Terrorismo e contraterrorismo: análise sobre a Organização de Cooperação de Xangai

Abstract

Terrorism and counterterrorism are not new issues within the security and defense policy agenda. Political extremists in various parts of the world have attacked passengers of airplanes, placed bombs on government buildings and offices of multinational companies, in bars, hijacked planes, held hundreds of people as hostages, wholesale embassies, abducted government officials, diplomats and executives, among other actions. This caused governments worldwide, to begin to invest billions of dollars in spending on defensive measures, in order to strengthen policies against terrorists and ensure greater security of its borders. The Central Asia’s region has shown to be strategic, within the formulation of counterterrorism policies, by various countries around the world. It is within an international context increasingly focused on security and with nations realizing that regional coalition projects generate greater benefits within an increasingly globalized system that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) emerges. The present paper addresses such issues and shows the role of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization within these issues – about terrorismo, with especial focus on Central Asia – and wich measures the organization takes in its regional and international context.