International Cooperation

Policy Papers 3: Technicalities

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Scenario of policy paper 3:
Subject Matter: International Cooperation
In a well-planned attack, suicide bombers detonate three bags of explosives on the Paris
Metro, killing more than 90 people and injuring hundreds. The bombing comes just days after
U.S. police manage to thwart a major terrorist attack in New York, arresting more than 15
suspected terrorists and seizing explosives and chemical materials in 10 different
locations.
It is only weeks later, after investigators are able to establish the identities of the
bombers and recreate a timeline of their movements, that investigators realize the group
arrested in New York had ties to the bombers in Paris. Investigators reveal that both cells
had been planning a coordinated, simultaneous attack on the targets. Information regarding
the failure is leaked to the media, resulting in public outrage at the lack of prevention
measures taken.
Under enormous public pressure, American and French officials cite failures in intelligence
sharing and cooperation for the attack – both blaming the other for the apparently deadly
oversights. Critics use the incident to disapprove of U.S. policies on counter-terrorism,
noting that minimal improvements in international cooperation have been made since the
intelligence failures that lead to 9/11.
You have been commissioned as a special task force of the UN counter-terrorism committee to
report on the current status of international security and intelligence cooperation against
the threat of international terrorism. Tasked with identifying the failures and gaps in the
current system, you must develop a multi-faceted framework for addressing the phenomenon of
international terrorism.
Guidelines

1. What is the state of current international cooperation against terrorism?
2. What are the challenges and conflicts nations may face in working together to
counter terrorism?
3. How do states currently cooperate in countering terrorism? What elements are
missing or in need of improvement on both the regional and international level?
4. What kind of an international framework is most effective in responding to
terrorism?
5. What recommendations and guidelines would you provide nations in creating a
comprehensive international response to terrorism?
Required Reading:

1. Ganor, Boaz. “Chapter 10: Dilemmas Concerning International Cooperation on
Counter-Terrorism.” The Counter-Terrorism Puzzle.
2. Aldrich, Richard J. “Transatlantic Intelligence and Security Cooperation.”
International Affairs 80, 4 (2004)
3. Shapiro, Jeremy & Byman, Daniel. “Bridging the Transatlantic Counterterrorism Gap.”
The Washington Quarterly. 29:4 PP. 33-50, 2006
4. Bensahel, Noa. “The Counterterror Coalitions – Cooperation with Europe, NATO, and
the European Union.” RAND Project AIR FORCE, 2003

Optional

1. Archick, Kristin. “U.S.-EU Cooperation Against Terrorism, CRS Report for Congress,
RS22030, Library of Congress, October 16, 2006
2. Raman, B. “Counter-Terrorism: India-China-Russia Cooperation.” China Report, 40;
155, 2004

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