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Terrorism
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The indiscriminate use or threat of violence to advance social, political, economic, or religious objectives by creating a climate of fear.
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Cosmopolitan Strategy
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Conceptualizes terrorist attacks as criminal acts requiring an international, multilateral response within the context of international law and organizations. As a long-term strategy, it involves addressing the root causes of terrorism, which are usually identified as poverty, inequality, and discontent.
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Statist Strategy
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Views terrorist attacks as acts of war and assumes that the most effective strategy for combating terrorism requires putting pressure on those states that actively support or passively tolerate terrorist organization.
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Clash of civilization
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The thesis, popularized by Samual Huntington, that civilizational conflicts based on competing social and political values are replacing traditional national conflicts as the defining feature of contemporary international politics.
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