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This is the portal for pages on terrorism expertse and terrorology. It links to a wide range of organisations, think tanks, academic research institutes and front groups which help to shape the views of the public, policy makers and elites on 'terrorism' and political violence.  This section is closely linked to [[Middle East Watch]], which focuses on Israel/Palestine and Iraq.
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==What is 'terrorology'?==
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As CAMPACC puts it: 'Academic terrorism 'experts' - or terrorologists - are deeply embedded in the elite power structure. They conveniently blur distinctions between political dissent, resistance to oppressive regimes, and violent threats to populations. These experts advise governments on counter-terrorism, thus sanitising Western state terror as legitimate techniques for self-defence. Where did these terrorologists come from? How do they gain influence and credibility? How can they be countered?'<ref>Campaign Against Criminalising Communities (CAMPACC), 'Embedded Experts in the 'War on Terror' [http://www.campacc.org.uk/embedded.htm http://www.campacc.org.uk/embedded.htm]</ref>
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[[Image:Video Cybercast still.JPG|right|thumb|Terrorism expert [[Evan Kohlmann]] appearing as presenter in his 'Video Cybercast']]
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'''Welcome to the Terrorism Expertise Portal on [[Powerbase:About|Powerbase]]. It links to a wide range of organisations, think-tanks, academic research institutes, front groups and individual experts which shape the views of the public, policy makers and elites on 'terrorism' and political violence. View our''' [http://www.Powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Terrorexpertise '''A-Z list of articles'''].
  
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The editor of the Terrorexpertise Portal is [[User:Tom Mills|Tom Mills]]. You can email him: tom.mills AT Powerbase.info.  
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:'Throughout academia, the study of terrorism is booming. But in reality... these "experts" represent an ideology that has its roots in the cold war and in Israeli conservatism'<ref>Kevin Toolis, [http://www.newstatesman.com/200406140015 Rise of the terrorist professors], New Statesman, 14 June 2004. (Accessed: 9 October 2007)</ref>
 
  
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:'A new field of "terrorology" emerged, with its own journals, conferences, and research institutes. This popular and scholarly literature informed the discourse of the first American "war on terrorism" during the mid-1980s.Middle East Studies Association members, to our everlasting shame according to some pundits, did not participate much in the scholarly field of terrorology. In my view, there was great wisdom in this abstention. The terrorologists have not accomplished a great deal of practical or intellectual significance. Their studies have not noticeably decreased the incidence of acts of violence against civilians throughout the world. Nor have they enhanced our understanding of the causes of such acts. What they have done is to focus attention on tactics and symptoms, thereby impeding investigation into historical and social causes. This is an ostensibly pragmatic, but fundamentally misguided, approach to understanding terrorism. If the term is to be understood in any useful rather than propagandistic way, terrorism must be regarded as a social and historical phenomenon, not a moral or political epithet.<ref>Joel Beinin (MESA President), [http://fp.arizona.edu/mesassoc/Bulletin/Pres%20Addresses/Beinin.htm Middle East Studies After September 11], 2002 MESA Presidential Address, 2002 Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Summer 2003)</ref>.
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As the Campaign Against Criminalising Communities puts it:
  
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:Academic terrorism 'experts' - or terrorologists - are deeply embedded in the elite power structure. They conveniently blur distinctions between political dissent, resistance to oppressive regimes, and violent threats to populations. These experts advise governments on counter-terrorism, thus sanitising Western state terror as legitimate techniques for self-defence. Where did these terrorologists come from? How do they gain influence and credibility? How can they be countered?'<ref>Campaign Against Criminalising Communities (CAMPACC), [http://www.campacc.org.uk/embedded.htm Embedded Experts in the 'War on Terror'] (Accessed: 18 January 2008)</ref>
  
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*[[Brunel Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies]]
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The Jewish American historian Joel Beinin comments that:
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==Key terrorologist authors and their books==
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:A new field of "terrorology" emerged, with its own journals, conferences, and research institutes. This popular and scholarly literature informed the discourse of the first American "war on terrorism" during the mid-1980s.Middle East Studies Association members, to our everlasting shame according to some pundits, did not participate much in the scholarly field of terrorology. In my view, there was great wisdom in this abstention. The terrorologists have not accomplished a great deal of practical or intellectual significance. Their studies have not noticeably decreased the incidence of acts of violence against civilians throughout the world. Nor have they enhanced our understanding of the causes of such acts. What they have done is to focus attention on tactics and symptoms, thereby impeding investigation into historical and social causes. This is an ostensibly pragmatic, but fundamentally misguided, approach to understanding terrorism. If the term is to be understood in any useful rather than propagandistic way, terrorism must be regarded as a social and historical phenomenon, not a moral or political epithet.<ref>Joel Beinin (MESA President), [http://fp.arizona.edu/mesassoc/Bulletin/Pres%20Addresses/Beinin.htm Middle East Studies After September 11], 2002 MESA Presidential Address, 2002 Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Summer 2003)</ref>.
  
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*[[Robert Baer]] ''Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude'', 2003
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'''What is a terrorist, and what is a terrorologist?''' See an [http://www.Powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Terrorologist introduction] to the topic here.
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*[[Arnaud de Borchgrave]] and [[Robert Moss]] ''[[The Spike]]'' (fiction), 1980.
 
