This document discusses terrorism and defines it as the unlawful use of violence, especially against civilians, to achieve political goals. It notes that terrorism aims to inflict terror through mass violence. The document outlines different types of terrorism, including civil disorder, political terrorism, and terrorism perpetrated anonymously. It then defines war as an armed conflict between states, governments, or paramilitary groups that involves extreme violence. Finally, it argues that while terrorism aims to inflict suffering and remains an ongoing threat, war is a conflict between two parties and a single event, distinguishing the two though both involve intense violence.
This document discusses terrorism and defines it as the unlawful use of violence, especially against civilians, to achieve political goals. It notes that terrorism aims to inflict terror through mass violence. The document outlines different types of terrorism, including civil disorder, political terrorism, and terrorism perpetrated anonymously. It then defines war as an armed conflict between states, governments, or paramilitary groups that involves extreme violence. Finally, it argues that while terrorism aims to inflict suffering and remains an ongoing threat, war is a conflict between two parties and a single event, distinguishing the two though both involve intense violence.
This document discusses terrorism and defines it as the unlawful use of violence, especially against civilians, to achieve political goals. It notes that terrorism aims to inflict terror through mass violence. The document outlines different types of terrorism, including civil disorder, political terrorism, and terrorism perpetrated anonymously. It then defines war as an armed conflict between states, governments, or paramilitary groups that involves extreme violence. Finally, it argues that while terrorism aims to inflict suffering and remains an ongoing threat, war is a conflict between two parties and a single event, distinguishing the two though both involve intense violence.
WAR BY- SADHIKA, ARNAV AND ARYAMAN WHAT IS TERRORISM?
• TERRORISM IS DEFINED BROADLY AS THE UNLAWFUL USE OF INTENTIONAL
VIOLENCE TO ACHIEVE POLITICAL GOALS, PARTICULARLY AGAINST CIVILIANS. IT IS PRIMARILY USED IN THIS CONTEXT TO REFER TO VIOLENCE IN TIMES OF PEACE OR IN THE CONTEXT OF WAR AGAINST NON-COMBATANTS (MOSTLY CIVILIANS AND NEUTRAL MILITARY PERSONNEL). • TERRORISM IS GENERALLY PERFORMED IN MASSES AND ITS PRIME OBJECTIVE IS TO INFLICT TERROR. TYPES OF TERRORISM
• CIVIL DISORDER – A TYPE OF COLLECTIVE VIOLENCE THAT DISRUPTS THE
COMMUNITY'S PEACE, SECURITY, AND NORMAL FUNCTIONING. • POLITICAL TERRORISM – VIOLENT CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR AIMED PRIMARILY AT INSTILLING FEAR IN A COMMUNITY OR A SIGNIFICANT SEGMENT OF IT FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES. • TERRORISM THAT IS NOT AIMED AT POLITICAL GOALS BUT HAS A "CONSCIOUS DESIGN TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN A HIGH LEVEL OF FEAR FOR COERCIVE PURPOSES, BUT THE END GOAL IS INDIVIDUAL OR COLLECTIVE GAIN RATHER THAN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF A POLITICAL GOAL." TYPES OF TERRORISM • TERRORISM PERPETRATED ANONYMOUSLY – PRIOR TO 2016-19, "FEWER THAN HALF" OF ALL TERRORIST ATTACKS WERE EITHER "CLAIMED BY THEIR PERPETRATORS OR CONVINCINGLY ATTRIBUTED BY GOVERNMENTS TO SPECIFIC TERRORIST GROUPS." A NUMBER OF THEORIES HAVE BEEN PROPOSED AS TO WHY THIS OCCURRED. • TERRORISM PERPETRATED ANONYMOUSLY – PRIOR TO 2016-19, "FEWER THAN HALF" OF ALL TERRORIST ATTACKS WERE EITHER "CLAIMED BY THEIR PERPETRATORS OR CONVINCINGLY ATTRIBUTED BY GOVERNMENTS TO SPECIFIC TERRORIST GROUPS." A NUMBER OF THEORIES HAVE BEEN PROPOSED AS TO WHY THIS OCCURRED. • TERRORISM PERPETRATED ANONYMOUSLY – PRIOR TO 2016-19, "FEWER THAN HALF" OF ALL TERRORIST ATTACKS WERE EITHER "CLAIMED BY THEIR PERPETRATORS OR CONVINCINGLY ATTRIBUTED BY GOVERNMENTS TO SPECIFIC TERRORIST GROUPS." A NUMBER OF THEORIES HAVE BEEN PROPOSED AS TO WHY THIS OCCURRED. WHAT IS WAR?
• WAR IS DEFINED AS A FIERCE ARMED CONFLICT BETWEEN STATES,
GOVERNMENTS, SOCIETIES, OR PARAMILITARY GROUPS SUCH AS MERCENARIES, INSURGENTS, AND MILITIAS. IT IS CHARACTERISED BY EXTREME VIOLENCE, AGGRESSION, DESTRUCTION, AND MORTALITY, AND IT EMPLOYS EITHER REGULAR OR IRREGULAR MILITARY FORCES. WARFARE REFERS TO THE COMMON ACTIVITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF VARIOUS TYPES OF WAR, AS WELL AS WARS IN GENERAL. TERRORISM AS AN ACT OF WAR
• TERRORISM IS THE INFLICTION OF PAIN AND SUFFERING ON PEACEFUL PEOPLE
WHICH IN ITSELF SEEMS LIKE AN ACT OF WAR. WAR IS CATEGORIZED AS A CONFLICT BETWEEN TWO ENTITIES. IN THE ACT OF TERRORISM, THE CONFLICT IS ONLY ONE SIDED WHILE THE OTHER SIDE REMAINS DEFENSELESS. • ALTHOUGH, BOTH HAVE INTENSE VIOLENCE AND WEAPONRY, TERRORISM IS GENERALLY DONE BY AN ORGANIZATION TO INFLICT HARM TO GOVERNMENTS WHILE WAR IS WAGED BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES OR ENTITIES THAT FIGHT AMONG EACH OTHER. AND CAUSE DISTRESS TO PLACES AND PEOPLE AROUND THEM. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TERRORISM AND WAR
• WHILE WAR REMAINS A ONE TIME EVENT THAT MAY
OCCUR AGAIN, TERRORISM IS A CONCEPT THAT LAST FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. IT IS THE CONTINUOUS THREATENING OF LIFE UNTIL THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION IS DISSOLVED. • WAR IS A MERE CONFLICT BETWEEN TWO PARTIES WHILE TERRORISM IS A RELIGION PREACHED BY PEOPLE AND THE SHUNNED IN THE SOCIETY ARE ELIMINATED. THANK YOU!