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Switzerland suffered four major terrorist attacks in 1969 and 1970, which forced the Swiss government to address the issue of international terrorism for the first time. Subsequently, “neutral” Switzerland worked closely with Western Cold War powers to develop international counterterrorism measures and forged a European-Israeli counterterrorist alignment to counter Palestinian terrorism in Europe. Using recently declassified archival records, this book is the first study to examine how the Swiss government positioned the country within the international struggle against terrorism. The book brings to light the creation of the Club de Berne, a secret European network of intelligence agencies connected to Israel and the United States. It offers new insights about the history of Swiss, Western European, and Israeli security cooperation.

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Author:   Aviva Guttmann
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   2
Weight:   0.595kg
ISBN:  

9789004276642

ISBN 10:   9004276645
Pages:   286
Publication Date:   01 December 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction  From Bystander to Shaper of European Counterterrorism Cooperation  Method and Sources  Defining “Terrorism”  International Terrorism and the Global Cold War  State Security and the Culture of the Cold War in Switzerland Part 1. Compliance, Coordination, and Censorship: Switzerland’s Response to Palestinian and Brazilian Terrorism 1 Switzerland and Palestinian Terrorism: The 1969 Kloten Airport Attack and the 1970 Skyjack Sunday  Meticulously Prepared Crisis Mismanagement  Swiss Policymakers’ Role during the Crisis Management  Summary of Swiss Reactions to Palestinian Terrorism 2 Switzerland and Brazilian Terrorism: The Abduction of Ambassador Bucher (1970–71)  After Zarqa, Now Rio  First Round in the “War of the Nerves”—Unmaking of Swiss Policy  Second Round in the “War of the Nerves”—Limited Options  The Protracted Last Phase of the Crisis  Controlling the Kidnapping’s Media Coverage  The Swiss Authorities’ Threat Evaluation after the “Bucher Crisis”  Summary of Swiss Reactions to Brazilian Terrorism Conclusions of Part 1: A Comparison of Crisis Management Part 2. At the Forefront through the Backdoor: Switzerland’s Counterterrorism Diplomacy  The Working Group on Terrorism and its Context  The WGT: The Start of Swiss Counterterrorism Policymaking 3 Swiss Counterterrorism Diplomacy at the ICAO: “An Elegant Way of Doing Nothing”  Preparations for Rome: Constructive Obstruction  The Limit of Enhancing Aviation Security Laws 4 Swiss Counterterrorism Diplomacy at the UN: A Fastidiously Balanced Position  Drafting of the Swiss Position at the UN  The Swiss Position at the UN  UN Counterterrorism Efforts Deadlocked 5 Swiss Counterterrorism Diplomacy at the CoE: Experts “Making” Foreign Policy  The “Non-Beginning” of the Convention  The ECCP Accelerates the Process  New Terrorist Attacks, Renewed Counterterrorism Efforts  The Police against the Rest: Inner Swiss Negotiations  Revision, Fast-Track, and Finalisation of the ECST  France against the Rest: The CoE Negotiations  French Decision-Making: Worrying About the Third World  Reinsertion of the Political Offence Clause  ECST: Success or Dead Letter?  The WGT: An Overview Conclusions of Part 2: Swiss Counterterrorism Policymaking in Multilateral Fora Part 3. In Defiance of Neutrality: Switzerland’s Secret Counterterrorism Cooperation  The Club de Berne 6 A Secret Counterterrorism Alliance: Intelligence-Sharing within the Club de Berne (1971–1972)  Suspect Profiling: The Conspicuous Traveller  Political Activists as Terrorist Suspects  Tracing Terrorist Organisations  Terrorist Innovations in Weaponry and Tactics  Perpetrated Terrorist Attacks and the Lessons Learnt  Threat Assessments and Concrete Warnings  Summary of One Year of Kilowatt Cooperation Conclusions of Part 3: A Glimpse into the Club de Berne in the 1980s Conclusions  Crisis Management Shaping Swiss Counterterrorism Policy  Swiss Counterterrorism Policymaking in the 1970s  Swiss Counterterrorism Intelligence Cooperation  Research Avenues and Reflections  How and Why Countries Cooperated  No Democratic Oversight  Politics of the Latest Outrage  Swiss Neutrality and Relations with the Third World  Further Research in Terrorism Studies  Summary and Outlook Bibliography Appendixes  Appendix 1: PFLP Propaganda Material  Appendix 2: UN Resolution 3034, 18.12.1972  Appendix 3: European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism, 27.01.1977 Index

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Aviva Guttmann, Ph.D. (2016), is a Research Fellow at King’s College London, Department of War Studies. Her research is financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). She has been a visiting scholar at the Johns Hopkins University – SAIS Europe

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