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Terrorism in the Cold War
Accounts of the relationships between states and terrorist organizations in the Cold War era have long been shaped by speculation, a lack of primary sources and even conspiracy theories. In the last few years, however, things have evolved rapidly. Using a wide range of case studies including the KGB's Abduction Program, Polish Military Intelligence and North Korea's 'Terrorism and Counterterrorism', this book sheds new light on the relations between state and terrorist actors, allowing for a fresh and much more insightful assessment of the contacts, dealings, agreements and collusion with terrorist organizations undertaken by state actors on both sides of the Iron Curtain. This book presents the current state of research and provides an assessment of the nature, motives, effects, and major historical shifts of the relations between individual states and terrorist organizations. The articles collected demonstrate that these state-terrorism relationships were not only much more ambiguous than much of the older literature had suggested but are, in fact, crucial for the understanding of global political history in the Cold War era.
Terrorism in the Cold War
Accounts of the relationships between states and terrorist organizations in the Cold War era have long been shaped by speculation, a lack of primary sources and even conspiracy theories. In the last few years, however, things have evolved rapidly. Using a wide range of case studies including the British State and Loyalist Paramilitaries in Northern Ireland, as well as the United States and Nicaragua, this book sheds new light on the relations between state and terrorist actors, allowing for a fresh and much more insightful assessment of the contacts, dealings, agreements and collusion with terrorist organizations undertaken by state actors on both sides of the Iron Curtain. This book presents the current state of research and provides an assessment of the nature, motives, effects, and major historical shifts of the relations between individual states and terrorist organizations. The articles collected demonstrate that these state-terrorism relationships were not only much more ambiguous than much of the older literature had suggested but are, in fact, crucial for the understanding of global political history in the Cold War era.
Pakistans Spy Agencies
The imbalance of Pakistan’s civil-military relations has caused misperceptions about the changing role of intelligence in politics. The country maintains 32 secret agencies working under different democratic, political and military stakeholders who use them for their own interests. Established in 1948, The ISI was tasked with acquiring intelligence of strategic interests and assessing the intensity of foreign threats, but political and military stakeholders used the agency adversely and painted a consternating picture of its working environment. The civilian intelligence agency-Intelligence Bureau (IB) has been gradually neglected due to the consecutive military rule and weak democratic governments. The ISI today seems the most powerful agency and controls the policy decisions. The working of various intelligence agencies, militarisation of intelligence and ineffectiveness of the civilian intelligence are some of the issues discussed in the book.
In Pursuit of Peace
No relationship has been as complex and so difficult to manage as India's relations with Pakistan. Four wars, cross-border terrorism, and Pakistan's persistent hostility and relentless campaign on "Kashmir issue" have been a source of strategic challenge for every Indian leader. Yet, each has pursued peace in the interest of India's progress and security with differing strategies, but with the same result. As a diplomat who served around the world and in Pakistan, the late Satinder Kumar Lambah's unique position helps tell an insider's story of the turbulent history between India and Pakistan. He writes of his personal experiences of India-Pakistan relations having served six Indian Prime Ministers, whom he worked directly with and offered counsel. This includes his role as Prime Minister's Special Envoy for back-channel talks under PM Manmohan Singh and India's quick diplomatic moves in the post-Taliban Afghanistan. With insight, he also traces the roots of Pakistan's evolution since its birth and the challenges its army-driven polity poses for India and reflects on the way forward in dealing with Pakistan to secure peace in the region.
India’s Strategic Problems
India had a bad introduction to the world of diplomacy and military strategy because her first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, lacked administrative, diplomatic and military experiences. His policies ignored major global trends which were based on geopolitical calculations rather than moral force. The distortions which Nehru created became a permanent feature of Congress Party’s strategic culture. The process of unwinding the Nehru legacy has been slow and retarded by the lack of defence consciousness among Indian ministers and civil servants. Indira Gandhi’s military victory in 1971 did not improve India’s position in the Asian balance because there were no limits to the capacity of China, Pakistan and the USA to act with impunity against Indian interests. Can the Modi government change these equations to India’s strategic advantage and to learn from the past? This can be done by ‘escalating and negotiating’ with hostile powers and by developing new partnerships in Asia.
