Terrorism cannot be treated as a monolithic threat. Moreover, as
much as we may wish to focus on the terror tactics and terrorist
means, we cannot overlook the ends. In fact, good policy can only
be crafted with an understanding of the terrorist strategy; that
is, how terrorists integrate their means to secure their goals,
given their perception of the security environment. The groups
covered in this book change and evolve. While their governments
must take aggressive actions to secure their populations against
attacks, those governments that recognize the real grievances can
simultaneously take action that addresses those grievances. This
two-pronged approach simultaneously bolsters state legitimacy
across the ethnic and majority populations, while demonstrating
state effectiveness regarding insecurity. The authors argue that
the best way for states to win legitimacy vis-a-vis terrorists is
by adhering to liberal democratic values, cooperating with other
states, and applying prudent counterterrorist tactics. Inter-state
cooperation, which affects domestic and foreign policies, requires
some convergence of political cultures among those cooperating
states. This book begins by analyzing five hotspot situations and
their regional effects: the Basques in Spain, the ethnic Albanians
in Macedonia, the Kurds in Turkey, the Chechens and Russia; and the
Palestinians, Israel, and a future Palestinian state. These cases
shed some light on how we should understand, characterize, and
categorize terrorism, and they provide insights into the concepts
of political legitimacy, liberal democracy, political culture, and
political community. As the United States assesses its homeland
defense posture, itmust resist any temptation to weaken its liberal
democratic values, and, as a superpower, it must encourage other
states to adhere to liberal democratic values as well. Liberal
democracy is a security imperative in today's global security
environment.
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