| Description |
1 online resource (72 pages) |
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Egmont paper ; 89 |
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Egmont paper ; 89.
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| Contents |
Introduction: the need for debate / THOMAS RENARD -- About this report's aim and structure -- Key policy options to strengthen Belgium's counterterrorism approach -- 30 measures against terrorism: penal populism between expected efficiency and potential collateral damage / VINCENT SERON AND SOPHIE ANDRÉ -- Which measures? -- The reaction dynamic and its underlying concepts -- Criticisms: The expected efficiency and potential collateral damage in question -- And tomorrow? -- How integrated is local prevention of radicalisation and terrorism? / PAUL PONSAERS AND ELKE DEVROE -- The police reform of 1998 -- The unconditional belief in law enforcement -- The local police and the municipality treated as orphans -- The lack of co-ordination of the municipal initiative -- The official response: the federal "Canal Plan" and the regional security plan -- A new "Framework Document for an Integral Security Policy"? -- Conclusion -- Counterterrorism financing in Belgium: a new perspective / FRANCE LEMEUNIER -- The disruption of terrorist financing -- International framework to counter the financing of terrorism -- Counterterrorism financing architecture in Belgium -- Different approaches to Belgian counterterrorist financing -- The BELFI project -- The domestic terrorist asset freezing mechanism -- The use of financial intelligence -- Conclusion -- Firearms acquisition and the terrorism-criminality nexus / NILS DUQUET -- Characteristics of the illicit gun market in Belgium -- Belgium as the "hotspot" for firearms acquisition by terrorists? -- Combating the illicit gun market -- Bilateral, European and global: the 3 external layers of Belgium's counterterrorism policy / THOMAS RENARD -- Bilateral cooperation: partners of choice and necessity -- European cooperation: Belgium as a leading force -- Global cooperation: a comprehensive contribution -- Strengthening the three external layers |
| Summary |
"Following the terrorist attacks in Paris (November 2015) and Brussels (March 2016), Belgium's counterterrorism policy has been heavily criticized--domestically and worldwide. A number of these criticisms were overly exaggerated (so-called 'Belgium-bashing'), and they were therefore quickly discarded. Yet, some criticisms pointed to real underlying problems, which required a serious response. Starting from this observation, a group of scholars convened by the Egmont Institute undertook the exercise to assess Belgium's counterterrorism policy in a critical but nuanced manner. This report does not aim for exhaustiveness, but it does focus on some priority aspects, and provides a number of recommendations to policy-makers. The various chapters cover: an evaluation of the 30 measures announced by the government; the need for more community policing; the relevance of counterterrorism financing; the terror-crime nexus; and an overview of the 'external dimension' of Belgium's counterterrorism efforts."-- Publisher description |
| Notes |
"October 2016." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF cover (Egmont Institute, viewed September 12, 2017) |
| Subject |
Terrorism -- Prevention -- Government policy -- Belgium
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Terrorism -- Belgium -- Prevention -- Finance
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National security -- Belgium
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Gun control -- Belgium
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Police -- Belgium
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Gun control.
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National security.
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Police.
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Terrorism -- Prevention -- Finance.
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Terrorism -- Prevention -- Government policy.
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Belgium.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Renard, Thomas, editor.
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Egmont - Royal Institute for International Relations, commissioning body, issuing body.
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| ISBN |
9791096843039 |
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