Terrorism and Violence in Southeast Asia: Transnational Challenges to States and Regional Stability

by Paul J. Smith

Overview

This timely work examines the scale and root causes of terrorism across Southeast Asia, including the role of al-Qaeda's ascendancy in the region. It begins with an overview of the analytical and theoretical framework for discussing the subject. Individual chapters then examine terrorist activities from both functional and country-specific perspectives. The book traces fundamental linkages between terrorism and security issues, such as illegal immigration, narcotics trafficking, and other criminal activity. In addition, it considers the issue of convergence - the growing connection between criminal groups and terrorism, and how this may facilitate future violence. Written by a range of experts in the field, the individual chapters reflect a variety of perspectives. The contributions fall into two broad categories - chapters that directly address terrorism (the groups, their ideologies, their modus operandi, their origins, and state responses to them); and chapters that address the "enabling environment" that exists in Southeast Asia (the role of transnational crime, porous borders, convergence between terrorism and crime).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765614339
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/30/2004
Pages:	282
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Part I A Transnational Perspective of Terrorism in Southeast Asia; Chapter 1 Transnational Violence in the Asia-Pacific, Alan Dupont; Chapter 2 Militant Islamic Extremism in Southeast Asia, Peter Chalk; Chapter 3 Al-Qaeda Comes to Southeast Asia, Zachary Abuza; Chapter 4 Understanding al-Qaeda and Its Network in Southeast Asia, Rohan Gunaratna; Part II Regional Perspectives on Terrorism in Southeast Asia; Chapter 5 Al-Qaeda and Political Terrorism in Southeast Asia, Carlyle A. Thayer; Chapter 6 Terrorism and the Political Landscape in Indonesia, Anthony L. Smith; Chapter 7 The Philippines and the Challenge of International Terrorism, Paul A. Rodell; Part III Southeast Asia’s Ideological and Physical Enabling Environment; Chapter 8 Countering Radical Islam in Southeast Asia, Kumar Ramakrishna; Chapter 9 Terrorism and Transnational Organized Crime, Tamara Makarenko; Chapter 10 Trading the Tools of Terror, David Capie; Chapter 11 Border Security and Transnational Violence in Southeast Asia, Paul J. Smith; Chapter 12 Media, Information Revolution, and Terrorism in Southeast Asia, Shyam Tekwani;