ID | 150808 |
Title Proper | Psycho-linkages in the war on terror |
Language | ENG |
Author | Sanyal, Shubhra |
Summary / Abstract (Note) | Terrorists, irrespective of their country, class and culture, form one community so far as their basic functions are concerned. Primarily, they intend to wage a psychological war and strike terror through assassinations or bomb explosions. The terrorists also aim to inflict material destruction by destroying and damaging the enemies’ utilities, communication networks and industries, thereby attacking the economic structure of the country. A government confronted with the terrorist challenge may adopt a soft, compromising view on one hand and a tough non-confessional authoritarian stand on the other. The result is that many times, the public itself develops a hard, non-resistant attitude towards the government for its apparently diffused policies. The Indian response to terrorism needs to reckon with some of its structural inadequacies in order to evolve into an effective strategy; primary among these are the psyche of a multiethnic society that stands easily vulnerable to exploitation by terror elements, which is even more accentuated by disparate economic development in which poverty -stricken youth are often hired to fight a war they have little to gain from. |
`In' analytical Note | Aakrosh Vol. 20, No.74; Jan 2017: p.6-20 |
Journal Source | Aakrosh Vol: 20 No 74 |
Key Words | Terrorism ; Ideology ; Terrorists ; War on Terror ; International Society ; Indian Response ; Terrorist Psychology |