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*[[Anthony H. Cordesman]] ''Peace and War: Israel versus the Palestinians - A Second Intifada?'', [[Centre for Strategic and International Studies]], 2000
 
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*[[Martha Crenshaw]] - Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
 
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*[[Brian Crozier]]
 
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*[[Alan M. Dershowitz]] ''Why Terrorism Works: Understanding the Threat, Responding to the Challenge'', 2002
 
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*[[Brian Jenkins]], Senior Consultant to President of [[RAND Corporation]], Santa Monica
 
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*[[Anthony Glees]]
 
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*[[Jeane Kirkpatrick]] ''Dictatorships and Double Standards'', 1982
 
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*[[Walter Laqueur]] Terrorism, 1977; The Age of Terrorism, 1987
 
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*[[Benjamin Netanyahu]], diplomat and future Israeli Minister, Terrorism: How the West Can Win, 1986)
 
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*[[Claire Sterling]] The Terror Network, 1981
 
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*[http://www.spinwatch.org/-articles-by-category-mainmenu-8/74-terror-spin/5192-nick-clegg-on-policy-exchange Nick Clegg on Policy Exchange]
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*[http://www.spinwatch.org/-articles-by-category-mainmenu-8/74-terror-spin/5057-fortress-britain Fortress Britain]
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*[http://www.spinwatch.org/-articles-by-category-mainmenu-8/74-terror-spin/4850-evan-kohlmann-the-doogie-howser-of-terrorism Evan Kohlmann; 'the Doogie Howser of terrorism'?]
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*[http://www.spinwatch.org/-articles-by-category-mainmenu-8/74-terror-spin/4761-the-blair-legacy-hundreds-of-thousands-dead-britain-less-safe The Blair Legacy: Hundreds of Thousands Dead, Britain Less Safe]
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*[http://www.spinwatch.org/-articles-by-category-mainmenu-8/74-terror-spin/3878-david-morrison-29-december-2006 Dame Eliza keeps quiet about Blair's wars]
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*[http://www.spinwatch.org/-articles-by-category-mainmenu-8/74-terror-spin/3508-mi5-says-iraq-qa-dominant-issueq The al-Qaida threat to Britain]
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*Edward Herman and Gerry O'Sullivan [[The "Terrorism" Industry: The Private Sector, Institutes, Think Tanks and Lobbying Organisations]], New York: Pantheon, 1989. Reproduced with permission of Ed Herman.
 
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*James Petras, [http://www.counterpunch.org/petras08072004.html The Anatomy of "Terror Experts"], ''Counterpunch'', 7 August 2004.
 
*James Petras, [http://www.counterpunch.org/petras08072004.html The Anatomy of "Terror Experts"], ''Counterpunch'', 7 August 2004.
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Welcome to the Terrorism Expertise Portal on Powerbase

Terrorism expert Evan Kohlmann appearing as presenter in his 'Video Cybercast'

Welcome to the Terrorism Expertise Portal on Powerbase. It links to a wide range of organisations, think-tanks, academic research institutes, front groups and individual experts which shape the views of the public, policy makers and elites on 'terrorism' and political violence. View our A-Z list of articles.

The editor of the Terrorexpertise Portal is Tom Mills. You can email him: tom.mills AT Powerbase.info.

Powerbase has a policy of strict referencing and is overseen by a Managing editor and a Sysop and several Associate Portal editors.

What is a Terrorism Expert?

As the Campaign Against Criminalising Communities puts it:

Academic terrorism 'experts' - or terrorologists - are deeply embedded in the elite power structure. They conveniently blur distinctions between political dissent, resistance to oppressive regimes, and violent threats to populations. These experts advise governments on counter-terrorism, thus sanitising Western state terror as legitimate techniques for self-defence. Where did these terrorologists come from? How do they gain influence and credibility? How can they be countered?'[1]

The Jewish American historian Joel Beinin comments that:

A new field of "terrorology" emerged, with its own journals, conferences, and research institutes. This popular and scholarly literature informed the discourse of the first American "war on terrorism" during the mid-1980s.Middle East Studies Association members, to our everlasting shame according to some pundits, did not participate much in the scholarly field of terrorology. In my view, there was great wisdom in this abstention. The terrorologists have not accomplished a great deal of practical or intellectual significance. Their studies have not noticeably decreased the incidence of acts of violence against civilians throughout the world. Nor have they enhanced our understanding of the causes of such acts. What they have done is to focus attention on tactics and symptoms, thereby impeding investigation into historical and social causes. This is an ostensibly pragmatic, but fundamentally misguided, approach to understanding terrorism. If the term is to be understood in any useful rather than propagandistic way, terrorism must be regarded as a social and historical phenomenon, not a moral or political epithet.[2].

What is a terrorist, and what is a terrorologist? See an introduction to the topic here.

Research

Methodology

Compilation Lists

Expert's Influence Lists

Institution's Influence Lists

Recent Articles on SpinWatch

Categories

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References

  1. ↑ Campaign Against Criminalising Communities (CAMPACC), Embedded Experts in the 'War on Terror' (Accessed: 18 January 2008)
  2. ↑ Joel Beinin (MESA President), Middle East Studies After September 11, 2002 MESA Presidential Address, 2002 Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Summer 2003)
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