Intelligence Studies and the War on Terrorism

State Cooperation Against International Crime, Terrorism and Drug Trafficking (Wyn Rees)

Such transnational security threats as crime, terrorism and drug trafficking are increasingly absorbing attention. Yet such threats pose real dilemmas for states as they blur the traditional boundaries between internal and external security and they are issues on which states have not developed elaborate patterns of cooperation in the past.

Nevertheless, it is widely recognised that the only way to manage these threats is to promote international cooperation. Both states and international organisations are seeking to address this new security agenda.