Organized crime 1995 – 2002: mafias, cartels and “gangsterrorists” (2002)
There is a major difference between the challenge posed nowadays by international crime and that posed by our former enemies. Generally speaking, nations are not permanently in a state of war. Even during the long drawn out cold war, when cooperation was impossible,...New world disorder, new terrorisms: new threats for Europe and the western world (1999)
1 – Radically different hybrid terrorist movements As we approach the XXIst century, terrorism is no longer a marginal, localised, problem for our governments, but has become a major security priority. Terrorism today is all-invasive – every day,...New threats : the strategic outlook (1998)
I- The Heart of the Matter Are the “New Threats” Really New? When confronted with something new, people always tend to waver between two reactions. The French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu summed it up brilliantly : “the illusion of ’never seen it...The new, post-cold war, terrorist threats (1996)
March 1993, Bombay, India : car, motorcycle and suitcase-bombs explode at noon in the business district. An unprecedented massacre, worldwide : 320 dead, 1200 injured within an hour. The perpetrators of the carnage are not “conventional” terrorists, but...The “Degenerate guerrillas” (1995)
In Europe, the Kurdistan Worker’s Party, or PKK, is the most famous of these hybrid entities combining a “political” appearance (national liberation, independence) and a criminal reality : terrorism and narco-trafficking. But the PKK is in no way an...Autres sites
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