US-European Intelligence Co-Operation on Counter-Terrorism: Low Politics and Compulsion
US-European Intelligence Co-Operation on Counter-Terrorism: Low Politics and Compulsion
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美欧情报反恐合作：低政治性和强迫性
DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-856x.2008.00353.x
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2009
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Aldrich R
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Aldrich R
自9/11以来，情报一直被视为有争议的“反恐战争”的一个组成部分。在伊拉克大规模杀伤性武器评估、秘密监狱和审讯被拘留者等问题上的激烈公开争论表明，大西洋两岸存在着激烈的分歧。然而令人难以置信的是，其中一些在公开场合表示强烈反对的国家私下里却是最亲密的情报合作伙伴。这里有人认为，我们可以解释这个看似矛盾的情报合作作为一个相当专业的“低政治”，是集中在实际安排。情报也是一种分裂活动，允许各国在一个领域合作，即使他们在另一个领域存在分歧。与此同时，迫切需要应对一系列日益难以捉摸的跨国犯罪，包括有组织犯罪，迫使情报机构更紧密地合作，尽管他们本能地不喜欢多边共享。因此，跨大西洋的情报合作将继续深化，尽管这会带来复杂的问题。
Since 9/11, intelligence has been viewed as an integral part of a controversial ‘war on terror’. The acrimonious public arguments over subjects such as Iraqi WMD assessments, secret prisons and the interrogation of detainees suggest intense transatlantic discord. Yet improbably, some of those countries that have expressed strident disagreement in public are privately the closest intelligence partners. It is argued here that we can explain this seeming paradox by viewing intelligence co-operation as a rather specialist kind of ‘low politics’ that is focused on practical arrangements. Intelligence is also a fissiparous activity, allowing countries to work together in one area even while they disagree about something else. Meanwhile, the pressing need to deal with a range of increasingly elusive transnational opponents—including organised crime—compels intelligence agencies to work more closely together, despite their instinctive dislike of multilateral sharing. Therefore, transatlantic intelligence co-operation will continue to deepen, despite the complex problems that it entails.