Making Terrorism History [antikvár]

Introduction Terrorism and political violence have assumed a new profile around the world. Resolving intractable conflicts, especially when some of those involved in them are not acting on behalf of states, has become an even more urgent task since the September 11 attacks and the subsequent invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. To achieve peace and security, we now need strategies to combat the use of terror in political and territorial conflicts. But too often this terror is exacerbated -indeed sometimes even triggered - by the actions of governments, both democratic and non-democratic. In this turbulent world, many of the old methods of dealing with conflict seem to be unable to deal with the new realities. Force of arms is not sufficient to establish peaceful order. Military victory is not enough to prevent future violence. Whether we are considering Iraq, al-Qaeda, Chechnya or the Middle East, it is clear that simply trying to hit back and to destroy the enemy', the 'terrorists' or the political opponents provides only short-term solutions. In fact the evidence suggests that such strategies serve only to increase both the level of violence and the 1 1 < ' lif :