[PDF] Australian Security After 9 11 eBook

Author : Derek McDougall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 28,26 MB
Release : 2020-07-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1000152324

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Debates on security became more intense following the unanticipated end of the Cold War conflict and took on added force after the terrorist attacks on the US on September 11, 2001. Generally viewed as a part of the wider 'West' despite its separation by enormous geographical distances from both Europe and the United States, Australia is a regional power in its own right. It has been an active and loyal member of the US-led coalitions of the willing, first in Afghanistan and then in Iraq. The terrorist attacks in Bali one year after the attacks in the United States brought home to Australia the direct nature of the new global terrorist threats to its own security. This volume brings together leading experts on international security and Australia's foreign and security policies in a critical examination of Australia's adaptations to the new security challenges. It is the first in-depth and comprehensive analysis of Australia's defence and security policies as well as the country's role in countering regional and global challenges to international security since the war on terrorism began.

Author : Randy K. Lippert
Publisher : Springer
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 13,8 MB
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3319432435

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This edited collection brings together leading scholars to comparatively investigate national security, surveillance and terror in the early 21st century in two major western jurisdictions, Canada and Australia. Observing that much debate about these topics is dominated by US and UK perspectives, the volume provides penetrating analysis of national security and surveillance practices in two under-studied countries that reveals critical insights into current trends. Written by a wide range of experts in their respective fields, this book addresses a fascinating array of timely questions about the relationship among national security, privacy and terror in the two countries and beyond. Chapters include critical assessments of topics such as: National Security Intelligence Collection since 9/11, The Border as Checkpoint in an Age of Hemispheric Security and Surveillance, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Law Enforcement, as well as Federal Government Departments and Security Regimes. An engaging and empirically driven study, this collection will be of great interest to scholars of security and surveillance studies, policing, and comparative criminology.

Author : Daniel Baldino
Publisher : NewSouth
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 19,60 MB
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1742241638

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Terrorist acts, most notably 9/11 and the Bali bombings, transformed our attitudes to the secretive world of intelligence, surveillance and security. In this book a prominent group of writers including Michael Mori, Ben Saul, Anne Aly and Peter Leahy lay bare the facts about spying and security in post-9/11 Australia. Their compelling book cuts through panic and fear-mongering to ask hard questions: Is ASIO unaccountable? Is the money we spend on security worth it? Is cyber-terrorism an urgent threat? Are our spies up to the job, and how do we know anyway as we only hear about their failures? Is WikiLeaks good for human rights? Are we trading our privacy for a false sense of security? Spooked untangles the half-truths, conspiracy theories and controversies about the ‘war on terror’, and is a welcome antidote to misinformation and alarm.

Author : Australian National Audit Office
Publisher :
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 44,18 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Aeronautics, Commercial
ISBN : 9780642806826

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"Terrorist attacks in the United States on 11 September 2001 reinforced the importance of the security of aviation operations globally, including in Australia. September 11 demonstrates the potential for catastrophe, where the repercussions are still being felt globally. Accordingly, the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) conducted a follow-up audit into aviation security in Australia, in order to determine how well aviation security standards were being met in an environment of heightened threat." -- p. 9.

Author : Carl Ungerer
Publisher : ANZSOG Program on Government
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 18,83 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN :

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This textbook examines changes to Australian foreign policy since 9/11 and the rise of global Islamic terrorism. It covers each of the main areas of Australian foreign policy – security, trade, development assistance, multilateral institutions and bilateral relations. The first section deals with the strategic dimensions of foreign policy, the second with global dimensions, and the final section deals with regional or geographic dimensions. It is a critical examination of the transnational forces that are influencing the future conduct of Australian policy.

