The Action Plan on Combating Terrorism: A Flawed Instrument of EU Security Governance

Bossong, Raphael

doi:10.1111/j.1468-5965.2007.00766.x

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“…These authors have shown that the EU is both more prolific and more powerful in internal security than the commonly held notion of an EU 'capabilities gap' would suggest (Argomaniz 2009;Bossong 2008;Kaunert, Leonard, and Pawlak 2012). This literature describes the novel institutional forms of European security cooperation in terms of networked security and Agency-based cooperation (e.g.…”

Section: European Counterterrorism and Transatlantic Cooperationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Secrecy and security in transatlantic terrorism finance tracking

Goede

Wesseling

2016

Journal of European Integration

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Access to and diffusion of information relating to the Terrorism Finance Tracking Programme (TFTP) has become a focal point for discussions about secrecy and democracy in the European Union. This paper analyses the dynamics of secrecy and publicity in the context of post-9/11 security programmes, in particular, the TFTP. Far from a binary between secrecy and transparency, the TFTP involves complex dynamics of knowledge, and strictly regulated information distribution. The purpose of the article is threefold. First, we contribute to debates on EU secrecy and democratic oversight, by advancing an understanding of secrecy as practice. Second, we document and discuss the longer trajectory of the contested secrecy and publicity of the TFTP, through examining three 'secrecy controversies' . Third, we ask whether the logics of secrecy in the EU are being revised and challenged in the context of transatlantic security cooperation. The rationales of secrecy deployed in security practice hinge on particular notions of potential future harm that, we argue, are shifting in the face of current understandings of the terrorist threat.

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Section: European Counterterrorism and Transatlantic Cooperationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Secrecy and security in transatlantic terrorism finance tracking

Goede

Wesseling

2016

Journal of European Integration

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“…Monar et al (2003),Baldaccini et al (2007),Balzacq and Carrera (2006),Huysmans (2006),Guild and Geyer (2008), van Munste (2009) andBigo et al (2010).2 Zimmermann (2006),Spence (2007),Eckes (2009), Brown (2010,Bures (2006;), Argomaniz (2011), Kaunert (20052010a;2010b;2010c),Kaunert and Della Giovanna (2010),Kaunert and Léonard (2011),Léonard and Kaunert (2012),Kaunert et al (2012a),Bossong (2008; andMacKenzie et al (2013).3 Baldaccini(2007),Geddes (2008),Léonard (2009) andBoswell and Geddes (2011).4 Fletcher and Lö ö f (2008) andEckes and Konstadinides (2011).5 Anderson and Apap (2002),Occhipinti (2003) andGuild and Geyer (2008).6 Kaunert et al (2012b) andKaunert and Zwolski (2013).7 Balzacq(2009), Wolff et al (2009), Wolff (2009; 2012) and Trauner (2011).Introduction 499 Downloaded by [UQ Library] at 03:54 15 March 2015…”

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Introduction: rethinking Western foreign policy and the Middle East

Kaunert

Léonard

Berger

et al. 2014

Cambridge Review of International Affairs

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Does the Arab Spring provide a new opening for Western cooperation with the Middle East? The Arab Spring involved a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests in the Arab world, starting on 18 December 2010, which forced rulers, at least partially, from power in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen. Egypt, however, has since seen a reactionary movement re-establishing military power to the prerevolutionary state. Additional uprisings occurred also in Bahrain and Syria, the latter escalating into full-scale civil war. A number of other countries have also seen serious protests, ranging from Algeria, Iraq, Jordan and Kuwait to Morocco. It is particularly noteworthy that the fallout from the war in Libya has had side effects for a simmering rebellion in Mali, where it appears that al-Qaeda is establishing itself in the north of the country. The European Union (EU) has been concerned about such an eventuality in the Sahel for some time. While some observers have drawn comparisons between the Arab Spring and the revolutions of 1989 in Eastern Europe, the precise endpoint and the direction of the Arab Spring revolutions remain to be identified. In short, the Arab world currently faces a period of social protest and change, which challenges our understanding of politics in the region and established assumptions about Western foreign policy towards this region.Twice within the last hundred years, Western powers have tried to significantly alter the configuration of the Middle Eastern political order. The main aim of this Downloaded by [UQ Library] at 03:54 15 March 2015 special issue is to examine the extent to which the goal of democracy promotion has been in conflict with or, in contrast, supported by other goals (geo-strategic, economic and cultural) in the policies of the major actors towards the Middle East. It brings together scholars with research interests in Middle Eastern politics and those analysing the policies and interests of external actors. Against the backdrop of the recent 'War on Terror', the comparative and interdisciplinary outlook of the special issue offers the opportunity for much-needed intellectual exchange between political scientists, contemporary historians and international relations scholars from Europe, North America and the Middle East.The articles in this special issue tackle the major issues that occupy the minds of all historians and political scientists: how the world works as a political entity and how human beings, either individually or in groups, affect this, especially if they choose to operate outside contemporary systems and norms. The contributors also provide us with an important reminder of how current affairs reflect and reinforce centuries-old patterns of how states interact with each other. These issues occupied the mind of Europeans a century and a half ago who, under the umbrella of a different form of imperialism, attempted to eradicate the differences they encountered between themselves and the indigenous population. Such tactics would be considered unacceptable tod...

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“…So far, many studies use security governance in a more metaphorical sense without specifying its core elements as an analytical framework and its relation to other relevant theories and concepts (see e.g. Bossong 2008). The special issue therefore asks: What are essential categories of security governance in specific areas?…”

Section: Conceptual Empirical and Normative Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%