Author: Frances G. Burwell / Political Geography: Afghanistan

Author:: Frances G. Burwell and William H. Taft IV
Publication Date:: 04-2007
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Atlantic Council
Abstract:: Throughout 2006, allegations of U.S. involvement in "renditions" of suspected terrorists from Europe to prisons in Afghanistan and elsewhere reverberated around European capitals. Charges that the United States had established secret prisons in some European countries raised the temperature even further. The European Parliament and the Council of Europe initiated investigations, while some European leaders called for the United States to close its detention facility in Guantanamo, describing the facility as contrary to international law.
Topic:: Terrorism and Torture
Political Geography:: Afghanistan, United States, and Europe

Author:: David L. Aaron, Frances G. Burwell, C. Richard Nelson, Anna M. Beauchesne, K. Jack Riley, and Brian Zimmer
Publication Date:: 12-2004
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Atlantic Council
Abstract:: On September 11, 2001, the world was introduced to a new type of terrorism, one that was truly global in its organization and its impact. In both Europe and the United States, it was immediately clear that an effective response would require new levels of cooperation across the Atlantic and around the world. The initial response was in part military, as NATO invoked its mutual defense clause for the first time ever and a military campaign began in Afghanistan. But equally important was the decision by both the European Union and the United States to boost the capacity of their domestic law enforcement agencies and judiciary to respond to global terrorism and to look for ways to cooperate with each other in doing so. Since then, U.S.-EU cooperation in combating terrorism has been one of the success stories of transatlantic relations.
Topic:: International Relations, Security, and Terrorism
Political Geography:: Afghanistan, United States, and Europe

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