The threat of terrorism presents us with two challenges. The first is practical, the other analytical, and our difficulties in addressing the first challenge have been significantly exacerbated by our weaknesses in responding to the second.
The aim of the present volume is a multifaceted contribution to this analytical challenge. With clarity, originality, and skill, experts from the fields of science and applied policy shed new light on a series of questions, such as:
- Is September 11, 2001, indeed the day that will mark the 21st century?
- What are the reasons that led to the rise and fall of Al-Qaeda and the "Islamic State," and what is the "legacy" of the caliphate?
- What implications will the failure of the U.S. and the West to reconstruct Afghanistan have for the international system?
- What dilemmas does the fight against terrorism pose for the constitutional culture and the "liberal conscience" of modern democracies?
- How has the sector evolved?
