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Measuring extraordinary rendition and international cooperation

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Following the launch of the War on Terror, the United States of America established a global rendition network that saw the transfer of US Central Intelligence Agency terrorist suspects to secret detention sites across the world. There has been considerable debate over how many countries participated in rendition, secret detention and interrogation during the post-9/11 period, and conventional accounts of foreign complicity suggest that diverse countries were involved, including many established democracies. However, research on rendition has continually suffered from uncertainty, a lack of data, and systematic empirical evidence due to the secret nature of counterterrorism cooperation. In this article, I argue that it is possible to study the practice of rendition, unlike many other forms of clandestine security cooperation, as it is partially observable. Specifically, suspected extraordinary rendition flight paths can be tracked using publicly available flight data. This article uses the world’s largest set of public flight data relating to rendition to estimate cross-country collaboration in rendition, secret detention and interrogation. The result suggests 307 likely rendition flights and 15 new participating countries beyond the 54 known cases, with cross validation tests demonstrating high levels of model accuracy.

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  • Rebecca Cordell, 2017. "Measuring extraordinary rendition and international cooperation," International Area Studies Review, Center for International Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, vol. 20(2), pages 179-197, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:intare:v:20:y:2017:i:2:p:179-197
    DOI: 10.1177/2233865916687922
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    1. Ruth Blakeley & Sam Raphael, 2018. "Human rights fact-finding and the CIA’s rendition, detention and interrogation programme: A response to Cordell," International Area Studies Review, Center for International Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, vol. 21(2), pages 169-178, June.
    2. Rebecca Cordell, 2018. "Measuring extraordinary rendition and international cooperation: A response to Blakeley and Raphael," International Area Studies Review, Center for International Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, vol. 21(2), pages 179-187, June.
    3. Asif Efrat & Abraham L Newman, 2020. "Defending core values: Human rights and the extradition of fugitives," Journal of Peace Research, Peace Research Institute Oslo, vol. 57(4), pages 581-596, July.

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