INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM - CONCEPTUAL DELIMITATIONS AND THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS - (I)
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM - CONCEPTUAL DELIMITATIONS AND THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS - (I)
Author(s): Ionel StoicaContributor(s): Diana Cristiana Lupu (Translator)
Subject(s): Security and defense, Studies in violence and power, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Centrul tehnic-editorial al armatei
Keywords: globalisation; Middle East; religious differences; tribal conflicts; religious terrorism;
Summary/Abstract: In the author’s opinion, the objectives of terrorism can be classified in many categories: achieving a specific purpose - ousting a government from power, forcing an army to leave the country; obtaining financial funds; releasing prisoners; causing widespread feelings of fear, in the hope of changing the social order in a state; challenging a government so that it could react and impose harsh counterterrorist measures that would attract hostile feelings on the part of the population; using terrorist methods by governments in order to determine the population to be subject to unpopular measures (state terrorism). State terrorism occurs when the following actions are implemented by states: political opponents are eliminated and the state apparatus uses repressive means for intimidation and in order to get information that might not be obtained otherwise.
Journal: Romanian Military Thinking
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 137-145
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English
