SUMMATIVE DISCUSSION BOARD 2
Summative Discussion Board
I must admit that the previous discussions and assignments has enabled me understand
how US Department of Homeland Security is working to avert and prevent terrorism and other
national security threats through creation of new legislations and by forming agencies such as
US. Secret Service. This is a commendable job and it is a sign of commitment of the US
administration to protect its citizens (Baggett & Simpkins, 2018). However, one of the
compelling topics is how to evaluate and measure effectiveness of current strategies under
Department of Homeland Security. Can we conclude that the current strategies are
comprehensive and effective to prevent future terrorism activities? While trying to answer this
question, what came to my mind is that international terrorism is very complex phenomenon that
requires multifaceted strategies. As a socio-political phenomenon, international terrorism reflects
the conflict interaction of various forces, the basis of which, as a rule, is the struggle for power or
the possession of material and spiritual values. Terrorism has never developed continuously and
sequentially. It flourished there and then, where and when the soil favorable for its occurrence
appeared. World experience shows that the outbreaks of terrorism marked those historical
periods, which are characterized by aggravation of contradictions in the socio-political sphere,
the breakdown of public relations, a change in state structure, lack of stability, manifestations of
nationalism and separatism, and rampant crime (Moriarty, 2017).
By participating in discussion, I realized that terrorism is a broad topic that cannot be
addressed in single discussion. This means that one can hardly speak of world terrorism as a
kind of force with a single center. It’s just that various terrorist acts fit into a series of events,
which are conditionally called international terrorism. Moreover, they have one focus, being, so
to speak, events of one field. That is why despite measures taken by the United States to combat

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