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So the world community must resist unilateral efforts at separation because separatism today is much more dangerous than during the post-colonial era due to the twin evils of international terrorism and religious extremism.
India agreed to begin talking again with its neighbor, accepting Pakistan’s argument that it, too, was a victim of terrorism.
Moreover, failed states are an incubator for terrorism, trafficking of drugs and people, piracy, and other illicit activities.
This applies in particular to the fight against terrorism and to efforts to reduce poverty.
To ensure the safety and security of our citizens, we must fight terrorism, trafficking in human beings and international crime.
The post-war liberal democratic order is under threat everywhere, but particularly in Europe, where the EU is confronting challenges that include an increasingly aggressive Russia, the constant threat of terrorism, democratic disenfranchisement, and uneven economic growth.
During the United Kingdom’s just-concluded election campaign, May promised to change or nullify any human-rights laws that “get in the way” of fighting terrorism.
In all of these areas – and more – efforts to deal with cybercrime and terrorism must not undermine the principles on which the Internet is built.
Within a week of the attacks, President George W. Bush declared a “war on terrorism.”
But the war metaphor also carries inevitable connotations that, when applied to terrorism, are misleading and counterproductive.
It is also wrong to conflate Islamic terrorism with that of the Basque ETA, Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers, or the Irish Republican Army.
Whereas these groups have a territorial base and are preoccupied with national aims, Islamic terrorism appears to be the work of a very small number of individuals who seek to avenge the centuries-long “humiliation” of the Muslim world, brought about by colonization, absence of economic development, and political weakness.
The only viable strategy for confronting the threat of Islamic terrorism was, and continues to be, a search for agreement among Muslims, and among the leaders of Muslim nations, on the forms of mutual cooperation, including police cooperation, that are needed to isolate, weaken, or destroy the militants in their midst.
Whatever the case, casting the fight against terrorism as a war has led American policymakers to multiply violent military operations that have absolutely no chance of winning hearts and minds in the Muslim world.
The international community must say clearly that Islam is not our enemy and that terrorism must be fought in other ways.
Muslim political leaders, for their part, should declare just as openly that terrorism is not their choice.
World Order 2.0 must also include prohibitions on carrying out or in any way supporting terrorism.
That intervention – together with the US and Saudi governments’ provision of arms to Afghanistan’s anti-Soviet guerrillas through Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency – helped spread militancy and terrorism, which the subsequent US military intervention has kept alive.
Orphans, whose number has increased sharply over the past quarter-century as a result of wars, economic sanctions, and terrorism, are especially vulnerable to the cruelest type of physical and psychological violence.
In Iraq, America’s policy of building a semi-federal state of Shiites, Sunnis, and Kurds runs a high risk of failure because of Shiite domination, Sunni and Shiite terrorism, Kurdish separatism, and meddling by Iran.
Indeed, the UK’s premier security think tank, the Institute for International Strategic Studies, recently warned that, while the world focuses on the fight against international terrorism and the unfolding events in the Middle East, China is rapidly expanding its influence from Asia to Africa.
The Eternal WallPARIS – Walls designed to keep people in or out – whether they are in Berlin, Nicosia, Israel, or Korea – are always the product of fear: East German leaders’ fear of a mass exodus by their citizens seeking freedom and dignity;Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders’ fear of continued war;Israelis’ fear of terrorism; or the North Korean leadership’s fear of “abandonment” by their martyred people.
They were also expected to give an electoral boost to Prime Minister Shimon Peres of Israel who, severely undermined by Hamas’s devastating campaign of suicide terrorism, was on the verge of electoral defeat at the hands of Benjamin Netanyahu.
Anarchy, banditry, and terrorism by Al Qaeda affiliates and wannabes, exhibited in Algerian gas fields and Mali, may develop into more than a lethal nuisance.
A successful partnership within Europe, as well as between Europe and the US, to overcome extremism and terrorism in North and North Central Africa could provide allies with a sense of common purpose and a model of unified effort.
Africa’s Unique Vulnerability to Violent ExtremismADDIS ABABA – Africa bears the brunt of lives lost, economies ruined, and relationships fractured by terrorism.
Conversely, there are certain long-term crises, such as those provoked by terrorism, for which NATO is better placed to act.
Recognizing that terrorism is an international problem, it is coordinating its counterterrorism efforts with its allies, particularly Spain and France.
To confront terrorism in North Africa and beyond, Morocco will have to continue to address the threat from all angles: intelligence, law enforcement, and social policy.
The resulting vacuum has been filled by various currents of political Islam, terrorism, protest movements, uprisings, secession attempts by national or religious minorities, and aspiring regional hegemons (Iran and Saudi Arabia).
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