ieee.es

Search in this website

Publication

28/12/2017

The use of the sea in the strategies of terrorist organizations (DIEEEO131-2017)

The maritime dimension of terrorism has been a marginal topic in recent decades due to the fact that terrorist organizations have focused their efforts in land and eventually in air. Nevertheless, since the 1990s an increasing terrorist activism, particularly from the Jihadist groups, was detected with attacks against ships, harbor facilities, or crews. This trend has been confirmed in recent years, when increasing instability is affecting a number of coastal states. The need to pay much more attention to this threat is central because the effort made by terrorist actors identifying our vulnerabilities at sea must find a strong response from national states and international security and defense organizations.

Author: Carlos Echeverría Jesús

THIS DOCUMENT IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN SPANISH LANGUAGE.

© Copyright 2010 Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies