This monograph examines from a psychological perspective the use of metaphors in framing counterterrorism. Four major counterterrorism metaphors are considered, namely those of war, law enforcement, containment of a social epidemic, and a process of prejudice reduction. The war metaphor is as follows: Wars are fought by states; the enemy is thus an identifiable entity whose interests fundamenta...

Hatred of terrorists is an obstacle to the implementation of effective counterterrorism policies-it invites indiscriminate retaliation, whereas many of the greatest successes in counterterrorism have come from understanding terrorists' personal and political motivations. Drawing from psychological research, traditional prejudice reduction strategies are generally not well suited to the task of ...

This article sets the stage for the special issue by indicating the current focus in the literature on applying analytical tools to enlighten policy makers in the practice of counterterrorism in the post-9/11 era. In particular, the article briefly indicates the main areas of recent work. The article also introduces some key concepts. Next, the article highlights the methodology and main contri...

In recent years, gendered perspectives on terrorism and counterterrorism have arguably moved from the margins to a more mainstream position in both academic policy circles. Still, despite incre...

One of the founding fathers European Union (EU) was very correct in suggesting that people would only recognize necessity change once a crisis upon them, as “war on terror” show. The EU, this special issue shows, joined terror”, whereby it collectively securitized threat to become European, rather than national security – terror”. It aims assess collective securitization process EU counterterro...