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26 May 2017

The Return Of The Pirates

The surge in pirate activity in Somalia’s waters has been perplexing, not least since it contradicts popular expert opinion, which posits that sea-piracy is in a state of terminal decline in the Gulf of Aden. With NATO, the European Union, India, China and Japan still maintaining an active security presence in the region, regularly deploying warships to escort merchant traffic, maritime observers feel pirates have neither motivation nor incentive to carry out fresh attacks.

Read Here – Observer Research Foundation

How To Hunt A Lone Wolf

Lone wolves are an old problem, but in recent decades, the number of attacks by them has grown. And it won’t fall anytime soon: ISIS has embraced the tactic, and recent successes may well inspire copycats. And although lone wolves usually kill few people, they have an outsize political impact. In both the United States and Europe, they are fuelling Islamophobia, isolating Muslim communities, and empowering populist demagogues.

Read Here – Foreign Affiars

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06 Jan 2017

Terrorists Don’t Have To Win – They Just Have To Survive

This past year brought no relief to those fighting the scourge of terrorism. Terrorists carried out horrific attacks around the globe, including at airports in Brussels and Istanbul, at crowded festivals in Berlin, Nice, and Baghdad, at restaurants in Bangladesh, and at various locations throughout Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and Afghanistan.

Read Here – The Cipher Brief

Posted in Terrorism and tagged Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, Middle East, Politics, Syria, Turkey, United States, violence | Leave a comment

26 Nov 2016

Is Terrorism On The Rise? Here’s What The Data Tells Us

Produced annually by the Institute for Economics and Peace, the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) analyses and studies the direct and indirect impact of terrorism on 163 countries. This year’s results present a juxtaposition of the dynamics of terrorism in modern society. On one hand, they show a 10% fall (since last year) in the number of deaths attributed to terrorist incidents – the first decline since 2010. On the other hand, the overall score on this year’s index has deteriorated by 6%, due to many countries experiencing record levels of terrorism.

Read Here – World Economic Forum

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Posted in Terrorism and tagged Afghanistan, diplomacy, Economy, Egypt, Foreign Affairs, India, Iraq, Libya, Middle East, Nigeria, Pakistan, Politics, Syria, Yemen | Leave a comment

05 Jun 2016

The World’s Most Prolific Terrorists: The Taliban

Unsurprisingly, terrorism remains the preferred tactic of relatively weaker non-state actors who believe they can achieve their political objectives through violence. There has been a slight change in the perpetrators responsible for the most attacks. The Taliban replaced the self-proclaimed Islamic State as the number-one global perpetrator for terrorism attacks, with 1,093, which represents an alarming increase of 69 percent since 2013.

Read Here – The Atlantic

U.S. Department of State Country Reports on Terrorism

Posted in Terrorism and tagged Afghanistan, Africa, Foreign Policy, India, Iraq, ISIS, Middle East, United States, violence, war | Leave a comment

21 Mar 2016

The Economics Of Terrorism And Political Violence

TThe indisputably courageous political activism of the Syrian people against a rather intolerant Assad regime, which has led to the Syrian civil war can be very well understood in the context of Syria’s economic situation.

Read Here – Market Mogul

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16 Nov 2015

The War Against Islamic Terror After Paris

The vacuums left by the United States have benefited the most violent and sectarian elements of the region, fueling civil conflict and allowing the Islamic State to expand its territorial reach. Although al Qaeda in Iraq was defeated, the failure to address the country’s underlying issues allowed IS — the son of AQI — to emerge.

Read Here – The National Interest

Posted in Terrorism and tagged Brussels, Foreign Policy, France, Iraq, Politics, refugees, Russia, Syria, terror attacks, United States, violence | Leave a comment

11 May 2015

The Killing Of Osama bin Laden

It’s been four years since a group of US Navy Seals assassinated Osama bin Laden in a night raid on a high-walled compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The killing was the high point of Obama’s first term, and a major factor in his re-election. The White House still maintains that the mission was an all-American affair, and that the senior generals of Pakistan’s army and Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) were not told of the raid in advance. This is false, as are many other elements of the Obama administration’s account.

Read Here – London Review of Books

Posted in Terrorism and tagged Abbottabad, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, CIA, Death of Osama bin Laden, funding, General Ashfaq Kayani, ISI, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Politics, Saudi Arabia, Seymour Hersh, Taliban, United States, violence | Leave a comment

23 Jul 2014

Drone Troubles

As drones become more commonplace, what’s to stop terrorists from using them?

Read Here – Bloomberg

Posted in Terrorism and tagged aircraft, Drones, Iraq, ISIS, Israel, Middle East, Politics, rebels, suicide attacks, suicide bombers, Syria, technology, Terrorists, United States, violence | Leave a comment

08 Oct 2013

Here’s A Quiz To Challenge You

How much do you know about terrorism?

Find out at – The Christian Science Monitor

Posted in Terrorism and tagged 9/11, al Qaeda, Columbia, FARC, France, Germany, India, IRA, Ireland, Israel, Khawaja Nazimuddin, LTTE, Mumbai, Pakistan, Quiz, Religion and Spirituality, Spain, Sri Lanka, Syria, United States, USS Cole, Yemen | Leave a comment

looking beyond borders

foreign policy and global economy

Archive for the category “Terrorism”

The Return Of The Pirates

How To Hunt A Lone Wolf

Terrorists Don’t Have To Win – They Just Have To Survive

Is Terrorism On The Rise? Here’s What The Data Tells Us

The World’s Most Prolific Terrorists: The Taliban

The Economics Of Terrorism And Political Violence

The War Against Islamic Terror After Paris

The Killing Of Osama bin Laden

Drone Troubles

Here’s A Quiz To Challenge You

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