00797nam a2200109Ia 4500080001800000100002700018245006700045260003300112300002500145520049500170583002200665  a01.02.07 C277  aGriffith, Ivelaw Lloyd  aCaribbean security in the age of terror : challenge and change  bIan RandleaKingstonJMc2004  axxxiii, 552 p. : map  aAssesses the impact of the 9/11 terrorist attack on Caribbean states.  Examines the institutional and operational terrorist response capacity of security agencies in the region.  Suggests that terrorism for the small, open and vulnerable nation states of the Caribbean region is a real security issue.  Sees a range of untraditional threats like, crime, drug trafficking, territorial disputes, environmental degradation and the rapid spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic as also security issues.  c11/10/04kEVELYND