Counterterrorism and International Power Relations

Anna Cornelia Beyer is Lecturer of Politics at the University of Hull. She is the author of 'Violent Globalisms: Conflict in Response to Empire' (2008) and is presently working on an intellectual biography of Professor Kenneth Waltz.

• Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Participation in Global Governance and its Causes3. The Question of Actorness, Exemplary at the European Union4. Global Governance5. The Global Governance of Counterterrorism6. Hegemonic Governance: Power and Hierarchy in Global Governance7. ASEAN Terrorism: Counterterrorism and Causes8. EU Counterterrorism: Participation and Causes9. Conclusion

'Throughout the early twenty-first century, state governments have worked to develop policies and mutual understandings which advocates claim will improve their collective ability to protect themselves from terrorism. In this book, Anna Cornelia Beyer demonstrates that their efforts conform to a pattern of organisation and power relations which she describes as 'hegemonic governance'. Using data gathered from primary source documents and original interviews with recognised authorities, she contributes meaningful knowledge to several bodies of scholarly literature. In addition to this, her work also contains a useful approach to policy-oriented studies of counterterrorism.' - Dr Tom Kane, Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Hull; 'Anna Cornelia Beyer argues in this book for a 'hegemonic global governance' perspective, rather than pure unilateralism or multilateralist global governance, to explain participation in the Global War on Terrorism. In particular this is represented by unprecedented forms of cooperation in the area of counterterrorism, which may have had a transformative impact on global governance, which she successfully tests through regional case studies of the EU and ASEAN. This book finesses the relationship between power and governance, and raises a number of interesting questions. Beyer's broader ambition to inform security governance is of particular value, with interesting and helpful use of interviews with key figures in the field, in addition to those with relevant policy figures to underwrite the case studies of regional collective actors.' - Dr Hugh Dyer, Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Leeds