| Description |
1 online resource (36 pages) : color illustrations (digital, PDF file) |
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Royal United Services Institute occasional paper |
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Royal United Services Institute occasional paper
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| Summary |
Few areas of activity demonstrate the challenges and opportunities of global integration as acutely as international civil aviation. Its growth has not only mirrored but also driven the explosion of globalization over the last two decades. However, it has also become a high-profile conduit of new transnational threats. Securing civil aviation has been a key political priority of the world's most powerful states since 9/11 and over the past ten years we have seen numerous efforts to enhance aviation security in response to terrorist attacks. As security technologies and procedures in key parts of the civil aviation industry have been developed in response to attempted terrorist attacks during the 2000s, so the attackers look for new weaknesses in the chain to exploit. At a macro level, the security framework of the International Civil Aviation Organization has been weakened by a reactive, transient patchwork of unilateral and bilateral arrangements, and is characterized by a lack of real capacity for change. Regionally, the EU has provided guidance and security standards for aviation, yet it has been slow to demonstrate leadership in driving policy into action. The result has been that highly interdependent European neighbors operate different security regimes with different technologies and differing degrees of effectiveness. This lack of coherence among developed countries with relatively well-aligned interests is more apparent in the developing areas of the world. Here, the gaps in security arising from disparities in procedure and access to technology are a common assumption in terrorist planning |
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March 2011 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 34-36) |
| Notes |
Title from cover screen (viewed May 7, 2011) |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
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System requirements: Adobe Reader |
| Subject |
Aeronautics, Commercial -- Security measures -- International cooperation
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Terrorism -- Prevention -- International cooperation
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Terrorism -- Prevention -- International cooperation.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies.
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