Many communities around the globe with higher standards of living are increasingly attracting immigrant persons who are culturally and linguistically different. In an era of terrorism, culturally and linguistically, new and different faces in a community, present challenges to state and local police authorities as they attempt to identify those who pose a terror threat. This book ties together research and thoughts under the general heading “Counter Terrorism in Diverse Communities.” The presentations were brought together under the auspices of a NATO-Advanced Research Workshop held in Antalya, Turkey in May 2011. The purpose of the workshop was to explore how culturally and linguistically diverse communities can respond most effectively to terrorist attacks.

Participants consisting of academic researchers, law enforcement professionals and terrorism/civil society consultants representing seventeen different countries (Albania, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Germany, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Russian Federation, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and United States) focused on why terrorism occurs, the complexities of terrorism, counter terrorism strategies and approaches and on the relation between diversity and terrorism incidents. While military and paramilitary counter terrorism actions represent the common or standard approach, such terms and concepts as community policing, cultural awareness, cultural competency, cultural understanding, language and communications, and deradicalization initiatives became central points of discussion at the workshop. Of particular note a cultural competency dictionary and a terrorism dictionary were introduced at the workshop. The Co-Directors of the workshop-- Dr. Sıddık Ekici, District Chief of Police, Diyarbakir, Turkey and Dr. Igor Osyka, Kharkiv University of Law and Economics, Ukraine must be saluted for bringing together an outstanding group of participants to address a global issue—terrorism.

Mitchell F. Rice

Ph.D., Professor of Political Science and Public Administration

Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA