Contents
Karachi: Organized Crime in a Key Megacity
Global Dimensions of Organized Crime and Ways of Preventing Threats at International Level
Transnational Organized Crime – Latvian Challenges and Responses
Maritime Piracy as a Form of Organized Crime: A Strategic Management Approach
Cyberspace as the Environment Affected by Organized Crime Activity
The Mobilization and Recruitment of Foreign Fighters: The Case of Islamic State, 2012–2014
Disunity in Global Jihad
The Winter 2017 issue of Connections is dedicated to the controversies between al-Qaeda (AQ) and Islamic State (IS) and their historical, ideological or geographical affiliates. The issue has been prepared by the Danish Institute for International Studies, with Dr. Manni Crone and Dr. Flemming Splidsboel Hansen serving as Guest Editors.
The papers in this special issue cover three main topics: (1) Historical, ideological and conceptual foundations of existing controversies; (2) Interactions between IS and AQ in Syria, Iraq and other key geographic areas - Afghanistan/Pakistan, Yemen, North Africa and Sahel, Caucasus and Central Aisa, and (3) Varying perspectives on foreign fighters and women's roles in Jihad.
Previous Issue
Advances in sensors, communications, computing, nano- and bio-technologies, along with new strategies and operational concepts, challenge our policy-making capacity. The Spring 2016 issue of Connections presents the Emerging Security Challenges Working Group of the PfP Consortium and reflections of some of its members on the security and policy imp...
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