| ID | 172627 |
| Title Proper | Changing Dynamics of Global Terrorism |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Sahni, Ajai |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Commentary on terrorism has underestimated the role of sponsoring states and great power destabilisation, giving rise to gross errors of assessment. Mythmaking and a range of distortions have resulted in flawed policies and irrational interventions. Deliberate provocation of hysteria about the ‘rising threat of terrorism’ is contrafactual and has been used as a bogey to justify unilateral interventions by great powers, inflicting appalling human costs. The reality is, global Islamist terrorism is past its ‘half-life’ and is declining. Nevertheless, the circumstances that have animated this, and earlier waves of terrorism, persist and, on many parameters, have worsened, creating the likelihood of future and potentially more disruptive waves of terror. |
| `In' analytical Note | USI Journal Vol. 150, No.619; Jan-Mar 2020: p.20-31 |
| Journal Source | USI Journal 2020-03 150, 619 |
| Key Words | Global Terrorism ; Changing Dynamics |