This essay recalls the immediate and longer-term responses of the US and its allies to the events of 9/11. It contends that the die for contemporary developments in transnational terrorism was cast in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 - in particular the launching of sustained 'anti-terrorist' military combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, and more covert 'kinet...

UNAMSIL is now well up to its authorised strength of 17.500, and is better led and equipped that at any time since its inception. Disarmament is complete, and the war in Sierra Leone has officially been declared over. This monograph highlights the remarkable turn-around in the fortunes of the UN Mission in Sierra Leone during the latter half of 2001. It is prefaced...

UNAMSIL is now well up to its authorised strength of 17.500, and is better led and equipped that at any time since its inception. Disarmament is complete, and the war in Sierra Leone has officially been declared over. This monograph highlights the remarkable turn-around in the fortunes of the UN Mission in Sierra Leone during the latter half of 2001. It is prefaced...