POLSCI 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Pejorative, Unobservable, Active Measures
14 Nov 2016
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Lec wed, 11/2/16 terrorism (final conflict/security lecture) Terror is the weapon of the weak and extreme. Difficulties of defeating terrorism: substitution of one type of violence for another, underground nature of terrorist groups, provoking support for terrorists. Under the right circumstances, you should negotiate with terrorists. Commitment problems make negotiations to end terrorism unlikely to succeed. Compare three different strategies of political opposition in terms of how much support they require and the type of tactics each uses. Outline the strengths and weaknesses of passive versus active and observable versus unobservable counterterror policies. Explain the two commitment problems that negotiations to end terrorist campaigns face. The events of september 11, 2011 were the deadliest terrorist attack in modern history. Terrorism is difficult to define: pejorative use of the term, political nature of the acts. Definition for this class: violence by a non-state actor directed at non-military personnel for political purposes. Includes: kidnappings, assassinations, bombings, hijackings, and other acts of violence.
