NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERN: EVOLUTION OF TERRORISM

EVOLUTION OF TERRORISM STAGE 1: EARLY TERRORISM 1A.D. – 1960s STAGE 2: CONVENTIONAL TERRORISM 1960s – 1990s STAGE 3: CONTEMPORARY TERRORISM 1990s - ???

stage 1: Early Terrorism Core Feature: Authority Targeting Explanation: Nature of Political Power

Reasons of the Pattern Shift 1) Cold War Era 2) Changes in Global Political Environment 3) Change in Nature of Political Power

stage 2: Conventional Terrorism Features: Mass Mediated Terrorism Instruments of Terror

Mass Mediated Terrorism Two Tactics A lot of people watching, Not a lot of people dead. A lot of people watching, And a lot of people dead. Mostly extremist Islamic groups: Hizbollah, Al Qaeda… Mostly European groups: IRA and ETA bombings

Instruments of Terror Bombings, shootings, hi-jacking, hostage-taking (methods physical pressure) Production and trafficking of drugs, illicit arms sales and other forms of organized criminal activity

Reason of the Pattern Shift End of the Cold War and Changes on International Arena

stage 3: Contemporary Terrorism Features: Component of Ideology Catastrophic Terrorism Geopolitical Load

CONCLUSION The shift in patterns is stretched out in time The shift does not mean the rejection of previously used methods and tactics Harm capacity and danger posed by terrorism increase with the advent of every other terrorism stage Double standards policy is no longer acceptable in the struggle with terrorism Further unwillingness to compromise and cooperate is a criminal negligence