Philosophy 3810F/G Chapter Notes -Ethnic Nationalism, Iranian Revolution, International Security
12 Jul 2012
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There has been little creative thinking about how to confront the growing terrorist backlash that has been unleashed. Strategy oriented toward influencing its means and ends over the long term. The tendency has been to fall back on established bureaucratic mind-sets and prevailing theoretical paradigms that have little relevance for the changes in international security that became obvious after the terrorist attacks. The increasing threat of globalized terrorism must be met with flexible, multifaceted responses that deliberately and effectively exploit avenues of globalization in return. Us strategic culture has a long tradition of downplaying such atypical concerns in favour of a focus on more conventional state-based military power. In the age of globalized terrorism, they are dangerous. The current terrorist backlash is manifested in the extremely violent asymmetrical response directed at the us and other leading powers by terrorist groups associated with or inspired by al-qaeda.
