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Counterterrorism programs worldwide have existed for decades and have evolved and adapted to most of the current-day threats and pressures that exist within the global threat community. The threats are very active and are consistently testing and, in some cases, gaining success across the globe. Al Qaeda, ISIS/Daesh, Abu Sayyaf Group, and Boko Haram are just a few of the terror groups that are still active, current, and on the march daily throughout the world. With such a present and oftentimes unclear danger, counterterrorism programs are designed to prevent, minimize, and disrupt terror activities and events as best as they possibly can. Although rooted within deterrence and prevention, counterterrorism operations extend far past prevention alone. This chapter introduces counterterrorism by examining counterterrorism operations within the United States from the perspective of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) five core capabilities by mission areas of Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery.
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Luko, T.M. (2022). Counterterrorism. In: Masys, A.J. (eds) Handbook of Security Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51761-2_52-1
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