POLS 1160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Jihadism, Preemptive War, Multilateralism
15 Mar 2017
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Terrorism and counterterrorism: terrorism: use of violence to achieve a political goal, historically ambiguous term, prior to past half-century terrorism= state violence against citizens, over past half-century violence by small nonstate actors in attempt to achieve political change. What is terrorism: terrorism only legitimate if it meets the criteria of the just war tradition, terrorist justifications and methods are not easily co-opted into international relations theory, determining legitimate use of force, libya, u. s. and britain. Typology of terror: left-wing terrorist, right-wing terrorist, ethnonationalist or separatist terrorist, religious or sacred terrorists. Globalization, technology, and terrorism: technology has made terrorism more global, good for recruiting. Internet used for communication: chat rooms, saved draft messages, prepaid cell telephones, hacked usaf drone signals, better training, methods, and equipment. Infidels and apostates: difference b/w secular and religious groups, deterrence, difficulty of coopting members out of religious groups.
