Cordell, Rebecca (2017) Measuring extraordinary rendition and international cooperation. International Area Studies Review, 20 (2). pp. 179-197. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/2233865916687922
Cordell, Rebecca (2017) Measuring extraordinary rendition and international cooperation. International Area Studies Review, 20 (2). pp. 179-197. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/2233865916687922
Cordell, Rebecca (2017) Measuring extraordinary rendition and international cooperation. International Area Studies Review, 20 (2). pp. 179-197. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/2233865916687922
Abstract
<jats:p>Following the launch of the War on Terror, the United States of America established a global rendition network that saw the transfer of US Central Intelligence Agency terrorist suspects to secret detention sites across the world. There has been considerable debate over how many countries participated in rendition, secret detention and interrogation during the post-9/11 period, and conventional accounts of foreign complicity suggest that diverse countries were involved, including many established democracies. However, research on rendition has continually suffered from uncertainty, a lack of data, and systematic empirical evidence due to the secret nature of counterterrorism cooperation. In this article, I argue that it is possible to study the practice of rendition, unlike many other forms of clandestine security cooperation, as it is partially observable. Specifically, suspected extraordinary rendition flight paths can be tracked using publicly available flight data. This article uses the world’s largest set of public flight data relating to rendition to estimate cross-country collaboration in rendition, secret detention and interrogation. The result suggests 307 likely rendition flights and 15 new participating countries beyond the 54 known cases, with cross validation tests demonstrating high levels of model accuracy.</jats:p>
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JZ International relations |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Government, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 05 Jun 2017 08:27 |
Last Modified: | 26 Jun 2024 08:16 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/19736 |
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