Reorientation of Modern Diplomacy Regarding Counterterrorism Intelligence

Insecurity is known to be one of the overarching contemporary challenges of the world. The world is undoubtedly invaded by asymmetric war-fares changing the course of his- tory as war is no longer the exclusive preserve of state actors. Terrorism continues to orchestrate thousands of victims all over the world and gives no possibility to States for its effective prevention despite their sophisticated military arsenal. In response to this strategic surprise, involved States concentrate their maximum efforts on intelligence activities in order to gauge those non-state actors’ capabilities and intentions by keeping track of their threats. If the role of intelligence is to provide necessary information to policymakers and not to give advice necessarily on what should be done, that of modern diplomacy remains more or less the design and implementation of foreign policy. Thanks to diplomacy’s useful ways of gathering information, a professional and committed diplomat with expert knowledge in diplomatic dialogue and the art of negotiation can provide valuable insights to detect either others’ capabilities and intentions are benign or malign. As such, diplomacy better equipped for the information gathering related to threats prevention is regarded as a tremendous asset for counterterrorism intelligence process. The present contribution is aimed at shedding light on the support of modern diplomacy to counterterrorism intelligence and argues that through the exploration of negotiation’s psychology, policy-making ability, dialogue and art of pertinent reporting, genuine diplomats meet counterterrorism intelligence’s needs for effective gauging of terrorists’ capabilities and intentions