Terrorism, National Security and Economic Development

Description

Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially that is violent, as a means of coercion. Common definitions of terrorism refer to those violent acts, which are intended to create fear or terror; are perpetrated for a religious, political, or ideological goal. Terrorism deliberately targets or disregards the safety of civilians. The use of similar tactics by criminal organisations for protection rackets or to enforce a code of silence is usually not labelled terrorism, though these same actions may be called terrorism when done by a politically motivated group.

A modern trend in terrorism is toward loosely organised, self-financed, international networks of terrorists. Another trend is toward terrorism that is religiously or ideologically motivated. Radical Islamic fundamentalist groups, or groups using religion as a pretext, pose terrorist threats of varying kinds to friendly regimes. A third trend is the apparent growth of cross-national links among different terrorist organisations that may involve combinations of military training, funding, technology transfer, or political advice.

As terrorism emerges as one of the greatest threats to International security, governments, policymakers and strategic community continue their efforts to counter the menace of terrorism. We have to prepare ourselves and deal with the new-age terrorism. This book deals with the various forms of terrorism operating in different parts of the globe, irrespective of their socio-political affiliations and economic conditions. It is the work of a well-reputed subject specialist with a PhD to their name.