The issue of terrorism and global security has become a very important aspect of the debate in determining foreign policy among nations across the globe. This is because terrorism has become a great hindrance among a nation that has hinder fostering of a free flow of correlation among nations to aid in the socio-cultural, economic, political and technological development of nations globally. Terrorism has not yet been citified by the definitions presented by many as it has a controversy with it wide
Defining the concept of terrorism has lead to many debates that have yet to reach an agreed upon universal definition. Throughout the study of political science and psychology many scholars have pioneered definitions for this term, yet none have emerged as universal. The most commonly used definition of terrorism can simply be defined as, a vicious act of violence domestic or foreign. Bruce Hoffman defines terrorism as the deliberate creation and exploitation of fear through violence or the threat
rather an individual’s conduct. There is not a consensus on who should be protected by hate crime laws. According to Gerstenfeld, hate crimes “may or may not include sexual orientation, gender, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or political affiliation.” Some argue that every group should be protected by hate crime legislation, but this runs the risk of watering down the significance of such protections. The groups that are most frequently targeted by hate crimes including African Americans
“Terrorism” in the name of religion has become the main purpose for political violence in today world politics. Is not only because of nationalism and ideological purpose it remain as potent catalysts for extremist behavior. Now a day’s religious extremism has become a central issue around the world. In the contemporary religious terrorism has increased its occurrence, scale of violence, and global reach. At the same time, a comparative deterioration has occurred in secular terrorism. The old ideologies
International terrorism refers to the figured utilization of viciousness or the risk of brutality against civilians with a specific end goal to accomplish objectives that are political or religious or ideological in nature and this is done through intimidation or pressure or ingraining apprehension. Globalisation is the procedure of worldwide reconciliation emerging from the exchange of world perspectives, items, thoughts and different parts of society .However, to some extent International terrorism is a
Terrorism: The simple meaning of terrorism is “The unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims” but there is no universally accepted definition of Terrorism. History of Terrorism: The modern terrorism began with the French revolution which started on 5th September 1793 and ended on 28th July 1794 in which the ruling Jacobins employed violence, including mass executions by guillotine, in order to intimidate the regime 's enemies and
Terrorism refers to the unlawful use of violence and intimidation as a means of coercion, especially against civilians in the pursuit of political aims. It has multiple root causes that are closely interlinked. In order to fight terrorism, we have to approach the issue by tackling the conditions that create terrorism, instead of terrorism itself. This is because fighting radicalism provides a better paradigm due to the fact that all terrorists, by definition, are radicals. Yet, all radicals do not
OF TERRORISM ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHERN NIGERIA: THE CASE STUDY OF BOKO HARAM INSURGENCY. CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study: Terrorism has grown to become one of the biggest issues in the world and majority of the global crisis being experienced in the world at the moment can be attributed to terrorism. Although there is no universal definition on the term terrorism. Several scholars and organizations have attempted to define it. The US government defined terrorism as
economic, political, cultural, education and other areas without exception terrorism in the world and internationally. And in fact, globalization itself is caused due to technological advances in the field of communication, information, and the development of transpose. In addition, the relationship between man and society are increasingly high and tight from various countries will take effect on various aspects of human activity there. These activities include the economic, political, social, cultural
countries seeking asylum. There has been a large scale political and social destabilization at the international, which has not only deepened ethnic rivalries, but have caused a racial outcry and new divisions in the society. As a consequence, the Middle-East has become a breeding ground for international politics, most of which is a masquerade for oil politics. Major world powers are misusing their positions to support violent terrorist groups for political means, and there has been a division of loyalty