ATS1701 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Che Guevara, Ethnic Nationalism, Maximilien Robespierre
25 May 2018
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- unique form of political violence - shares a number of characteristics of political
violence and criminal activities - nonetheless unique - different focal points,
objectives.
- difficulty in gaining a consensus definition
- relationship between existing military conflicts and terrorism
- emphasis - key motivation - war and trying to stop violence - key motivations for
terrorists
- terrorism has been a mode of violence for nearly 2000 years but largely associated
with modernity
- factors contributing to terrorism’s evolution - technology, ideological changes
- terrorism - less significant than threats such as the nuclear threat of the Cold War -
hasn’t reached that level of threat yet
• state violence in the 20th century - 170 million killed outside the accepted
parameters of inter-state war
• WWII
• other causes of death
- related to the state as the key actor in ir
• primary role of state is to protect its citizens
• security
• demonstrate state legitimacy through protection of citizens
• demonstrate that it has a basis
• 2004 change in gov in Spain - response to protests to Spain’s involvement in
Iran
• how the states defines terrorism
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o identified as top security threat
o implementation of laws to achieve security
- reflective of some core aspects of ir
• rise of non state actors
• conflict as a feature of international politics - both within and between states
• growth of new processes in international politics
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o globalisations
o ethnic and religious revivalisms
o challenges to the nation-state as the primary form of allegiance
o
▪ e.g. challenge of religious movements
- political violence
• comes from a non-state origin
• politically motivated outside of state control - operates beyond state
sovereignty.
• seeks to achieve a political objective through the use of force.
- French rev
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Document Summary
Unique form of political violence - shares a number of characteristics of political violence and criminal activities - nonetheless unique - different focal points, objectives. Relationship between existing military conflicts and terrorism. Emphasis - key motivation - war and trying to stop violence - key motivations for terrorists. Terrorism has been a mode of violence for nearly 2000 years but largely associated with modernity. Factors contributing to terrorism"s evolution - technology, ideological changes hasn"t reached that level of threat yet state violence in the 20th century - 170 million killed outside the accepted parameters of inter-state war. Terrorism - less significant than threats such as the nuclear threat of the cold war : wwii, other causes of death. Iran identified as top security threat implementation of laws to achieve security. Political violence comes from a non-state origin: politically motivated outside of state control - operates beyond state sovereignty. seeks to achieve a political objective through the use of force.
