CSTPV is delighted to announce its schedule of events for Semester 2 (2011/12).

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CSTPV is delighted to announce the relaunch of its online publication "The Journal of Terrorism Research" Read More...

CSTPV Public Seminar
1st December 2011
5 PM, Arts Lecture Theatre, The Scores
‘Suicide Bombing: Politics and Explanations’
Speakers: Prof Karin Fierke (IR, St Andrews), Dr Rashmi Singh (CSTPV, St Andrews) Read More...

25th November 2011
1400 - 1800
Arts Lecture Theatre, The Scores

‘As a reaction to the terrorist attacks in New York, Madrid and London, the European Union has become increasingly active in the field of counter-terrorism. Using a highly ambitious Counter-terrorism Action Plan and a four-pillar Strategy as foundations, the European Union has aimed to coordinate member states’ policies, to harmonise national legislation and even to support operational work conducted by national authorities. Yet, despite its unprecedented policy relevance and almost a decade-long history, EU policies in this field have only recently received due attention in the academic community. Read More...

CSTPV is pleased to announce that the complete third issue of its online journal is now available to download.

Contents

Articles
Paving the way for Extremism: How Preventing the Symptoms does not cure the Disease of Terrorism by Imran Awan

Terrorist Threat Construction and the Transition to Permanent British Counterterrorism Law by Kathryn Fisher

Legislating for Terrorism: The Philippines’ Human Security Act 2007 by Pauline E. Eadie

Defining Terrorism at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon by Prakash Puchooa

Constructing a Global Counterterrorist Legislation Database: Dilemmas, Procedures, and Preliminary Analyses by Eran Shor

Putting the Terror in Territorial: Reflections on the Global War on Terrorism and U.S. Detention Policy by Shea Esterling

No New Weapons for the UN Ombudsperson? by Joe Stevens

Anti-Terrorism Resolutions: The Security Council’s Threat to the UN System by Fraser Galloway

The Lawful Use of Targeted Killing in Contemporary International Humanitarian Law by Scott D. MacDonald


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CSTPV Public Seminar

17th November 2011
5 PM, Arts Lecture Theatre, The Scores

"Political Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood in Post-Mubarak Egypt’"
Speaker: Dr Katerina Dalacoura (London School of Economics) Read More...

CSTPV is pleased to announce that the complete third issue of its online journal is now available to download as a consolidated PDF.

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20th October 2011
5 PM, Arts Lecture Theatre, The Scores

"Theorizing Radicalization"
Speaker: Professor Stuart Croft (University of Warwick) Read More...

The International Relations Department at PUC Minas organised a seminar on ’10 Years After September 11’ that was held on 12 September at PUC Minas in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Read More...

A joint St Andrews/British Academy Symposium was held on 2 September 2011 at the British Academy in London, featuring speakers from, among other institutions, St Andrews, Oxford, the LSE and King's College London. The sessions considered the degree to which 9/11 was indeed a watershed in international relations, how and why terrorist campaigns end, and how far western counter-terrorist policies have been and remain limited in their effect.
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CSTPV is delighted to welcome the following new members of staff:

Dr Javier Argomaniz has been appointed a Lecturer in International Relations. Dr Argomaniz's general interests lies in the application of quantitative methodologies to the study of terrorism, international cooperation in counter-terrorism and the European Union (EU) security policies. Further details and a list of publications can be viewed here.

Dr Gilbert Ramsay has been appointed to a Teaching Fellowship. Dr Ramsay teaches and writes on jihadist ideology and culture, 'cyberterrorism' and 'terrorism on the Internet' and online dimensions of counterterrorism policy. His staff profile can be viewed here.

Dr Tim Wilson has been appointed to a Lectureship in Terrorism and Political Violence, commencing on 1 October 2011. Prior to his arrival at St Andrews he was a Lecturer in Modern History at Oxford University. Dr Wilson's research and teaching focuses upon comparative approaches to the study of inter-communal violence across Europe and the Middle East. Further details and a list of his publications can be viewed here.

