Globalization and Terrorism: Essay Analysis for HIS-450 Course

This essay analyzes the complex relationship between globalization and terrorism, examining how the integration of nations, facilitated by technological advancements and the global market, has influenced the nature and spread of terrorism. It explores the evolution of terrorism from historical contexts to modern forms, including state-sponsored terrorism and the impact of religious and political factors. The essay highlights how globalization has facilitated the transfer of ideas, people, and technologies, contributing to the rise of terrorism and the need for international cooperation to mitigate its effects. The analysis references several scholarly articles to support the arguments, discussing the impact of trade, political globalization, and information technology on terrorism in various contexts, including Africa. The essay concludes by emphasizing the role of violence and destruction as a means to bring societal changes, which is often influenced by religious beliefs and technological advancements, and the need for leaders to address the challenges posed by such changes within the society.

GLOBALIZATION
AND TERRORISM

Essay Analysis
■ The purpose of the analysis is to analyse the relation between the
increase in terrorism with globalisation.
■ Globalisation is the integration of the various nation in terms of the
business operations and become a single global market.
■ Terrorism has changed in nature with the advent of the globalisation.

■ The development of the global market has promoted the easy transfer of the
culture, people between nations (Younas et. Al, 2018).
■ The technological advancements has also contributed towards the rise of the
terrorism within the society (Blakemore, 2016).
■ Terrorism is an individual’s way to bring changes within the society through
the way of violence and destruction.

■ The meaning of Terrorism has evolved over time and it is referred to the
situation that harms the living.
■ Terrorism has been present within the society from the time of the human
evolvement (Hamm et. Al., 2017).
■ Terrorism is defined as the unlawful activities which includes the use of
violence and destructive instruments to bring change within the society
(Çetinkaya, 2020).

■ Terrorism also developed with respect to the refusal to be the part of newly
formed communities.
■ Terrorism in the medieval period was considered as a threat that was posed
to the political system of the world (Gaibulloev, 2017).
■ The terrorism has also evolved in the form of the state sponsored terrorism
(Monahan, 2017).

■ Globalisation has resulted in the transfer of the people within nations, which
not only promoted the better standard of living but has also influenced the
terrorism within the nations.
■ As with globalisation the way of the people to change the society with
violence has also spread over the nations.
■ The leaders of different nations are required to come forward to mitigate the
idea of such changes within the society (Stoyanov, 2016).

■ State political factors has also contributed towards the rise of the terrorism.
■ Terrorism has also influenced through the religious beliefs and practices
within the society.
■ The transfer of people and the idea of the destruction and change within the
society through violence has evolved within the society (Bandyopadhyay,
2018).

■ The nature of terrorism has evolved from believing that it is focused on
bringing positive change within the nation to the concept that their activities
does not have any link with the societal development (LaFree et. Al., 2017).
■ Globalisation and terrorism has increased over time with the increased
integration among the nations and the cultures over the world.

End Notes
■ The people who are termed as terrorist, are those who think that the political
structure is not effective to bring any change within the society therefore,
they try to bring change within the society through violence and destruction.
■ Terrorism was also influenced with the religious factor as there were certain
communities within the societies that believed that such changes may have
impact on their religious and cultural beliefs.
■ The technological advancements promoted the effective communication and
interchange of the thoughts and ideas, as a reason terrorism has also
increased due to the exchange of the ideas of the destruction and violence.

Reference
• Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu, Todd Sandler, and Javed
Younas. "Trade and terrorism: A disaggregated
approach." Journal of Peace Research 55, no. 5 (2018):
656-670.
• Blakemore, Brian. Extremism, counter-terrorism and
policing. Routledge, 2016.
• Çetinkaya, Şeref. "Turkey’s Fight Against ISIS In The
Context Of The Historical Development Of Terrorism:
Example of Foreign Terrorist Fighters." IBAD Sosyal Bilimler
Dergisi 6 (2020): 145-160.
• Gaibulloev, Khusrav, James A. Piazza, and Todd Sandler.
"Regime types and terrorism." International

• Hamm, Mark S., Ramon FJ Spaaij, and Simon
Cottee. The age of lone wolf terrorism. New York:
Columbia University Press, 2017.
• LaFree, Gary, and Joshua D. Freilich. "Bringing
criminology into the study of terrorism." The handbook
of the criminology of terrorism (2017): 3-14.
• Monahan, J., 2017. The individual risk assessment of
terrorism: Recent developments. The handbook of the
criminology of terrorism, pp.520-34.
• Stoyanov, Velcho. "The Flow of Refugees and
International Terrorism–Primarily a European Problem,
but with Historical Roots and Geopolitical
Dimensions." Nauchni trudove 2 (2016): 7-40.