Terrorism- A Global Challenge

[The definition of Terrorism] Lately, a lot of military actions are claimed as acts of terrorism, as a result of the lack of a universal definition of terrorism. States and military organizations name each other terrorists, since states and military organizations have particular interests such as religious, economical and political power. There are two different ways of thinking, one believe that each country must have its own definition of terrorism because some major powers may take advantage of the fact of that lack of universal legal definition, on the other hand another point of view believe that we should have a universal definition because developed and developing countries should obey the same international law. We have now agreed on a collective definition, terrorism is a very complicated issue but with the little knowledge we have gathered during the course of all the lectures, we would like to define terrorism as any act or the threat of violence by states, groups or individuals who deliberately target civilians or noncombatants in order to influence the behavior and actions of targeted publics and governments. According to this definition, we would like to follow the following steps in critically analyzing terrorism namely causes of terrorism, how to counter terrorism, suggestion and conclusion.