Terrorism and Counterterrorism JPM706 - Professor Oldrich Bures, winter term only

Course description for the winter term, course session by prof. Oldřich Bureš

The aim of this one-semester course is to familiarize students with the measures the European Union (EU), the United States (US), the Czech Republic, and other countries and international organizations have taken to combat terrorism after the September 11, 2001 (9/11) attacks on the US. After an overview of the history and the evolving nature of the terrorist threat and possible responses to it, the following topics will be discussed: the origins of EU’s counterterrorism policy and the key pre-9/11 developments in this area; the EU’s Plan of Action that was adopted immediately after 9/11 and has functioned as a road map for all subsequent developments and changes of EU counterterrorism policy; the major legal measures and key institutional innovations that have been adopted in the area of Justice and Home Affairs according to this Plan of Action. We will then explore the US counterterrorism policy and discuss its differences and similarities with the EU counterterrorism measures and approaches. A guest lecturer from the Czech Ministry of Interior will take us through a similar exercise for the Czech counterterrorism policy. In the last session, we will look beyond Europe and US to explore counterterrorism policies of other major states and organizations.

NB: 
Due to high demand, in the winter term, this course is taught twice - one session by prof. Oldřich Bureš and another course session by dr. Aliaksei Kazharski. Students cannot attend these sessions interchangeably, they must pick and register for one course session only. 

In the spring term, this course is taught only by dr. Aliaksei Kazharski. Fro the course taught by dr. Aliaksei Kazharski, you need to visit a different Moodle page.

You need to register via the Student Information System (SIS) to enroll in the course officially. Students registered in the SIS will receive a password for this Moodle page in the first session of the course with prof. Oldřich Bureš.