1st Edition

Terrorism Challenges in the Indo-Pacific

Edited By Andrew T.H. Tan, Julian Droogan, Nell Bennett Copyright 2025
138 Pages
by Routledge

138 Pages
by Routledge

138 Pages
by Routledge

This edited volume focuses on contemporary terrorism challenges that remain serious in the Indo-Pacific region long after the seminal terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001. Since then, the emergence of the new terrorism has been epitomised by rise of radical Islamist terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda and the Islamic State. Through the use of new terrorism techniques and strategies, such... Read more

Introduction: Contemporary terrorism challenges and responses in the Indo-Pacific

Andrew T. H. Tan

 

1. The Indonesian military and counter terrorism in Poso, 2015–2022

Muhamad Haripin, Chaula Rininta Anindya and Adhi Priamarizki

 

2. Countering radical terrorist ideology through psywar: lessons from the Malayan emergency

Andrew T. H. Tan

 

3. Women, intelligence and countering terrorism (CT) in Indonesia: Where are the women?

Nuri Widiastuti Veronika

 

4. Militant jihadist exploitation of youth and young adult vulnerabilities in the Maldives

Anne Speckhard, Molly Ellenberg and Sheikh Ali

 

5. Evolving dynamics of China-Pakistan counter-terrorism cooperation

Khuram Iqbal, Muhammad Shoaib and Sardar Bakhsh

 

6. An Indonesian way of P/CVE and interpreting the whole-of-society approach: lessons from civil society organisations

Chaula Rininta Anindya

 

7. The false dawns over Marawi: examining the post-Marawi counterterrorism strategy in the Philippines

Tom Smith and Ann Bajo

 

 

Biography

Andrew T. H. Tan is Non-Resident Principal Fellow at the Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs, New Zealand, and was previously Professor of Security Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He specialises in defence studies, terrorism and regional security and is the author, co-author, editor or co-editor of 24 books.

Julian Droogan is Associate Professor and Director of Research and Innovation at the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism (Routledge). His academic research focuses on online extremism, terrorism and disinformation.

Nell Bennett has a PhD from Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, in terrorism and insurgency. Dr Bennett is Managing Editor of the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism and is research fellow with the Blue Security Consortium and La Trobe Asia.