We have the strategy we need to deal with terrorism: Contest Mark 2

Paul Wilkinson – Wednesday Apr 1 2009

“The government has issued a 167 page document describing its revised and updated counterterrorism strategy. The first iteration of its strategy to tackle terrorism, developed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks in the United States, consisted of a set of major objectives — prevention, pursuit, protection and preparation (for dealing with possible terrorist attack). The ‘four Ps’ provided useful general guidelines, but a more detailed strategy on exactly how these goals are to be achieved has had to await the consolidation of a more comprehensive and detailed version of the counterterrorism strategy. Contest Mark 2. Does it measure up to the task?” » more