International Terrorism Is Widely Considered Term Paper

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For instance, Islamic terrorism completely rejects western values and cultures. Terrorist groups from Africa are also fighting if not the troops of the former colonial powers, at least the cultural reminiscences of their presence on the Black continent. Therefore, it can be said that modern terrorism tends to draw from the cultural and civilization differences present at the moment in the world and predicted by Huntington.

There have been numerous attempts to try to promote the idea of freedom, be it from international or colonial occupation, or from mental and ideological strains. In the late 19th century, the anarchist and socialist movements have tried to induce a certain desire for freedom for a certain kind of oppression. For instance, in Plekhanov's "Anarchism and Socialism" the most important issues are taken into account, while addressing the issue of liberty, from constrains of the social order, as in the case of socialism, and from those of the state as the governing authority. (1895) However, an important element to be taken into account is the idea or the revolution as a means to produce change. Both the socialists and the anarchists believed, through the perspective of their won ideological belief that change cannot take place without a renewal of the entire system. Moreover, it was considered that the people, in different percentages, are the sole responsible for the evolution of the society. Thus, it was not the state as an authority that must be entrusted with the power, while the anarchists rejected completely its existence.

In today's world, there are certain elements that have influenced modern terrorist movements and the moral support of leaders from abroad is as well of great importance as a source of inspiration for the terrorist groups.

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Thus, Leninist extremists have been seen to promote different socialist visions that have been kept from the early beginnings of the centuries; similarly, the influence of the addresses made by certain leaders such as Osama bin Laden via the network cable or the Internet are essential for maintaining the ideological identification of the group with its leader which, in case of fanatics, embodies the essence of the cause they fight for. In such situations, there is little that can actually be done. The war against terrorism has been waged for years now, without a definite result or a prospect for a final outcome. However, the only alternative would be to deny ourselves every possibility of eventually catching leaders such as Osama bin Laden. Inaction or a stop in the quest against terrorist perpetrators would transmit precisely a message of surrender and capitulation in the face of terror.

All in all, it can be concluded that terrorism has become the most important security threat facing the world at the moment. This is not necessarily from the point-of-view of the casualties it produces but rather from the perspective of the complexity of the phenomenon and the lack of a substantive image on the issue. The different challenges terrorists impose must be dealt however with increased awareness and action in order to succeed in deterring their actions and initiatives......

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