Major Trends in Terrorism Today

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This paper describes the major trends in terrorism in recent years. The paper assesses the issue surrounding the use of psychological versus strategic or rational choice in analyzing terrorist movements. The paper presents a prediction of the most important trends in terrorism. A discussion of the major organizational patterns of current terrorist groups and how these organizations may or may not change in the future is presented in the paper.

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"Although the ethno-nationalist/separatist and ideological fundamentalists continue to reflect the most basic understanding of the term in the United States, in recent years "terrorism" has been used to denote broader, less distinct phenomena. "In the early 1980s, for example, terrorism came to be regarded as a calculated means to destabilize the West as part of a vast global conspiracy." While the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 stand out as the most prominent example of terrorism in recent years, these attacks merely represent a continuation of a major trend that began in the last two decades of the 20th century. However, the resulting wars against terrorism, drug trafficking, and money laundering have opened the world's money conduits to increased scrutiny; these initiatives have also opened up the operations of nongovernmental organizations that operate primarily as charitable and social-service agencies, but are linked to terrorism as well."

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