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claimedthattheU.S.government(anditsallies)actedcriminallybyaiding
andabettingitsownagentsintheunlawfulcollectionofinformationonU.S.
citizens.Inthedebatethatfollowed,arangeoflegalandethicalquestions
regardingdemocraticstates’cyberintelligencegatheringcapacitieswere
raised.Notably,therehasbeenatendencyintheliteraturetoportraythe
challengethusraisedintermsofanunbridgeablechasm,with“liberty”on
onesideand“security”ontheother.Byaddinganewperspectivetoour
understandingoftheproblemofprotectingtheU.S.cyberspace,thispaper
addressesthequestionofhowtransparentandpubliclyaccountabletheU.S.
governmentshouldbewhenupscalingitscyberintelligencecapabilities.The
studyalsoconsidersthepracticalityofcyberintelligencereformsintheU.S.
demandedbyEdwardSnowden.
XavierRaufer
The“IslamicState,”anUnidentifiedTerroristObject..............45
Massivemediacoveragepresentsuswithapictureofasingle-entitynetwork
of“globalpartisans,”whichwecancalltheIslamicState(IS),theIslamic
StateofIraqandtheLevant,ISIS,ISIL,Daesh,ortheTakfiri.Theaimofthis
studyistoshowthat,whiledayafterdaywearetoldofthehorrorsperpetrated
bythisentity,warnedofthethreatposedtoEuropebytheimminentinvasion
ofthousandsofbloodthirstymoujahidin,andpresentedwithterrifyingfigures
aboutthesizeofitsarsenaland“armies,”nothingiseversaidoftheheartof
thematter:WhatistheIslamicSate?Whatisitsnature?Itsessence?
LiuZuokui
HowtheChinesePerceivetheVisegradGroup...................56
ThispaperanalysestheChineseperceptionoftheVisegradGroupfromthe
pointofviewofscholars,decision-makers,themedia,andthoseinbusiness.
Differentgroupspresentdifferentattitudestoandcommentsaboutthe
VisegradGroupandcooperationbetweenChinaandtheV4.Scholarshave
undertakenrelativelydeepresearchontheVisegradGroup.Decision-makers
takeaverypragmaticviewandshowlesswilltopromotedialoguebetween
ChinaandtheV4.TheVisegradGroupisnotwellrepresentedintheChinese
media.ChineseentrepreneursdonotregardtheV4asausefulplatform
forthepromotionoftheirtradeactivities.Basedontheabovefindings,the
authorputsforwardsomeproposalsforpromotingpragmaticcooperation
betweenChinaandtheV4.
StanisławKosmynka
ThePresenceofJihadistTerrorisminSpain.....................68
After11March,SpainremainedpartofthemilitantSalafistnarrativeand
constitutedapotentialtargetofattacks.Spanishterritorywasalsoused
forundertakingsintheregional(European)andglobal(Iraq,countriesof
Maghreb,andtheMiddleEast)dimensions.Thisstrategyconstitutesan
importantindicatorofthepolymorphismofcontemporaryjihadistterrorism,
includinginthecaseofradicalSalafistnetworksinSpain.Structures
associatedwiththeglobalnetworkofjihadistgroups(suchasGSPC/AQIM,
GICMandothers)andcellsofradicalsthatrecruitinvirtualspaceand
