This essay analyzes the failed June 2007 London and Glasgow car bomb attacks. Observations include an assessment of the attacks and identification of future areas of concern for counterterrorism, police and intelligence operations.
On Wednesday, April 11, 2007 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asked New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg if some of the city's police could be deployed with the U.N. for peacekeeping missions. This question succinctly points to the need to develop and deploy new transnational police capabilities to address global threats such as insurgency, terrorism, and the disorder that results from failed states.
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