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Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo.
"TSAS is supported as a national strategic initiative funded by SSHRC and Public Safety Canada, along with the following departments of the federal government: Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)".
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Summary
"The goal of this paper is to provide recommendations for improving the existing system of CT governance with reference to five issue areas: (1) the diffusion of CT norms; (2) preventing the rise of terrorism; (3) intelligence and policing coordination; (4) countering terrorist financing; and (5) preventing nuclear terrorism. These five areas have been at the heart of CT governance since 9/11 and, although they are discussed separately in this paper, there is certainly a degree of overlap between them. Each of these areas will be discussed in turn, with attention being paid to why each is important in the fight against terrorism; the key governance efforts that are currently being undertaken in each area; how effective current governance efforts have been; and what actions should be taken to improve governance moving forward. The degree to which successes in each of these areas have actually contributed to a reduction in terrorist activity will be discussed where there is sufficient data to do so."--Page 4.
Contents
Introduction -- Section 1: The diffusion of counter-terrorism norms --
Counter-terrorism norms at the global level --
Counter-terrorism norms at the regional level --
Counter-terrorism norms at the national level --
Factors inhibiting counter-terrorism norm diffusion -- Section 2: Preventing the rise of terrorism --
Factors conducive to terrorism --
Existing governance efforts --
Ways forward in preventing the rise of terrorism -- Section 3: Intelligence and policing coordination --
Existing governance efforts --
Ways forward in counter-terrorism intelligence and policing coordination -- Section 4: Countering terrorist financing --
The raising and movement of terrorist funds --
Existing governance efforts --
Ways forward in countering terrorist financing -- Section 4. Combating nuclear terrorism --
Assessing the threat of nuclear terrorism --
Existing governance efforts --
Ways forward in countering nuclear terrorism -- Conclusion -- References.