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For the first time in history, terrorism gives insurgents the ability to strike directly at their enemies’ external allies.
A Communist member of parliament, André Gerin, warned that terrorism and extremism were “hiding behind the veil.”
Finally, and most important, let us hope that terrorism is thwarted everywhere, conflicts subside, democracy and capitalism regain some momentum, and greater civility and honest dialogue return to the public domain.
For the Syrians, the major objective in concluding peace with Israel is rapprochement with the US, but they will balk at the Americans’ demand that they stop flirting with terrorism as a precondition for talks.
On the other hand, it is important not to isolate Russia completely, given shared interests with the US and Europe relating to nuclear security and non-proliferation, terrorism, space, the Artic, and Iran and Afghanistan.
The death of Al Qaeda’s leader deep in Pakistan, in a city with a heavy military presence, appears to confirm what many have long alleged: Pakistan, not Afghanistan, has become the epicenter of international terrorism.
That question cannot be answered without knowing definitively where Pakistan stands in regard to Islamist terrorism.
With the passing of time and the transformation of Israel from a small pioneer state to a regional superpower, Israel’s image became blurred and progressively negative, while sympathy for the Palestinian cause spread, despite Palestinian terrorism.
In fact, the United States’ activities in Afghanistan at that time may be the single biggest source of blowback terrorism today.
Some, such as Osama bin Laden, remained in the Afghanistan-Pakistan belt, turning it into a base for organizing international terrorism, like the September 11, 2001, attacks in the US.
Pakistan – another major state sponsor of terrorism – is also seeing its chickens coming home to roost, with a spate of terrorist attacks.
Recognizing that arming or supporting Islamist radicals anywhere ultimately fuels international terrorism, such alliances of convenience should be avoided.
But capitalism’s (or democracy’s) victory began to look less complete against the backdrop of ethnic and religious strife – and soon sectarian terrorism – that filled some of the vacuum left by the demise of the Soviet Union.
On the other hand, the biggest challenges the world faces – from transnational terrorism to climate change – cannot be addressed by any country alone, and thus demand cooperative solutions.
A swing back to the center in continental Europe would strongly suggest that the unexpected victories for populist and anti-globalization movements in the US and Britain were not primarily a response to unemployment and disappointing economic performance since the financial crisis, mass migration, or the threat of Islamist terrorism.
This conclusion follows from the fact that France has suffered from much higher unemployment and a longer post-crisis recession than either the US or Britain, as well as experiencing more problems with terrorism and Islamic militancy.
Moreover, the Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice still requires unanimity for essential decisions in the fight against crime and terrorism and therefore, implying excruciating slowness.
There is reason to hope that some of the EU’s member states will embark on this venture in fighting crime and terrorism, defense matters, or in financial and budgetary harmonization.
Merkel, for her part, has cited the importance of shared values in responding to challenges like international terrorism.
Such cooperation is essential to combat terrorism, human trafficking, and migration.
The principal obstacle to peace has been Pakistan’s sponsorship of militancy and terrorism within India, culminating in the horrific attacks in Mumbai in November 2008, in which terrorist commandos killed almost 200 people.
And Pakistan’s strategy of “bleeding India to death by a thousand cuts” through insurgency and terrorism has accomplished little, while making its military an enormously powerful domestic player and spawning terror outfits (some of which have turned against their sponsors).
The moment the Pakistani establishment genuinely disavows terrorism as an instrument of state policy, the prospect of peace will dawn on the subcontinent.
They fuel cross-border organised crime, trafficking in human beings and illicit migration, as well as the drugs trade, religious extremism and terrorism.
The most urgent example of this failure is the eruption of Islamist terrorism.
On its own, terrorism is hardly an existential threat.
He also hoped to render worthless the counterfeit notes reportedly printed by Pakistan to fuel terrorism against India.
But Obama did promise greater transparency, which is essential to any sound debate over the rights and wrongs of drone attacks, and to democratic control over how the US is waging its war against terrorism.
Thus, although Obama also inherited two ongoing wars, nuclear-proliferation threats from Iran and North Korea, and the continuing problem of Al Qaeda’s terrorism, his early months in office were devoted to addressing the economic crisis at home and abroad.
Many of our countries are targets of terrorism, which, eight years on from the attacks of September 11, 2001, we must recognize is down, but by no means out.
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