CONTENTS
Introduction
Zdzisława Dacko-Pikiewicz
9
Henryk Raczkowski
11
Part 1
Understanding Contemporary Terrorism
and Counterterrorism – Selected Issues
Sebastian Wojciechowski
15
1.
What is terrorism? How should one define terrorism?
15
2.
What makes it difficult to define/describe terrorism?
Why are there so many definitions of terrorism and why
the international community has failed to work out
one universal definition?
17
3.
Why the universal definition of terrorism is necessary?
22
4.
What are the main reasons of terrorism?
What makes terrorism escalating?
28
5.
What is the crucial motivation of terrorists’ activity?
32
6.
What is the profile of a terrorist?
35
7.
What is the profile of a terrorist organization?
42
8.
What are main consequences of terrorism?
45
9.
What is the characteristic of modern terrorist attacks?
48
10.
How does the model of modern terrorism combating look like?
50
Contents
6
Part 2
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) as the
exemplification of the global threat of terrorism
Adrian K. Siadkowski
57
1.
Introduction
57
2.
AQAP – creation and reactivation
59
3.
Political transition in Yemen – the fall of Saleh’s regime
62
and strengthening of AQAP
4.
Influence of economic factors on activities of AQAP in Yemen
68
5.
Religious fundamentalism and cultural orthodoxy
– factors conducive to AQAP activity
71
6.
Old problems – new players – a global threat
78
7.
“INSPIRE” – propaganda or the real threat?
79
8.
The Response from the West
82
9.
Summary
88
Bibliography
93
Notes of authors
99