Terrornomics

Author(s): Sean Costigan, Loretta Napoleoni, Rachel Ehrenfeld, Michel Hess, Mark Edmond Clark, William Hartung, Frida Berrigan, Rachel Stohl, Rockford Weitz, Stacy Reiter Neal, Swapna Pathak, Rico Carisch, Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Thomas Moll, Stephen Flynn
Editor(s): Sean Costigan, David Gold
Publisher(s): Ashgate
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Place: Aldershot

Today, no single issue dominates the global political landscape as much as terrorism. Aware of their unique position in the newly unipolar world, terrorist leaders - Osama Bin Laden foremost among them - have articulated that economic warfare is a key component of the new terrorist agenda. Governments have accentuated the role of economic tools in their counter-terrorism policies while maintaining emphasis on the application of military force, or hard power, even though such tools often prove unnecessarily blunt, or in some cases are sorely inadequate. Given the complexity of the global threat posed by modern transnational terrorist groups, combating terrorism with a mix of hard and soft power is more important than ever. The need for nuanced management and a full complement of choices in the policy toolkit is a pressing concern.

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