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Foreign Policy Countering Terrorism Who? & When? Our President Joe Biden currently is dealing with many foreign policy issues. Helping him in many foreign policies in the executive branch “ Department of State works to build global consensus to degrade and defeat these adversaries. Through a combination of diplomatic engagement and foreign assistance”(“Countering Terriorism”, 2023). This issue and major focus on Countering terrorism had begun being a main focus and worry after the 9/11 attacks. “ After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, President George W. Bush announced a comprehensive plan to seek out and stop terrorists around the world”( “Global war on terror”, n.d). Now we still continue and try to guard our country. As of now the person in charge of those issues is “ Antony J. Blinken was sworn in as the 71st U.S. Secretary of State on January 26, 2021”(“The secretary of State”, 2022). What? The issue with foreign policy of countering terrorism is widespread across the globe, but the worry has been amplified in the U.S. due to the attack on 9/11. “Counter-terrorism focuses on improving awareness of the threat, developing capabilities to prepare and respond, and enhancing engagement with partner countries and other international actors.”(Nato, 2023). Especially in third world countries others could easily become overrun by terrorists due to the lack of government ruling. Our U.S. government and departments, such as the Department of State, work daily to avoid such issues to keep this country safe from terrorism and other foreign policy issues.
Where? Here in the U.S., we haven’t been targeted as a central attack from the terrorist groups around the world.“The deadliest terrorist groups in the world in 2022 were Islamic State (IS) and its affiliates, followed by al- Shabaab, Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and Jamaat Nusrat Al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM)” ( “Global Terrorism Index 2023”, 2023). After the 9/11 attacks the U.S decided to keep watch and follow any moves made by ISIS, but in that the department of state also decided to watch our borders closely to prevent an attack from any other deadly attacks from the other terrorist groups. Why? The U.S. department of state's mission in combating terrorism is to keep our government safe and achieve security in this nation. “The Bureau of Counterterrorism's mission is to promote U.S. national security by taking a leading role in developing coordinated strategies and approaches to defeat terrorism abroad and securing the counterterrorism cooperation of international partners” (“ Bureau of Counterterrorism”, 2023) How? We have issues and need to strengthen law enforcement and judicial capabilities, expand aviation and border security, deepen global information sharing, counter terrorist financing, improve crisis response, and counter violent extremism. We use help from the department of state to strengthen and solve these issues. These two departments work together to counter the issue of terrorism.
References United States Department of State . (2023, June 7) Bureau of Counterterrorism. Retrieved from https://www.state.gov/bureaus- offices/under-secretary-for-political-affairs/bureau-of- counterterrorism/#:~:text=The%20Bureau%20of %20Counterterrorism's%20mission,counterterrorism%20cooperation %20of%20international%20partners. George W Bush Library. (n.d) Global war on terror. National Archive. Retrieved from https://www.georgewbushlibrary.gov/research/topic-guides/global-war- terror#:~:text=After%20the%20September%2011%2C%202001,stop%20terrorists %20around%20the%20world. Nato. (2023, July 19). Countering Terrorism. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Retrieved from https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_77646.htm#:~:text=NATO's %20work%20on%20counter%2Dterrorism,countries%20and%20other%20international %20actors. ReliefWeb. (2023, March 14). Global Terrorism Index 2023 - World. Retrieved from https://reliefweb.int/report/world/global-terrorism-index-2023#:~:text=The%20deadliest %20terrorist%20groups%20in,Islam%20wal%20Muslimeen%20(JNIM). United States Department of Senate. (2022, April 18). The Secretary of State. https://www.state.gov/secretary/#:~:text=Antony%20J.%20Blinken%20was %20sworn,State%20on%20January%2026%2C%202021. United States Department of State. (2023, October 2). Countering Terrorism. Retrieved from https://www.state.gov/policy-issues/countering-terrorism/#:~:text=The%20State %20Department%20also%20works,government%20approach%20to%20international
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