Terrorism and Geopolitics

Contents: Preface. 1. The nature and definition of terrorism. 2. International terrorism threat. 3. Islam and ideological foundation of terrorism. 4. Global terrorism war and security. 5. Political theory of terrorism. 6. Terrorism war in Pakistan. 7. Terrorism, counter-terrorism and human rights. Bibliography. Index. Geopolitics is defined as a branch of geography that promises to explain the relationships between geographical realities and international affairs. The idea that such relationships exist was noted as early as the ancient Greeks (18, 309-328). Although noted at this early time it was only with the discovery of the conceptual and methodological tools of modern geography that scholars became convinced they could examine the connections in something approaching scientific precision. Terrorism can be healed only when such people understand the mistaken illogic of any ideology that inspires terrorism and incites to violenceand when they realize that going along with it can never get them anywhere. Until those ideologies errors and contradictions are revealed, all measures taken against terrorism can be short-term only. Soon terrorism will emerge again, in different places and under different circumstances, behind a different mask.…