After Bali: The Threat Of Terrorism In Southeast Asia

Download or read book After Bali: The Threat Of Terrorism In Southeast Asia written by Kumar Ramakrishna and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2003-12-23 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book critically analyses the specific threat of terrorism in Southeast Asia since the Bali blasts of 12 October 2002 and the US-led war on Iraq. It offers a comprehensive and critical examination of the ideological, socioeconomic and political motivations, trans-regional linkages, and media representations of the terrorist threat in the region, assesses the efficacy of the regional counter-terror response and suggests a more balanced and nuanced approach to combating the terror threat in Southeast Asia. The contributors include leading scholars of political Islam in the region, renowned terrorism and regional security analysts, as well as highly regarded regional journalists and commentators. This represents a formidable and unequalled combination of expertise.