Flashpoints in the War on Terrorism

by Reveron; Derek S.

• ISBN13: 9780415954907
• ISBN10: 0415954908
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-24
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The future security environment has been forecast in terms of nation-state clashes over natural resources, modernization, and culture. Yet America's security interests are more directly affected by the intractable tension between Muslims and non-Muslims within six specific regions: the Fertile Crescent, Balkans, Post-Soviet Region, the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. Countering grass-roots extremism is necessary to ameliorate conflict. However, foreign jihadists are ready to fight anywhere they believe Muslim lands are under attack. Thus it is important to understand the relationship between internal and external actors and domestic and foreign interests. To be successful, the United States must secure lasting peace and economic development in these regional flashpoints, which are primarily characterized in religious terms. By bringing together experts on each region, this book traces the historical roots of these conflicts, the impact of colonial powers imposi

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction: Flashpoints in the War on Terrorism	xi
DEREK S. REVERON AND JEFFREY STEVENSON MURER
SECTION I: THE NEAR EAST
Chapter 1 Israel-Palestine	3	(20)
STEPHEN VAN EVERA
Chapter 2 Iraq	23	(20)
JAMES S. ROBBINS
Chapter 3 Kurdistan	43	(22)
KERRIE UROSEVICH
SECTION II: EUROPE AND THE POST-SOVIET REGION
Chapter 4 Kosovo	65	(22)
SUSAN FINK YOSHIHARA
Chapter 5 Caucasus	87	(30)
JEFFREY STEVENSON MURER
Chapter 6 The Fergana Valley of Central Asia	117	(20)
CHRISTOPHER J. FETTWEIS
SECTION III: ASIA
Chapter 7 Thailand	137	(22)
ROHAN GUNARATNA AND ARABINDA ACHARYA
Chapter 8 Indonesia	159	(20)
ARABINDA ACHARYA AND ROHAIZA AHMAD ASI
Chapter 9 Kashmir	179	(22)
SAMINA RAJA
Chapter 10 Philippines	201	(24)
TOSHI YOSHIHARA
Chapter 11 Xinjiang	225	(24)
DRU C. GLADNEY
SECTION IV: AFRICA
Chapter 12 The Trans-Saharan Arc	249	(18)
STEPHEN A. EMERSON
Chapter 13 Sudan	267	(20)
STEPHEN A. EMERSON
Chapter 14 Nigeria	287	(18)
MICHAEL F. MORRIS AND CHARLES EDEL
Chapter 15 Conclusion: Resolving Political Conflicts	305	(26)
JEFFREY STEVENSON MURER AND DEREK S. REVERON
Contributors	331	(6)
Index	337