Post 9/11 Counter Terrorism Strategy

The terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 caused a rapid response and started the ‘war on terror’ and the transatlantic relations in counter-terrorism caused high-profiled arguments between the US and EU over post-9/11 security strategies (Aldrich, 122; Kruglanski et al., 100). Counter-terrorism strategies for both the United States and European Union are different as EU’s counter-terrorism is a domestic question and many European states do not want to join the ‘war on terror’ and the EU lacks a coherent foreign policy dimension (Aldrich, 122). European Council after 9/11 developed various plans and agreements such as a European Arrest Warrant, a common definition of terrorism, the expansion of Europol and Eurojust, sharing data with allies …show more content…
The new age of terrorism caused by globalization and deregulation with 9/11 was a result of poor communication between the CIA, FBI and National Security Agency cause the lack of warning (Aldrich, 129). After 9/11, the FBI expanded its legal offices across Europe with multiple meetings with UK intelligence and security officials each week with the CIA activities was to degrade the Al Qaeda infrastructure by removing members (Aldrich 130). A major legislation that was passed after the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the US was the United States Patriot Act which allowed such actions as the intelligence community to fight the war on terror, surveillance programs and fighting terrorism findings (Hardouin, 149).The United Nations had past effects to stop the funding of terrorist groups such as the 1999 resolution with an air travel band and asset freeze imposed on the Taliban (Simser, …show more content…
The US-EU relationship in counter-terrorism efforts consider of assisting in joint information sharing and the US Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) required any air carriers to and from the US to submit PNR data for security reasons (Suda, 777). After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, members of the human rights community have been extremely concern over the counterterrorism policies that caused a reduction or elimination of human right protections as a means of national security (Keating, 1). Human rights activist worried as the Bush administration used torture during interrogation for national security purposes although Congress passed laws which prohibited torture and tightened interrogation restrictions (Keating, 2). The US-EU relationship was complex as the Bush administration when around international law such as treaty obligations and the Geneva Conventions by focusing on the legitimistic of their actions (Keating,