Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Security Governance: Actors, Strategies and Modus Operandi

Programme Description

This Executive Training Seminar, organized by the School of Transnational Governance and the Robert Schuman Centre of Advanced Studies, offered concentrated, in-depth exposure to the evolution and major characteristics of modern terrorism, its actors, strategies and modus operandi, as well as an understanding of the challenges this phenomenon presents to decision-makers and security establishments.

The training seminar provided the participants with analytical and practical tools that helps them cope with the new challenges at stake, by focusing on: the art of counter-terrorism; the place of terrorism in the changing security landscape; the strategic logic of ISIS and how to beat it; the evolution of cooperation among terrorist actors and how to contain it; the conditions under which terrorist organizations/campaigns come to an end; the European Union’s counter-terrorism strategy; and Europol’s counter-terrorism toolbox. As an integral part of the seminar, participants attended, on June 22, the annual EUI forum on “Terrorism and Security Governance”.

The participants had the opportunity to interact with key policy makers and senior practitioners from Europol, the European Commission, NATO, and national security authorities, as well as with academics at the cutting-edge of research. This was a unique platform to engage in challenging debates and to consolidate a global professional network in the field of Counter-Terrorism.