Chapter 20 – Terrorism & International Order

«International Terrorism In The Modern Security Environment», Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Annual Conference of Young Researchers in European Studies, «The EU and Israel», 2019

The paper deals with the evolution of international terrorism in the security environment that was formed after the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union, that is, after the radical change in the power correlations that emerged in the international system. In this context, the paper focuses on the analysis of the new security environment after the end of the Cold War, explaining the transition of the international system to a phase of greater instability. Specifically with regard to international terrorism, it describes the evolution of the general tendencies that characterize the phenomenon as an action with political content and defines the aims of terrorism that, despite appearing as religious, actually conceal purely political aspirations. Finally, the paper records the new forms of terrorist activity that are emerging in today's international environment and draws some conclusions concerning both the present and the the future of international terrorism.

2019

The article examines the evolution of the term “terrorism”, analyzes the features of the modern stage of terrorism and assesses the profits of modern terrorist organizations. Authors studied the process of terrorism like the one that is becoming a lever of world politics at the present stage of human development. The publication substantiates the complexity of the influence of the functioning of international terrorist organizations on the social, political and economic situation of individual countries and the system of international relations in general. The trends of activity of international terrorist organizations are highlighted. The ways of hampering the terrorist threat are justified and proposed in the article.

Journal of Law, Policy and Globalization, 2017

Naval War College Review, 2005

Since 11 September 2001, the primary focus of American foreign policy has ostensibly been the “war on terror,” although the George W. Bush administration has also given priority to other objectives, such as Iraq and national missile defense. This emphasis on the threat of terrorism is extremely valuable for analytical purposes, because it draws attention to key aspects of security today—in particular the central paradox of how to deal with the increasingly diffuse character of threats with the means available to state actors, in what is still to a large extent an interstate system. There are at least two aspects to this problematic. The first is assessing the appropriate or most effective role of states and great powers in reacting to and dealing with terrorism and other direct forms of violence. The second is the relationship of contemporary forms of violence to wider social, economic, and political issues characteristic of the twenty-first century— issues that themselves are becoming increasingly transnationalized and globalized.

The paper argues that even though the primary purpose for the existence of collective security which is to maintain peace among all nations or members of a group by making the security concerns of one member important to all members (Boundless: 2014), it is beyond any doubt or reasonable argument that the realism of global terrorism has altered the course of events in the international system. There has been a paradigm shift of purpose and interests, this paper argues that Collective security has ceased to just exist primarily to maintain peace, but has enlarged its frontiers to include combating Global terrorism. The paper examines the theoretical and practical justification of collective security in the fight against terrorism. The paper also makes use of case studies such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), the United Nations and the League of Nations amongst many others, in exploring and exposing how these organizations in their own way have contributed to the war/fight against terrorism.

The potential of terrorists and terrorism in the context of actual influence on the stability of international relations has been extensively discussed in academic and expert circles for years. The threat posed by the terrorism to international security has been assessed in various terms: the political and moral connotations that the terrorism has always been entangled into have affected the positions of both parties in the dispute, both the researchers and the political circles. The terrorism naturally generates extremely intense and emotional controversies. It is directly related to socially sensitive issues such as the problem of violence, power, ideology or religion, and the values most praised or hated by certain groups and individuals.

Journal of US-China Public Administration

The research presented in this work highlights a complex and rapidly changing set of dynamics in global terrorism. While on the one hand the top-line statistics highlight an improvement in the levels of global terrorism, the continued intensification of terrorism in some countries is a cause for serious concern, and highlights the fluid nature of modern terrorist activity. 2015 saw the total number of deaths decrease by ten per cent, the first decline since 2010. The number of countries recording a death from terrorism also decreased by one. This decline in terrorism deaths is mainly attributed to a weakened Boko Haram and ISIL in both Nigeria and Iraq due to the military operations against them. However, expanded activities by both of these groups in other countries is posing new threats in other parts of the world. Boko Haram has expanded into Niger, Cameroon and Chad, increasing the number of people they have killed through terrorism in these three countries by 157 per cent. This research work lays emphasis on terrorism in the 21 st century.