%0 Journal Article %T Terrorism and counter-terrorism: a choice between two evils %A St¨¦phane Leman-Langlois %J Champ P¨¦nal %D 2012 %I Champ p¨¦nal %R 10.4000/champpenal.8326 %X Les recherches de Jean-Paul Brodeur sur le terrorisme ont port¨¦ sur deux aspects de la question, ¨¦galement importants et indissociables. Le premier est celui du fonctionnement, des objectifs et des m¨¦thodes des groupes qu¡¯on nomme terroristes , tout en consid¨¦rant les r¨¦sultats r¨¦els obtenus. Le second est celui de la r¨¦gulation, de l¡¯organisation, du financement et des cons¨¦quences des strat¨¦gies, organismes et programmes mis sur pied ou modifi¨¦s afin de leur faire face. Plus d¡¯une d¨¦cennie apr¨¨s le 11 septembre 2001, il semble bien que les plus graves dangers auxquels font face les Canadiens, comme la plupart des Occidentaux, proviennent du second aspect. Jean-Paul Brodeur¡¯s research on terrorism spanned two distinct, yet inseparable aspects of the matter. The first concerns the inner workings, the objectives, and the methods of groups identified as ¡°terrorist,¡± which of course must be measured against the actual results produced. The second includes the regulation, the organization, the funding and the consequences of the strategies, organizations and programs created or modified in order to face the apprehended terrorist threat. A decade after 9/11, one must conclude that the latter has produced more, and altogether greater, dangers for Canadians and Westerners in general. %K terrorism %K Jean-Paul Brodeur %K antiterrorism %K Canada %K United States %K terrorisme %K Canada %K Jean-Paul Brodeur %K antiterrorisme %K ¨¦tats-Unis %U http://champpenal.revues.org/8326