Counterterrorism in Saudi Arabia
Subtitle: new approaches to radical threats
By: Rachael M Rudolph
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2019
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9781350985902; 9781838608279
Subjects: Terrorism; Government policy; Prevention
Description: "As jihadist extremism, and its manifestation as Al Qaeda, began to spread - even in the years before 9/11 - Saudi Arabia became a principal target. Jihadists identified the country as the first state against which they could mount a concerted effort to destabilise, undermine and subvert the authority of its central government and its ruling elites. This prompted the Saudis to take defensive initiatives which were to become widely recognised as an effective way to deal with extremism. The key element of the Saudi approach was to lace their hard confrontation of the extremists with subtle, soft mechanisms to undermine the will of actual and potential terrorists. The efforts ranged from interdiction of funding terrorist groups to the deployment of social and psychological pressures aimed at steering extremists away from their cause. This included welfare inducements whereby perpetrators were persuaded by material benefits - state support to families and individuals, housing allowances, educational opportunities - to abandon their political goals in favour of a return to family and society. This book charts the course of the Saudi terrorist rehabilitation programme and makes vital reading for all who, either directly or indirectly, have an interest in following the emergence of international terrorism."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Table of Contents; title: Foreword; title: Chapter One: Introduction; title: Chapter Two: Power of Perception, Policy Construction and Saudi Counterterrorism; title: Chapter Three: Pillar 1: The Role of Intelligence, Security and Public Diplomacy; The Building Blocks of Order, Stability and Peace; title: Chapter Four: Pillar II: Counterterrorist Financing; title: Chapter Five: Pillar III: Countering Ideological, Intellectual and Cyber Support for Terrorism (CIIST & CCST); title: Conclusion; title: Appendix; title: Bibliography.