STSCI 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Counter-Terrorism, Malignancy
26 Jul 2016
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Catching or killing the leaders: governments often try to take out the top of a terrorist organization first. Terrorist groups often feature an individual who exploits hope or a feeling of frustration: they present terrorist acts as a way of nudging history towards a better future. Crushing terrorism w/ force: aggressive military campaigns or domestic crackdowns are other solutions. 3. an exertion of overwhelming state force has been shown to work in history a) it"s temporary, however, and takes away civil liberties from a state"s citizens. Achieving the strategic objective: once a terrorist group has won (achieved their long-term goals), they either disband or adopt a more legit political form. Implosion and loss of popular support: many groups don"t move beyond the first generation because of internal or external reasons, when a group is connected to territory or the group"s identity, they can survive. Infighting and factionalization occur due to the pressure of continuing a campaign.
