1. Global Terrorism: Multilateral Institutional Responses to an Extraordinary Threat
- Author:
- Eric Rosand
- Publication Date:
- 04-2007
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- International Peace Institute
- Abstract:
- In recent years, the traditional tendency to treat non state actors that resort to terrorist violence as a domestic issue has given way to an increasing focus on international—and multilateral—responses Nationalist/ separatist terrorist groups such as the Kurdistan Peoples Party (PKK) in Turkey, the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) in Sri Lanka, or the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) generated only limited responses at the multilateral level. The emergence of transnational terrorism in the 1970s led to a spate of international law-making to facilitate inter-state cooperation in response to hijacking, hostage-taking and other forms of terrorism. But only with the emergence of Al Qaeda, with its extraordinary global reach, has the transnational threat moved to the top of the agenda of international for a such as the United Nations and G8.
- Topic:
- International Relations, Globalization, International Law, Terrorism, and United Nations
- Political Geography:
- Turkey, Sri Lanka, Colombia, and Kurdistan