Terrorism and internalisation of conflicts : how to explain the rise of terrorism ?

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Terrorism can be divided in several types among which two have always prevailed: state terrorism and dissident terrorism. The first one also called as ?terror from above' or ?state-sponsored terrorism' is the political violence used by the state. It is the most organized and potentially the most far-reaching application of terrorist violence. The military force can be used as ?agents of state violence in the process of invading a foreign country and engaging in killing the enemy. The wars in the 20th century are examples of the tremendous levels of state violence'.

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[...] And most of the countries of this region aren't democracies; their governments aren't selected by the population. Here arises a contradiction between the fact that the Western world wants to punish terrorists killing their citizens but accepts to collaborate with non-democratic countries oppressing their population for low reasons of economy. From here, it's easy to follow the path from deception to anger until terrorism against this Western disrespect. And after 9/11, instead of trying to understand the reasons why such a thing happened, most of Western countries were just looking for revenge. [...]

[...] It's now a common use of terrorists. The latter refine constantly those information technologies in order to facilitate networking between groups and cells and will permit propaganda to be spread widely and efficiently. II) Consequences of the Terrorism' Consequences of the so-called terrorism' are viewed mainly from a Western point of view. This is so because most of the analyses available are from Western thinkers, but though it doesn't stop, hopefully, to give critics on the action of Western countries on other countries ) The new Cold War: West versus the Islamic world' One of the reasons that can bring doubts about the novelty of this terrorism' axed on certain resentment against the Eastern part of the world and more specifically against Middle-Eastern countries, i.e. [...]

[...] Terrorists were fanatical believers driven to despair by intolerable conditions. But, more dramatically, the main evolution in terrorism is that a hundred years ago, terrorists often desist from an attack if their victim happened to be accompanied by family members of if there was a danger that innocent people would be killed. Nowadays, as seen with the notion of ‘soft targets', such considerations aren't taken into account. Terrorism can be divided in several types among which two have always prevailed: state terrorism and dissident terrorism. [...]

[...] And finally, currently and running already for two decades, a new form of terrorism has spread out, religious terrorism. It has grown during the 1990s and early 2000s to challenge internal political stability. This new kind is adept at organizing themselves as semi-autonomous cells across national boundaries; it can be akin to the stateless terrorism which doesn't exist in relation to a national identity but beyond national borders, gathering people around a same anger. This terrorism is seen as very dangerous because it has become homicidal, it's a central element of it. [...]

[...] Conclusion In the new millennium, the existence of a terrorism' is discussed. The asymmetrical warfare in its operator mode, i.e. unconventional, unexpected, and nearly unpredictable acts of violence, can manage to redefine the international security environment. If so, the leading part on the international stage played by states isn't predominant over non-states actors as it used to be, and therefore terrorism has acquired new skills, and consequently a new form of terrorism has been shaped. Bibliography AbuKhalil As'ad, Bin Laden, Islam and America's New on Terrorism', Edition Seven Stories Press Guelke Adrian, The Age of Terrorism and the International Political System, Edition Tauris Academic Studies Halliday Fred, Two Hours that shook the world: September 11,2001: causes and consequences, Edition SAQI Books Hodge, James F. [...]