TERRORISM

Principle Causes of Terrorist Violence

Principle Causes of Terrorist Violence

Rationale

The reason of selecting this topic is because terrorism is a global problem and it threatens the global stability and peace. Terrorism has a huge impact on the countries. The economy of a country is also threatened due to the terrorism activities. Fear and uncertainty is spread among the citizens. The economic situation of the people is also adversely impacted. The financial market's performance decline sand the people tend to lose their money in the investments that they have made.

Introduction

Terrorism has existed since the beginning of the human civilization. There is no proper definition of the term but its dimensions are diverse and complex. There is a host of factors influencing the belief of terrorism. They are all inter, thus we cannot decide why people eventually engage in terrorist. Terrorism can be loosely defined as the use of illegal and unfair means to powerfully implement the principles at will. Terrorism can be loosely defined as the use of illegal and unfair means to implement the principles at will, thus subjugating the affected to agree to them despite their inappropriateness. Most of the historians hold the point of view that terrorism is essentially a political phenomenon. The ongoing killing in the Middle East and Kashmir testify to the political nature of terrorism (Wight, 2009, pp. 56). Terrorism is the use of violence or threat to use it for political purposes, it is directed against individual victims or larger groups and that its scope often transcends national boundaries. The term implies an action carried out by antigovernment groups, both operating outside the usual parameters of wars and sometimes aim to foster confusion, fear, intimidation, coercion, destabilization, pressure or implementing military strategies and tactics for political or paramilitary determined within or outside a country (Sageman, 2008, pp. 78).

Historical Background

The modern global community has passed through four significant eras of terrorist activity. The anarchist period of the late 19th and early 20th centuries sought to overturn the international order. Post-World War II to the mid-1960s saw the liberationist and nationalist motivation for terrorism as many societies strove for political mastery of their destinies. Ideological motivations for terrorist activity, especially of the leftist sort, characterized the 1960s through the late 1980s (Sageman, 2004, pp. 34). The latest division has been the religious period, which describes many groups since the late 1980s. In addition, motivations for terrorist activity can range from outrage over social and economic conditions for the attackers to inhuman policy decision making on the part of the terror masters who carry out their attacks.

Martha Crenshaw has surveyed terrorist motivations and mapped its motivation this way: terrorism has certain logic. It can be both effective and satisfying to the terror perpetrators. Robert Pape, studying the worrying trend toward suicide bombers as the weapon of choice in modern terror, describes this as a strategic logic. Although an immediate, existential defeat of its target opponent may not be possible, the terrorist movement is resilient and attractive because at ...