1 / 9

Terrorism

This article provides an overview of terrorism, including its definition, types, trends, causes, and responses. It explores various forms of terrorism and analyzes the changing patterns over the years, focusing on decreased left-wing terrorism, increased religious terrorism, and the targeting of the US. The article also discusses the factors contributing to terrorism, such as cultural backlash, poverty, imperialism, and injustice. Additionally, it examines the different approaches to combating terrorism, including law enforcement measures, international preemption, and the possibility of concessions or demographic separation.

donaldj
Download Presentation

Terrorism

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Terrorism

  2. Defining Terrorism • Random/surprise use of violence • Against civilians/innocents • By non-state actors • For political ends • Audrey Kurth Cronin (2002/3)

  3. Types of Terrorism • Left Wing • Shining Path; Tupac Amaru • Right Wing • Ku Klux Klan; neo-Nazis • Ethnonationalist/separatist • Tamil Tigers; Basque Separatist Party • Religious/ “sacred” • Al-Qaeda; Hezbollah (Party of God); Hamas;

  4. Types of Terrorism • Domestic • Right wing organization, anarchists, IRA, Basque separatists; • Separatist movements with transnational ties • International • Al-Qaeda; Hezbollah; Jemaah Islamiyah

  5. Terrorism, 2001 Source: US Department of State; http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2001/html/10273.htm

  6. Terrorism, 2000 Source: US Department of State; http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900LargeMaps/SKAR-64GDMJ?OpenDocument

  7. Trends in Terrorism • Decrease in left-wing terrorism • Decreased incidence of terror attacks: 1980s: 543/year; 1990s: 382/year • Increase in religious terrorism • Increased targeting of the US • Increased lethality per attack • Increased incidence of suicide bombings Source: Cronin 2002/03

  8. Causes of Terrorism • Cultural backlash against globalization • Poverty • Imperialism and injustice • Succession/self-determination

  9. Responses to Terrorism • Law enforcement: homeland security • War on terror: international preemption • Concessions? • Demographic separation?

More Related