The Difficulties and Dilemmas of International Intelligence Cooperation

“…Cette démarcation poursuit principalement un objectif institutionnel et politique de répartition des tâches et des pouvoirs entre niveaux, car la politique publique sécuritaire, qu'elle soit extérieure ou intérieure, vise le même but : protéger les citoyens et les organisations de tout danger (fonction préventive) et réprimer dans le but de maintenir l'ordre public et la sécurité (fonction répressive) (Rémy, 2008, p. 9 international contraignant (Deflem, 2007, p. 19). De même, la coopération internationale dans le domaine du renseignement n'est traditionnellement pas régie par des conventions de grande envergure, mais repose plutôt sur des accords administratifs informels, bilatéraux ou multilatéraux, poursuivant un but précis et restant rattachés à des logiques intrinsèquement nationales (Conseil fédéral, 2002b, p. 5039 ;Lefebvre, 2003 ;Svendsen, 2008, p. 133). La deuxième partie du XX e siècle a vu la conclusion de plusieurs conventions multilatérales visant une coopération sur des questions sécuritaires plus spécifiques se distinguant par leur caractère transfrontalier, comme la piraterie, le trafic de drogue et le blanchiment d'argent 6 .…”

Section: L'évolution De La Sécurité Intérieure Des éChelles Nationalunclassified

Du global au local : vers une redéfinition de la gouvernance de la sécurité publique en Suisse

Jacot-Descombes¹,

Wendt²

2013

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Dans le contexte de la mondialisation, la sécurité d’un État dépasse les frontières de sa politique intérieure pour être redéfinie au niveau international. Cet article porte sur les modalités d’ajustement du système fédéraliste suisse aux impératifs émanant de l’international. Tandis que ses compétences étaient traditionnellement restreintes en matière de sécurité, la Confédération suisse devient dès lors un interlocuteur central qui cherche à étendre ses tâches tout en étant contraint de prendre en compte les cantons, principaux acteurs de cette politique. Ainsi, le système multiniveau suisse, sous une pression internationale mais aussi interne, se réforme lentement tout en conservant ses spécificités qui sont autant de freins à son adaptation à la situation internationale.In the context of globalization, the security of a State extends beyond the boundaries of its domestic policy and is redefined at the international level. This article discusses the modalities whereby the Swiss federal system has adjusted to international imperatives. Traditionally, the Swiss Confederation’s powers in the area of security have been limited. More recently, however, the federal government has become a pivotal actor that has sought to expand its work while also having to take into account the cantons, which are the main players in security policy. Thus, Switzerland’s multi-level system has, under combined international and internal pressure, been undergoing a slow process of reform while yet preserving its specific characteristics, which act as a brake to its adaptation to the international situation

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“…The literature on intelligence cooperation has long emphasized, therefore, the issue of trust as essential in building up cooperative relationships (e.g. Lefebvre, 2003;Aldrich, 2004;Clough, 2004;Behnsahel, 2006) and gone on to presume that trust between countries is increased when they share common governing systems -specifically, both being democracies.…”

Section: Applying the Usiib Datasetmentioning

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“…Munton, 2009;Hussain, 2009;Matei, 2009;Dumbrell, 2009) and practitioners' analyses of challenges to or innovations within intelligence cooperation (e.g. Lefebvre, 2003;Strachan-Morris, 2009;Lander, 2004).…”

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Quantifying intelligence cooperation: The United States International Intelligence Behavior (USIIB) dataset

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Tüzüner

2011

Journal of Peace Research

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This report describes the creation of the United States International Intelligence Behavior dataset (USIIB). The USIIB represents the first collection of event data specifically intended for exploring in a quantifiable manner the international intelligence cooperation behaviors of the United States. A total of 293,615 events are recorded in the USIIB, covering the years 2000-09. The report first provides a detailed description of the steps involved in building such a dataset, including the development of search terms, the use of a machine coding program (TABARI -Text Analysis by Augmenting Replacement Instructions) to extract data from wire news releases, and the extension of an existing coding scheme (CAMEO) to include intelligence behaviors. Following a discussion of issues related to the reliability and validity of event datasets in general and the USIIB in particular, the report then includes suggestions and examples for how the data in the current USIIB dataset may be used in order to add to our understandings of patterns and anomalies in international intelligence cooperation behavior. As a specific example, it offers results from an empirical test exploring variation in intelligence cooperation behaviors among democracies and non-democracies, asking specifically whether the United States has been more likely in the early 21st century to cooperate on intelligence matters with democratic states, and finding this not to have been the case. Finally, it aims to provide a guide for others who would like to extend this dataset to explore intelligence cooperation activity of other countries or regions.

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The Difficulties and Dilemmas of International Intelligence Cooperation

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Du global au local : vers une redéfinition de la gouvernance de la sécurité publique en Suisse

Quantifying intelligence cooperation: The United States International Intelligence Behavior (USIIB) dataset

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