Wherein the Divide? Terrorism and the Future of Atlanticism
Journal Article, Perceptions, volume XI, pages 33-48
Spring 2006
Author: Matan Chorev, Senior Research Assistant, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
ABSTRACT
This article argues that the tactical and strategic divergence in the approach to counterterrorism across the Atlantic is best understood through the prism of strategic culture. The different experiences with international terrorism have contributed to vastly different perceptions of the terrorist threat and in turn to different counterterrorism approaches. The paper introduces the concept of strategic culture, outlines the two continents' experience with terrorism and explains why the end of the Cold War brought new tensions to the fore. It suggests that a strategic culture analysis of the divergent approaches to terrorism will help inform and enrich the ubiquitous one-dimensional realist rendering of the Atlantic divide and demonstrate that under the right conditions, international terrorism, rather than leading to permanent divorce might paradoxically be the very thing that transforms the Atlantic relationship back towards a consolidated Atlantic community.
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http://www.sam.gov.tr/perceptions/volume%20xi/MatanChorev.pdf
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Document Length: 15 pp.
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