PSCI-1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Asymmetric Warfare, Cyberwarfare, Denial-Of-Service Attack
21 Oct 2016
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The use or threat of violence against civilian noncombatants. Action taken by an individual or group that is not a state. Attempting to obtain a political or social objective through intimidation. The vast majority of terrorism is purely domestic. Terrorists may seem irrational in that the population considers the way they rank alternative outcomes to be unreasonable. The costs seemingly are larger than the gains to that individual and thus this does not appear to be a great strategy for achieving one"s goals. Terrorists are weak relative to their targets, which are generally states. Like insurgency, terrorism is a form of asymmetric warfare. Object of terrorism is to bypass the military - to make changes without facing the military. By attacking public, they are forcing govt to change policies without actually having to face military. Terrorists are weak relative to the extensive demands they make. Bargaining failures that can lead to terrorism:
