Global Responses to Terrorism

The terrorist attacks of September 11th and more recent atrocities in Russia, Indonesia and Kenya have demonstrated that terrorism now poses the most dangerous threat to stability, democracy and prosperity around the world.

This major new book examines how the world has reacted to, and been affected by, the attacks on September 11th, ensuing war in Afghanistan and President George W. Bush's declaration of a 'war on terror' as the 'first war of the 21st century'. The contributions by distinguished specialists in the field examine the domestic implications of terrorism and counter terrorist initiatives across the world.

Few books can boast the quality and range of the contributions to this volume, which locate the war on terror in a truly global and intellectual context.

Mary Buckley is currently an independent scholar living in London having previously enjoyed research affiliations at Michigan, Kiev, Moscow and Azerbaijan universities and teaching posts at Edinburgh and London Universities. Her books include Women and Ideology in the Soviet Union (1989), Redefining Russian Society and Polity (1993), Post-Soviet Women: From the Baltic to Central Asia (edited, 1997) and Kosovo: Perceptions of War and Its Aftermath (co-edited,2002).

Rick Fawn is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of St Andrews. Among his books are International Society after the Cold War: Anarchy and Order Reconsidered (co-edited, 1996); The Czech Republic: A Nation of Velvet (2000), and Ideology and National Identity in Post-Communist Foreign Policies (edited, 2003).