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Romaniuk, Peter. "Responding to Non-State Violence: Global Counter-Terrorism, State-Building and Human Rights" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Le Centre Sheraton Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Mar 17, 2004 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p73779_index.html>

Romaniuk, P. , 2004-03-17 "Responding to Non-State Violence: Global Counter-Terrorism, State-Building and Human Rights" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Le Centre Sheraton Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p73779_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: Unlike other forms of violence mobilized by non-state actors, terrorism has drawn a response from states that is remarkable in its scope. To begin with, responses have utilised all of the tools of statecraft, deploying both �hard power� (military, intelligence, police and law enforcement actions) and �soft power� (i.e. governance measures recast as �counter-terrorism� initiatives, including border security, arms control and counter-terrorist financing initiatives, etc.). Further, these tools have been exercised across levels of state interaction, such that multilateral, regional, sub-regional and bilateral contacts have impacted domestic polities. Finally, these interactions often involve the provision of material assistance or expertise from one state to another. In sum, as terrorist violence has been perceived to be a byproduct of state failure, there has been an effort to build the state, to enable it to do what it must in order to suppress terrorism. While there is much variation in the way that this �state-building� is proceeding, we may paraphrase Tilly: the �war on terror� is making states, as states are making the �war on terror.� In a way, this is good news for human rights, as it offers the promise of protecting citizens from non-state violence of a particularly brutal kind. But this view may be (at best) optimistic and (at worst) na�ve, given the record of human rights abuses perpetrated by states. With this concern in mind, I pose the question: what kind of states might emerge out of this process of �state building through counter-terrorism� and what are the human rights implications of these developments? The first part of the paper describes the extent to which the �war on terror� has been conceived and prosecuted as a �state-building� exercise. I argue that, through the elaboration of counter-terrorism regimes in areas such as border security and finance, we are seeing the emergence of global standards against which to assess state capability to suppress terrorism. Beyond the articulation of such standards, I illustrate their implementation across the states of South and South-East Asia. The second part of the paper identifies the human rights concerns that arise from this process. Implementing counter-terrorism policies has long been acknowledged to pose challenges to democratic countries, but further concerns arise from the globalization of counter-terrorism standards. In evaluating these, I survey the ways in which an appropriate balance between human rights and counter-terrorism imperatives can be built into processes of state-building. Again, I illustrate my argument with examples from the states of South and South-East Asia. In concluding, I offer some observations about the impact of global counter-terrorism initiatives for containing other forms of non-state violence.

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