“Ten bombs exploded on four trains during rush hour in Madrid. More than 190 people died, almost 2,000 were injured.
“One year on, Madrid was the setting for a unique conference, the International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security.”
The Club de Madrid has just published the full set of the Madrid Conference papers. As an example of the content, in the Intelligence section of Volume 2 (PDF), intel expert Brian Jenkins begins:
These documents are worth perusing. More below:
Writes Victor Comras, a noted authority on al Qaeda and terrorism financing, for the Counterterrorism Blog:
The First Volume [ALL VOLUMES ARE IN PDF FORMAT] deals with the Causes of Terrorism, including its psychological roots as well as political, economic, religious, and cultural factors.
The Second Volume is on Confronting Terrorism and deals with policing, intelligence, military responses, terrorist finance, and science and technology.
The Third Volume concentrates on a “Democratic Response” to terrorism including the role of international institutions, legal responses, democracy promotion, human rights and civil society.
There is a load of excellent material in these volumes for consideration by policy makers, practitioners, advisors, and scholars. I will be posting my own reflections on these materials shortly.
The first section, for example, includes:
Addressing the Causes of Terrorism Psychology By Jerrold M. Post
Political Explanations By Martha Crenshaw
Economic Factors By Ted Robert Gurr
Religion By Mark Juergensmeyer
Culture By Jessica Stern
The Club de Madrid Mission and Activities
List of Members
The Madrid Summit
The Madrid Agenda
Victor Comras’s link to the full set of documents (PDF format).