Author : Kent Roach
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 21,60 MB
Release : 2011-08-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 1139501380

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This book critically and comparatively examines the responses of the United Nations and a range of countries to the terror attacks on September 11, 2001. It assesses the convergence between the responses of Western democracies including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada with countries with more experience with terrorism including Egypt, Syria, Israel, Singapore and Indonesia. A number of common themes - the use of criminal law and immigration law, the regulation of speech associated with terrorism, the review of the state's whole of government counter-terrorism activities, and the development of national security policies - are discussed. The book provides a critical take on how the United Nations promoted terrorism financing laws and listing processes and the regulation of speech associated with terrorism but failed to agree on a definition of terrorism or the importance of respecting human rights while combating terrorism.

Author : Mark Phythian
Publisher : Springer
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 34,40 MB
Release : 2008-10-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0230583547

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Discussing the UK experience in the 'war on terror', this book critically analyses the discourse of 'war' and ideas of the politics of panic, as well as forensically analyzing the effectiveness of counter-terrorist policies such as intelligence gathering and processing, counter-terrorist finance and public order.

Author : Brian Michael Jenkins
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 30,36 MB
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 083305838X

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This book provides a multifaceted array of answers to the question, In the ten years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, how has America responded? In a series of essays, RAND authors lend a farsighted perspective to the national dialogue on 9/11's legacy. The essays assess the military, political, fiscal, social, cultural, psychological, and even moral implications of U.S. policymaking since 9/11. Part One of the book addresses the lessons learned from America's accomplishments and mistakes in its responses to the 9/11 attacks and the ongoing terrorist threat. Part Two explores reactions to the extreme ideologies of the terrorists and to the fears they have generated. Part Three presents the dilemmas of asymmetrical warfare and suggests ways to resolve them. Part Four cautions against sacrificing a long-term strategy by imposing short-term solutions, particularly with respect to air passenger security and counterterrorism intelligence. Finally, Part Five looks at the effects of the terrorist attacks on the U.S. public health system, at the potential role of compensation policy for losses incurred by terrorism, and at the possible long-term effects of terrorism and counterterrorism on American values, laws, and society.--Publisher description.

Author : Alan Kiernan
Publisher :
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 28,48 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Australian fiction
ISBN : 9780987367204

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Set in the post 9/11 world, Australia is still a country of relative innocence with our terror threat at medium to low. All that is about to change. With the Bali bombings, boats on the horizon, and the threat of global terrorism on the increase, the Prime Minister instructs our overseas intelligence agency ASIS (Australian Secret intelligence Service) to activate an independent covert team, designated Section Zulu, to move around our closest Asian neighbours and alert Canberra to any terrorist plans, never realising the enemy could already be inside the fence. When that overseas team Section Zulu, uncovers intelligence of threats to Australia the Prime Minister decides the last line of defence will be a small locally-based covert team that will secretly terminate that threat. Headed by ex-SASR officer Tony McAvin, and together with electronic surveillance experts, the crack team track down homegrown terrorists. But can the team overcome living and working in a shadowy world of death and deception and still become the force the country so desperately needs.A team that will not have to answer to anyone but the Prime Minister.A team that will be totally deniable and covert - and one that will take the fall if and when it all goes wrong. ...that team is called Section Alpha. "I have said for a long time this country can't imagine that it's free from the prospect of a terrorist attack. We are, in my view, well prepared, but the important thing is not to have an effective response mechanism after the attack; the aim is to try and stop it occurring in the first place." The Australian Prime Minister - John Howard. 1996-2007

Author : James Bamford
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 50,75 MB
Release : 2009-07-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0307279391

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James Bamford has been the preeminent expert on the National Security Agency since his reporting revealed the agency’s existence in the 1980s. Now Bamford describes the transformation of the NSA since 9/11, as the agency increasingly turns its high-tech ears on the American public. The Shadow Factory reconstructs how the NSA missed a chance to thwart the 9/11 hijackers and details how this mistake has led to a heightening of domestic surveillance. In disturbing detail, Bamford describes exactly how every American’s data is being mined and what is being done with it. Any reader who thinks America’s liberties are being protected by Congress will be shocked and appalled at what is revealed here.