IAFF 1005 Lecture 24: Tuesday: Lecture #24
13 Jun 2018
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Tuesday Lecture: Terrorism
I. Definitions
A. Who: perpetrators are non-governmental actors; targets are civilians/non-combatants
B. How: threats or use of violence (not necessarily lethal)
C. Why: must have a political agenda (not criminal)
D. Motivations
D.1. Governance: anti-colonial, ethno-national
D.2. Ideological: leftists, rightist
D.3. Religious: AQ, ISIS
D.4. Environmental: ELF, Revenge of the Trees
E. Contributing factors
E.1. Weak states: power vacuums provide space
E.2. POlitical grievances: general and specific
E.3. Economic distress: can contribute (but don’t claim poverty)
E.4. Globalization (disruptive; aggravates relative deprivation)
F. Complexities
F.1. Terrorism is a policy instrument/tactic
F.1.a) Goal is to coerce populations/governments to change policies/political
systems/ways of life
F.2. “War on terror” and “war on terrorism” are problematic phrases
F.2.a) Terrorism has been around for thousands of years, will be around for
long time
F.2.b) War on terrorism is a war on a political, military tactic
F.3. The proper focus: terrorist and terrorist associations
F.4. George W. Bush handled the aftermath of 9/11 very well
F.5. Instruments and lethality
F.5.a) Weapons from knives, cars, guns, bombs, attacks on utilities
F.5.b) Damage from non-lethal to murder/assassination to mass assaults on
cities
F.6. Level of organization
F.6.a) High: ISIS, AQ
F.6.b) Loose: evironmental groups
F.7. Hybrid organizations/actions
F.7.a) Criminal organizations that engage in terrorism (drug cartels,
Colombia/Mexico)
F.7.b) Insurgencies that engage in terrorism (Taliban, LTTE)
F.7.c) Insurgency organizations that encage in crominal activity (FARC<
Taliban)
F.7.d) Organization sthat control territory; quasi-states
II. Waves of modern terrorism
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Document Summary
Definitions: who: perpetrators are non-governmental actors; targets are civilians/non-combatants, how: threats or use of violence (not necessarily lethal, why: must have a political agenda (not criminal, motivations. Environmental: elf, revenge of the trees: contributing factors, complexities. Economic distress: can contribute (but don"t claim poverty) Goal is to coerce populations/governments to change policies/political systems/ways of life. War on terror and war on terrorism are problematic phrases. Terrorism has been around for thousands of years, will be around for. War on terrorism is a war on a political, military tactic. George w. bush handled the aftermath of 9/11 very well. Weapons from knives, cars, guns, bombs, attacks on utilities. Damage from non-lethal to murder/assassination to mass assaults on cities. Criminal organizations that engage in terrorism (drug cartels, Insurgency organizations that encage in crominal activity (farc< B: 97% of the deaths in 2016 were in africa, the middle east, and south asia. The us: recent trends: 1970-2014: 2,683 attacks.