Terrorist und CIA-Agent
Dieses Buch erzählt die unglaubliche und wenig bekannte Geschichte des Schweizer Terroristen und späteren CIA-Agenten Bruno Breguet. Der Autor Adrian Hänni konnte dazu kurz vor Drucklegung Einblick in bisher unzugängliche Quellen nehmen und mit verschwiegenen Weggefährten von Bruno Breguet sprechen. Er taucht in seiner Biografie tief in die Ereignisse des Nahostkonflikts im letzten Drittel des 20. Jahrhunderts ein, untersucht die «Carlos-Gruppe» und bietet neue Perspektiven auf die Auseinandersetzung der Schweiz mit dem Nahostterrorismus. Breguet wurde 1970 als erster Nichtaraber wegen terroristischer Vergehen in Israel verhaftet und zu einer langen Haftstrafe verurteilt, nachdem er sich als Gymnasiast der Volksfront zur Befreiung Palästinas angeschlossen und im Libanon eine militärische Ausbildung erhalten hatte. In den 1980er-Jahren stellte sich der Tessiner dann als Attentäter in den Dienst des legendären «Carlos», auch bekannt als «der Schakal». Das Buch beschreibt erstmals, wie Breguet zu Beginn der 1990er-Jahre die Seiten wechselte und der CIA bei der Bekämpfung des internationalen Terrorismus half, ehe er 1995 von einer Fähre im Mittelmeer verschwand.
Über Grenzen hinweg
Terroristische Netzwerke operieren global, »foreign fighters« schließen sich dem »Islamischen Staat« an und kehren teilweise wieder in ihre westlichen Ursprungsländer zurück. Anhand von Fallstudien aus der Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts bietet dieses Buch eine theoriegestützte Annäherung an das Phänomen grenzüberschreitender politischer Gewalt, wobei es erstmals überhaupt den Aspekt der Transnationalität selbst ins Zentrum rückt. Was sind die Ursachen und Triebkräfte von Transnationalisierungsprozessen? Wie beeinflusst Transnationalität die Akteure, Formen und Ausübung von politischer Gewalt? Und mit welchen Methoden können Historiker transnationale Strukturen und Prozesse untersuchen?
Politische Geschichte
Worin unterscheidet sich Politische Geschichte von Allgemeiner Geschichte? Was ist eigentlich das Politische? Wer handelt politisch? Und wie wird Politische Geschichte geschrieben? Als erstes deutschsprachiges Lehrbuch beschäftigt sich dieser Band mit einer Teildisziplin der Geschichtswissenschaft, die lange vernachlässigt wurde. Akteure, Gegenstandsbereiche und Ansätze werden systematisch vorgestellt. Zahlreiche Fallbeispiele aus der Geschichte moderner Gesellschaften erklären die Theorien und Methoden anschaulich. Ein wertvoller Wegbegleiter für Studienanfänger, Doktorandinnen, Dozierende und alle Geschichtsbegeisterten.
Modern Papal Diplomacy and Social Teaching in World Affairs
This comprehensive collection offers a concise introduction to the institutional framework of the Holy See, conceptualizing papal agency and positions from a range of international theory perspectives. The authors – international scholars from political science, history, and religious studies – explore multiple fields of papal and Vatican influence, ranging from spy networks and inter-religious dialogue to social doctrine and religious freedom. This book demonstrates that, contrary to secularization theory, the papacy is not in decline in world politics. Since World War II, the Holy See has played a steadily increasing role in international relations. Globalization supports the role of the Catholic Church as a transnational actor not only in the advanced industrial societies of the West but also increasingly across the Global South. In this volume, the authors document the legacies of John Paul II and Benedict XVI as well as the current pontificate of Pope Francis from a range of contemporary perspectives. This book comprises research articles and commentary essays on the papacy in world politics originally published in The Review of Faith & International Affairs.
Indo–US Relations
The purpose of this book is to narrate important, dynamic events that have taken place in the Indo–U.S. relations, beginning from 1943 to 2013. This includes the American role in India's independence, the Cold War, demise of the Soviet Union, resurgence of Islamic fundamentalism, terrorists' attack of American cities in 2001, decline of American power, rise of India, and rise of China. The study is confined to only three areas: terrorism, nuclear proliferation, and nuclear energy. The defining moment of the twenty-first century occurred in 2008 when these two estranged great democracies engaged one another to work on common goals and establish a strategic relationship between two natural allies.
