysis 26:153-158 January-March 2002.
The focus of this paper is the legality of the U.S. response against the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Know Thine Enemy. Economist 362:24-26 February 2, 2002.
Discusses the outlook for foreign policy in the U.S. after the 2002 state-of-the-union speech.

O'Shea, Brendan. The Future of UN Peacekeeping. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 25:145-148 2002.

O'Sullivan John. As the World Turns. National Review 54:39-41 January 28, 2002.
Offers observations on changes in international relations following the September 11 terrorist attacks.

O'Sullivan, John. Axis to Grind. National Review 54:22-24 March 11, 2002.
Reports on Korean perceptions of U.S. President Bush's statements about North Korea and the "Axis of Evil."

Omestad, Thomas. New World Order. U.S. News & World Report 131:48-50 December 31, 2001.
Reports on the changes in international foreign policy after the September terrorist attacks.

President Vladimir Putin's Address to the Russian Nation 24 September 2001. European Security 10:122-123 Winter 2001.

Robertson, George. An Attack on Us All: NATO's Response to Terrorism. Military Technology 25, no.11:12-17 2001.
Edited version of remarks delivered at the Atlantic Council of the United States, National Press Club, Washington, DC, 10 Oct 2001.

Sirrs, Julie. The Taliban's International Ambitions Middle East Quarterly 8:61-71 Summer 2001.
Excerpts of interviews with United Front prisoners of war, most of whom are non-Afghan fighters for the Taliban.

Terror in the Pyrenees. Nation 274:20-23 March 25, 2002.
Reports on the group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA), or Basque Fatherland and Liberty, which has engaged in terrorist activity in the Basque Country in France and Spain. Also discusses how the September 11 terrorist attacks in the U.S. affected the Spanish government's fight against ETA.

Wanandi, Jusuf. A Global Coalition Against International Terrorism. International Security 26:184-189 Spring 2002.

'We Stand by You'. U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 128:46-53 March 2002.

Wijk, Rob de. The Limits of Military Power. The Washington Quarterly 25:75-92 Winter 2002.
Significant practical and conceptual challenges confront the U.S. and its allies, requiring a new approach as well as new assets to make the military useful.

Yang Chengxu. Changes in the International Political Structure. Beijing Review 45:9-11 January 3, 2002.
Focuses on the changes in the structure of international politics since the September attacks.

Videos

Dangerous Straits.  Alexandria, VA, PBS Video, 2001.  1 videocassette, 60 min.
A Frontline and New York Times special that explores the question of where China fits into the international coalition against terrorism.
Video call no.: 327.73051 D182

Trends Global Social-Economic 

Internet Resources

After Sept. 11: Perspectives from the Social Sciences
Available online at: http://www.ssrc.org/sept11/index.htm
A collection of essays from the Social Science Research Council. Topics include globalization, fundamentalism, terrorism and democracy.

Books

The Age of Terror: America and the World After September 11, edited by Strobe Talbott and Chanda, Nayan. New York, Basic Books: Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, 2001. 232 p.
A series of essays debating what is to be done after September 11. There are discussions ranging from U.S. conduct in the post Cold War era to U.S. prospects for long term power to an examination of the roots of Islamic extremism.
Book call no.: 973.931 A265

Clarkson, Stephen. After the Catastrophe: Canada's Position in North America. Toronto, Canada, Canadian Institute of International Affairs, 2001. 15 p.
Book call no.: 971.008 B419

Vidal, Gore. Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: How We Got to be so Hated. New York, Thunder's Mouth Press/Nation Books, 2002. 160 p.
Vidal gives his opinions as to why Timothy McVeigh and Osama bin Laden perpetuated their acts of violence.
Book call no.: 814 v648p

Barnard, Bruce. Airports Remain on Red Alert. Europe 414:20-22 March 2002.
Reports on the increased security measures conducted in European airports after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Crook, Clive. Don't Let the Mideast Destroy the Western Alliance. National journal 34:1370-1372 May 11, 2002.
Discusses the relationships of Western nations after the September 11th terrorism attacks. Also discusses the relation of Europe with Middle Eastern countries.

Panitch, Leo. Violence as a Tool of Order and Change: The War on Terrorism and the Antiglobalization Movement. Monthly Review 54:12-33 June 2002.
Discusses the way the term violence has been related to antiglobalization protests in North America and Europe since the September 11the terrorist attacks.

Sfakianakis, John. Gray Money, Corruption and the Post-September 11 Middle East Middle East Report 32:32-38 Spring 2002.
Graft, smuggling and kickbacks in the Middle East create huge sums of money requiring concealment in a secretive banking system.

Wain, Barry. Cambodia Sees Tourism Rise, Despite Sept. 11. Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition, p B6B Op, February 27, 2002.
Reports that Cambodia targeted tourists from the immediate region and Europe following the September 11, 2001, attacks