counter-terrorism
Sign in to savethumb|GIGN operators in 2015. GIGN is the counterterrorist tactical unit of the [[National Gendarmerie of France.]] Counterterrorism, also spelled counter-terrorism and sometimes referred to as anti-terrorism, encompasses the laws, policies, and operational measures used to prevent, deter, and respond to terrorism. These efforts involve a range of tactics and strategies employed by governments, law-enforcement agencies, intelligence services and, in some contexts, private-sector organisations.
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- History
- Planning
- Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
- Legal contexts
- Human rights
- Preemptive neutralization
- Non-military
- Military
- Preparation
- Target hardening
- Command and control
- Damage mitigation
- Local security
- Medical services
- Tactical units
- Counterterrorism agencies
- Counterterrorist operations
- Designing counterterrorist systems
- Law enforcement
- American law enforcement
- Military
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|GIGN operators in 2015. GIGN is the counterterrorist tactical unit of the [[National Gendarmerie of France.]] Counterterrorism, also spelled counter-terrorism and sometimes referred to as anti-terrorism, encompasses the laws, policies, and operational measures used to prevent, deter, and respond to terrorism. These efforts involve a range of tactics and strategies employed by governments, law-enforcement agencies, intelligence services and, in some contexts, private-sector organisations.
When acts of terrorism occur within a broader insurgency—an activity that some definitions of terrorism include—counterterrorism efforts may incorporate counterinsurgency measures. In United States military doctrine, such activities are often framed as foreign internal defense, a term referring to programs that assist partner nations in suppressing insurgency, lawlessness, or subversion, and in reducing conditions that could give rise to threats to national security.