Connections
Contents
Lessons from the Post-Totalitarian Transformation of Intelligence Services
Transformation of State Security and Intelligence Services in Poland – A Job Still Unfinished
Lessons Learned from Military Intelligence Services Reform in Hungary
Intelligence and Security Services Reform and Oversight in Ukraine – An Interim Report
Infogate Influences on Reforms of South Africa’s Intelligence Services
This article investigates the developments of al-Qaida and The Islamic State in the context of the war on terror. The Iraq war 2003–2010, including the US Counterinsurgency strategy implemented in Iraq in 2007 onwards, together with the political developments in Iraq after the US withdrawal of combat troops at the end of 2011 is seen as the breeding ground for Islamic State in Iraq and thus for establishment of the Nusra Front (al-Qaida) in Syria. The chapter argues that without political developments based on reliable states in the Arab Middle East there is no solution in sight for ending the conflicts and wars in the region.
Previous Issue
The Fall 2020 issue of Connections: The Quarterly Journal presents a variety of security-related applications of the concept of resilience. Two articles address the relation to cybersecurity – one presenting a framework for assessing national cyber resilience, and the other the need to enhance the resilience of the armed forces to cyberat...
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