1 / 36

Special Problems

Terrorism. . What is terrorism?. Using force to intimidate or coerce society to advance a social or political agendaCreating change through violenceDestabilize society

edana
Download Presentation

Special Problems

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. Special Problems

    2. Terrorism

    3. What is terrorism? Using force to intimidate or coerce society to advance a social or political agenda Creating change through violence Destabilize society & make authorities seem ineffective Break a far more powerful enemy’s will by fear, psychological exhaustion and attrition Example: Soviet experience in Afghanistan A way for powerless groups to multiply their force Methods Individual terror: assassinations and kidnappings Mass terror: Bombings in public places Guerrilla warfare

    4. What propels terrorism? Political elite in tight control Large group that... Is socially & economically deprived Has little opportunity to influence policy Opposition develops “Revolutionary vanguard” with a dynamic leadership Explanatory ideology, with justifications for violence Recruitment of the dissatisfied, disenchanted and disenfranchised Governments can lay the seeds of their own destruction Corruption Over-response & failure to respond Missteps can diminish support from public, police and military

    5. Historical examples Russian Revolutionary terrorism Italian left-wing terrorism (Red Brigades) German left-wing terrorism (Baader-Meinhof) Cuban revolution Argentine Montoneros Peruvian Shining Path Northern Ireland (IRA v. the “Loyalists”) Present places of concern Ukraine & Georgia Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine Pakistan & Afghanistan And on and on...

More Related