The State Terror in Taiwan

Modern terrorism, as deduced from this literature, is acts to violence strategically used by secular groups spanning international borders with the aim of achieving a desired outcome. Further, it can be seen as organized activity whose genesis can be traced back to the 1880’s. From then to now there are identifiable traits and patterns observed from different (terrorist) groups which have allowed for the conceptualization of the term modern terrorism. This concept therefore, can be best explained in the context of being a wave or having a life cycle. That means it is a cycle of activity demarked by phases from inception and expands along the way then eventually it declines. The world, thus far, has experienced four waves of modern

Throughout the world, terrorism affects cultures in a myriad of ways. The United States Department of Defense defines terrorism as, “ the calculated use of violence or the threat of violence to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological” (DOD). Terrorism has emerged in the last ten years as one of the most crucial issues governments attempt to tackle. Many movies and documents can help people better understand the major strain of terrorism. As seen by the effects of the September eleventh attacks on American security, tourism and economy, the Taliban, and Somali piracy, terrorism has had an utmost impact on the world.

Lately, terrorism has picked up a worldwide character, which threats the enthusiasm of people, as well as extraordinarily impacts on public security, the stability of numerous states, paying little respect to their political framework and universal relations. In this way, domestic terrorism possesses not the last place in distinctive political arguments, and the development of the risk of domestic terrorism in the United States has showed up on the foundation of intense political issues, which are portrayed by dispersal of political, ethnic, and religious fanaticism, that exhibits a generous threat to the hobbies of the individual, society

This chapter was all about State terrorism and the different subtypes and examples. State Terrorism can be describe as; when the government is committed to using violence and extreme threats against their own civilians to get them to comply with the same views as the government to the point of submission. A country can involve in state terrorism with the aim of protecting the safety of its borders, guarding sovereignty or to achieving some political goal. The chapter breaks down state terrorism into two categories: internal and external terrorism. The first being internal terrorism, which is when the act occurs as a result against a domestic order, challenge to mainstream values, or internal human rights violation etc. A State may engage in terror acts for a variety of reasons. The main reason behind most state terror acts is to protect the sovereignty of the country. The government safeguards the independence and security of the country. This responsibility

In light of Stohl and Lopez’s warning that state terrorism requires “investment in theory building and analysis”(), this paper will examine various state terrorist definitional models in order to apply a criteria to three different case studies. In this regard, the aim of this paper is twofold. After applying a definitional model of state terrorism to three different case studies, which show how some examples of state terrorism are clear examples, how others are not so clear examples and how some cases are not state terrorism, this paper will analyse the limitations of this model in order to reconcile the theory and practice of state terrorism. There are parameters to this paper. While there are numerous historical examples of state terrorism, this paper will only investigate ongoing cases of state terrorism since the end of the Cold War. This paper will begin by outlining various definitional models of state terrorism, before applying this model to three different case

Terrorism in America tends to be a product of many issues, population as well as conflict that has co-existed within the nation's borders. Uniquely United State has been known for its ability to contain multitudes in relative harmony. According to investigations, majority of terrorism in the history of America is motivated by an extreme distrust of the ideal American democracy that has given opportunity for every individual to claim loyalty to, in addition to benefiting from American system. Nevertheless, the enormous variation in expressing terrorism, domestic terrorism have been explained severally as a violent claim over who or what is authentically American.

However, the article suggests that despite the results of terrorist’s performance, their success is determine on how society respond to the terrorist’s act. If the government takes action to prevent any dreadful event, it gives a perception that terrorism can work. It gives the notion of terrorist group that violence send a message to the government and influence

This paper will talk about three different types of terrorism. A background of each type will be provided to understand the motivations and goals. The first type that will be discussed is religious terrorism. The second type that will be discussed is suicide terrorism. The third and last type that will be discussed is nationalist terrorism. Each type of terrorism has distinct differences in their goals, motivations, strategy, use of violence, etc. However, the main focus of this paper will be on the difference between each type’s tactics and/or strategy.

