counterterrorist measures may be said to enable a recognition of the need to develop stable legal frameworks for the models to operate within. This is an issue that scholars, such as Kim Lane Scheppele, address as they criticise the failed attempt by the United Nations (UN) to implement consistent international legislation to govern the campaign against terrorist organisations after 9/11. 112 A factor that is frequently noted as prohibiting international cooperation on counterterrorism matters is the lack of consensus amongst international parties. This can most notably be seen in the absence of a coherent definition amongst national and international actors. The lack of agreement can be argued to endanger the possibility of international collaboration as an “effective international strategy requires agreement” on what the nature and reality of the threat is. 113 Therefore, it may be argued that, to a certain extent, the true challenge within counterterrorism relates not to the advancement of the most effective counterterrorism model, but to the creation and sustenance of a consistent and coherent international legal framework for them to operate within.
Conclusion
The lack of cohesion within the field of terrorism undermines the processes designed to combat the threat that it
112 Kim Lane Scheppele, From a War on Terrorism to Global Security Law (Institute for Advanced Study, 2013), <https://www.ias.edu/ideas/2013/scheppele-terrorism> [accessed 4 January 2017]. 113 Alex Schmid, 'Terrorism - The Definitional Problem', Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law , 36.2 (2004b), 375– 419, p. 379.
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