CSTPV is pleased to announce the following events will be held during semester one of academic session 2011/12. Further details on each event will be publicised nearer the time. Read More...

In world political history, 2011 will be remembered as the year when the leader of the Al Qaida (AQ) terrorist movement was killed and of the so called “Arab Spring”, when mass demonstrations in some Arab countries fundamentally challenged the way these countries have been ruled for the past few decades.

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CSTPV is pleased to announce that the complete second issue of its online journal is now available to download as a consolidated PDF.
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On October 19th 2003, nearly six months after the outset of the invasion of Iraq by US troops, a video was released by al-Qaeda media arm al-Sahab showing Osama bin Laden directly threatening Spain. In his words, Spain, then governed by Prime Minister José Maria Aznar from the Partido Popular (PP), may face a terrorist attack should Spanish military forces continue to be part of the coalition that invaded Iraq and toppled the Saddam Hussein regime. Less than six months later, on March 11th 2004, Madrid was shaken by coordinated bomb attacks in several commuter trains at peak hours, killing 191 people and wounding thousands. The “first well-known al-Qaeda-inspired terrorist conspiracy in Europe” had been in preparation for years thanks to the long-term presence of radical Islamists on Spanish soil. The first jihadist bombing on this continent since 9/11 seemed to have answered Osama bin Laden’s warning call. Those who later claimed responsibility for these attacks pointed out Iraq as their main source of motivation. Symbolically the bombings were carried out a few days before the first anniversary of Iraq’s invasion. On the national scene, because “terrorism is meant to terrify” and affect an audience, terrorists clearly intended to affect the outcome of the national general elections scheduled three days later. The Madrid terrorists were not self-starters, nor were they members of al-Qaeda who had performed an oath of allegiance to bin Laden. Instead, they were mostly first-generation immigrants from Northern Africa or the Near East who had been settled in Spain for years, had decent jobs and for some of them wives and children. The setting up of the Madrid bombings was an illustration of the rising context of the contemporary jihadist movement, targeting a country and blaming it for what was happening thousands of kilometres away. This example is highly valuable to describe the continuously evolving nature of the jihadist movement up to now.

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by Eugenio Lilli
King’s College London

On May 1, 2011 the headlines of a large number of newspapers and TV channels around the world were saying “justice has been done”. Those were the words used by the US President Barack Obama to announce to the world the killing of Osama bin Laden, the number one terrorist on the US most-wanted list

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Thursday 5th May, 2011, 5.00pm
Seminar Room 4, New Arts Building

Afghanistan: Why are we there? What are we doing? Can we succeed?

Seminar by
Major General John G. Lorimer, DSO MBE Read More...

CSTPV is pleased to announce that the complete first issue of its online journal is now available to download as a consolidated PDF.
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Thursday 21 April, 2011, 5.00pm
Seminar Room 4, New Arts Building

Terrorism Warning: More than just ready, steady, duck

Seminar by
Dr Kenneth A. Duncan
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Thursday 14th April, 2011, 5.00pm
Seminar Room 4, New Arts Building

The Lord's Resistance Army, the Ugandan State and the Failure of Governance

Seminar by

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Thursday 24th March, 2011, 5.00pm
Seminar Room 4, Room No. 119, First Floor, New Arts Building

Music Terror and 9/11

Seminar by

Professor John Anderson, Head of School of IR, University of St Andrews Read More...

Thursday 17th March, 2011, 5.00pm
Arts Lecture Theatre, New Arts Faculty Building

Inside a Terrorist (Police) Cell

Seminar by
Professor Clive Walker Read More...

Thursday 10th February, 2010, 5.00pm
Seminar Room 4, New Arts Building

Labelling the Terrorist in Ancient Rome

Seminar by
Professor Jill Harries
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