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PfP Consortium Combating Terrorism Working Group Presentation

PfP Consortium Combating Terrorism Working Group Presentation. Co-Chair Colonel Russell D. Howard March 23, 2004 Stockholm, Sweden. Combating Terrorism Working Group. Mission

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PfP Consortium Combating Terrorism Working Group Presentation

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  1. PfP Consortium Combating Terrorism Working GroupPresentation Co-Chair Colonel Russell D. Howard March 23, 2004 Stockholm, Sweden Combating Terrorism Working Group

  2. Combating Terrorism Working Group Mission To provide a forum for subject matter experts to educate policy-makers through publications and memoranda; to conduct research on all aspects of terrorism; provide prognosis and recommendations; to develop courses and teaching aids for universities and executive-level management; and, to interface with other Consortium groups addressing related issues. The study group intends to enhance information exchange and cooperation between EAPC members, discuss the prevention of terrorism and consequence management, examine legal issues surrounding the GWOT, discuss the roles of non-government, private, and international organizations in the GWOT, discuss means to avoid politicizing GWOT, discuss the psychology of terrorism, and evaluate current threats. Combating Terrorism Working Group

  3. Combating Terrorism Working GroupHistory • Initial meeting was held July 2002 at the PfP Annual Conference in Paris • Original group was made up of members from other PfP Working Groups • First meeting was held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in November, 2002 • Second meeting was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in March, 2003 Combating Terrorism Working Group

  4. Combating Terrorism Working GroupCo-Chairs Dr. Rohan Gunaratna Colonel Russell D. Howard Combating Terrorism Working Group

  5. Combating Terrorism Working GroupCo-Chairs Continued Combating Terrorism Working Group

  6. Combating Terrorism Working GroupNew Working Group Established in September 2003 • Limited membership to one PfP Working Group • Sought  members with operational experience • Sought members in operational positions • Sought members who could apply theory to practice • Sought diversity in membership Combating Terrorism Working Group

  7. Combating Terrorism Working GroupFirst Meeting of Newly Established GroupWest Point, New York—September, 2003 Combating Terrorism Working Group (CTWG) members from fourteen different PfP and NATO countries met at a conference at the United States Military Academy at West Point on 16-17 September. The conference, sponsored by the PfP Consortium and West Point's Combating Terrorism Center, was the third in a series of quarterly CTWG conferences which have convened previously in Garmisch, Germany and Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The West Point conference was particularly important because several new members to the group were introduced. Combating Terrorism Working Group

  8. Combating Terrorism Working GroupMeeting at West PointCo-Sponsored by the PfP and the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point Combating Terrorism Working Group

  9. Combating Terrorism Working GroupWay Forward • Increase membership • Group presently has members from: Albania, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, Latvia, Moldova, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Switzerland, Russia, and Uzbekistan Combating Terrorism Working Group

  10. Combating Terrorism Working GroupWay Forward • Increase relevance: • Group member guest speaker opportunities—Stockholm Conference • Curriculum and course development—NATO School Initiative • Publishing opportunities—with PfP publications and other books and periodicals • Subject matter expert exposure—at all working group meetings • Ultimate objective is to be a relevant organization whose views are sought after by both policy makers and the academic community. Combating Terrorism Working Group

  11. Combating Terrorism Working GroupIntroduction of Guest Speakers • Mr. Rein Tammsaar from Estonia—Mr. Tammsaar is an analyst in the Policy Planning Division and Estonia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs • Ms. Lucia Vreja from Romania—Ms. Vreja is an analyst and advisor on terrorism and other security matters at the Institute for Political Studies of Defense and Military History Combating Terrorism Working Group

  12. Combating Terrorism Working Group Questions ? Combating Terrorism Working Group

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