This chapter fundamentally describes that terrorism was not a new phenomenon it has been around for centuries, which indicates that there is nothing new about the act of terrorism. The first recorded mention of the word terrorism dates back to the French revolution. In the early of the eighteen century, a group known by the named of Thugees were the most brutal and feared terrorist organization of their time. As the word spread of the threat posed by the Thugees, civilians stopped traveling with strangers for fear of being kidnapped, among other things. The Thugees group were said to have kidnapped and murdered about one million people during their existence. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, attention turned to anarchists, as they were partially responsible for the killing of the Tsar of the Russia and the President of the United Sates. Anarchists also played a big role in the start of the First World War.

As a preliminary to assess the appropriate place of terrorism in our politics of security, this essay therefore deems it necessary to account for the theoretical approach underlying the forthcoming arguments. Scholars belonging to orthodox terrorism studies have long been striving to agree upon an objective definition of terrorism, what which they consider an indispensable prerequisite for dealing with the issue as such (Ganor, 2002:287). Depending on the author in question, the definition of terrorism can range from including political violence to domestic violence and child abuse (Lum et.al, 2006:11). Though more narrowly defining terrorism can be considered beneficial in terms of making research and strategy development more straight-forward, the inherent value-based notion in such definitions results in it being seemingly impossible to reach consensus. Additionally, the tendency of attempting to reach a definition of terrorism based on single case studies leads orthodox terrorism studies to neglect the historical and contextual processes that can lead to terrorism (Jackson, Gunning & Smyth, 2007:7). This essay seeks to adopt a critical approach so as to place greater focus on which measures states can take in order to avoid the creation of conditions where terrorism can occur. Though one might argue that the term terrorism is

States in the Islamic world face a stagnation and remain in this position because of no present confidence. Rather than action, these states are characterized by inaction, bearing witness to the surpassing of the East and West. Having no confidence in ever catching up with the newly rising East and the already developed west, extremist feed into the bad humiliation and participate in radicalism. Therefore, it is the culture of bad humiliation which can explain the influence terrorist have over the impoverished citizens, and participation in terrorism (76). ADD TWO MORE

Domestic and international terroristic acts have been a part of our society for many years with the intensity of those crimes increasing as the population increases. This phenomenon is bound to remain in our world as long as there are people who oppose viewpoints and idealism of other people. Based on whether the terrorist group is domestic or international organization, there are differences and similarities in how terror acts are carried out.

Terrorism has become a modern political and economic topic in America. It is the existence of Terrorists attacks in America that has changed the way people travels both domestic and foreign and also now viewed as an issue and conflicts that exist within the nation’s borders and domestically (Shemella, 373 ). The United States has since be a country with ideal ability to protect the many citizens from attacks and live in peace, but the infiltration of terrorist has kept a change in Americans heart (374 ). A significant amount of terrorism in American’ history reflects as being motivated by a distrust of American ideal values of democracy, or emerging today issue in which people of various races or backgrounds claimed to belong or loyalty group and or American system. In a nutshell, history teaches us that domestic terrorism can be explained as a violent tendency towards a movement and rights group to proof who or what is authentic in American system. On the other side it is a foreign terrorism or an extreme group with minds to attack and kill American citizens. I will discuss the different historical forms of terrorism groups in America since the time of Boston Tea Party to the 21st century American and global terrorism and what solutions and what it teach us in our own time.

The history of terrorism can be traced back as far as the French revolution. Some of these acts of terrorism only seem as distant reminders of our past, but at the same time, are not a far cry from today’s brutal acts; and although these acts seem distant, it doesn’t also mean they are no longer in the thoughts of individuals in today’s time.

Terrorism is an international and domestic problem in today’s society. Many countries are affected by terrorism directly and sometimes indirectly. A substantial amount of nations question terrorism, however there are some nations that tolerate it and or encourage the active terrorists and extremist’s groups. There is no particular term that would describe terrorism, however it is often identified as the use of violence and fear in the hunt for political and often sometimes religious objectives. The most common objective for terrorists is to have their views heard and acknowledged. One thing that we all can agree on is that terrorism is mala in se. According to the U.S. Department, terrorism must contain four basic components. One, there must be a threat of violence and or an act of violence, there must be a political objective, violence and a threat of violence must be a direct attack on civilians which would make civilians the primary target and lastly, it has to be perpetrated by supporting a nation and or nations of terrorism. (U.S. Department, n.d.)