The New Era of Terrorism

C. Augustus "Gus" Martin is a Professor of Criminal Justice Administration at California State University, Dominguez Hills, where he regularly teaches a course on the subject of terrorism and extremism. He has also served as Associate Vice President for Human Resources Management, Acting Associate Dean of the College of Business Administration and Public Policy, Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs, and Chair of the Department of Public Administration & Public Policy. He began his academic career as a member of the faculty of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, where he was an Administration of Justice professor. His current research and professional interests are terrorism and extremism, homeland security, administration of justice, and juvenile justice. Dr. Martin is author of a number of books on the subjects of terrorism and homeland security, including Understanding Homeland Security (SAGE, 2016); Essentials of Terrorism: Concepts and Controversies (2016); Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues (SAGE, 2015); The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism, Second Edition (SAGE, 2011); Terrorism and Homeland Security (SAGE, 2011); and The New Era of Terrorism: Selected Readings (SAGE, 2004). He is also author of Juvenile Justice: Process and Systems (SAGE, 2005). Prior to joining academia, Dr. Martin served as Managing Attorney for the Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh, where he was also director of a program created under a federal consent decree to desegregate public and assisted housing. He was also Special Counsel to the Attorney General of the U.S. Virgin Islands on the island of St. Thomas. As Special Counsel, he occupied a personal and confidential position in the central office of the Department of Justice; sat as hearing officer for disciplinary hearings and departmental grievances; served as chair of the Drug Policy Committee; served as liaison to the intergovernmental Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee as well as to the Narcotics Strike Force; and provided daily legal and policy advice to the Attorney General. Prior to serving as Special Counsel, he was a "floor" Legislative Assistant to Congressman Charles B. Rangel of New York. As Legislative Assistant, he researched, evaluated and drafted legislation in areas of foreign policy, foreign aid, human rights, housing, education, social services, and poverty; he also drafted House floor statements, Congressional Record inserts, press releases, and news articles; and he composed speeches, briefing materials, and legislative correspondence.

Introduction - Gus Martin Chapter 1. Prologue: Rethinking Policy and Theory in the New Era of Terrorism Rethinking Terrorism and Counterterrorism Since 9/11 - BruceHoffman The Unipolar Moment Revisited - Charles Krauthammer Foreword: Freedom and Security After September 11 - Viet Dinh PART I. CONCEPTUALIZING THE THREAT IN THE NEW ERA Chapter 2. The New Era in Perspective A Historical Analysis of Mass Casualty Bombers - Chris Quillen Harbinger or Aberration? A 9/11 Provocation - John Mueller The Imbalance of Terror - Therese Delpech Chapter 3. Defining Terrorism in the New Era Terrorism: The Problem of Definition Revisited - H.H.A. Cooper Mixed Message: Arab and Muslim Response to 'Terrorism' - Mustafa Al Sayyid Choices of Law, Choices of War - Noah Feldman Chapter 4. Causes of Terrorism in the New Era Cross-Regional Trends in Female Terrorism - Karla J. Cunningham God and Mammon: Does Poverty Cause Militant Islam? - Daniel Pipes The Radical Right After 9/11 - Daniel Levitas PART II. TERRORIST BEHAVIOR IN THE NEW ERA Chapter 5. Exotic Terrorism What it Takes to Become a Nuclear Terrorist - Friedrich Steinhausler The Rise of Complex Terrorism - Thomas Homer-Dixon The Culture of Martyrdom: How Suicide Bombing Became not Just a Means but an End - David Brooks Chapter 6. The New Era of Religious Terrorism Just War, Jihad, and Terrorism: A Comparison of Western and Islamic Norms for the Use of Political Violence - Adam L. Silverman Must Innocents Die? The Muslim Debate Over Suicide Attacks - Haim Malka The New Terrorism: Securing the Nation Against a Messianic Foe - Steven Simon Chapter 7. The Near-Future of Terrorism The Terrorist Calculus Behind 9-11: A Model for Future Terrorism? - Brigitte L. Nacos Can Terrorists Get the Bomb? - Gary Milhollin Russia, Islam, and the War on Terrorism: An Uneasy Future - Ariel Cohen PART III. WHAT IS TO BE DONE? POLICY CHOICES IN THE NEW ERA Chapter 8. Issues and Challenges for Counterterrorism There Are No Rules' (George W. Bush): International Order After September 11 - Andrew Hurrell Rights, Liberties, and Security: Recalibrating the Balance After September 11 - Stuart Taylor, Jr. A Nasty Business - Bruce Hoffman Chapter 9. Counterterrorist Options in the New Era Terrorism and the Use of Force - Geir Ulfstein A New Strategy for the New Face of Terrorism - Paul L. Bremer, III Smarter Intelligence - John Deutch and Jeffrey H. Smith Chapter 10. Forging Alliances in the New Era The End of the Unipolar Moment? September 11 and the Future of World Order - Steve Smith The Future of International Coalitions: How Useful? How Manageable? - Paul Dibb They the People: Our Abandoned Muslim Allies - Azar Nafisi

"On September 11 (2001) the USA was struck by a terror attack on a scale never before imagined. . . Gus Martin's reader The New Era of Terrorism is meant, as he puts it, to stimulate critical discussion about the attributes of the new era of terrorism and the policy options available to societies and governments in this era. . . The reader is organized into three thematic parts, each of which is comprised of three chapters. . . Three articles are included in each chapter. The first articles have been selected from reputable scholarly journals, and the remaining two from policy-oriented political and legal journals and mass-market publications. . . In the reader a wide variety of analyses and opinions are given. . . While "European authors" tend to advocate an internationalist, legalistic approach, stressing the importance of coalition-building, many "American authors" are favouring a stronger, more direct approach to terrorism, showing disappointment at a weak European response. . . Overall, this is a timely, insightful read." -- Willem I. Togtema * EUROPEAN ANALYSIS *