Counter-Terrorism And Environmental Problems In The United States

Conflict can be defined as the disagreement between two different states or actors who have dissimilar interests. Historically, states have fought each other to fight over territories, lootable and natural resources, different ideologies, technologies, and, economic and social issues. However, states had come together and solved these problems through cooperating with each other over the years. For example, nations resolved the problem of territories and borders through wars, and they eventually signed agreements. Nowadays, a new global issue such as terrorism is becoming more acute, and therefore, it requires every global community to participate and solve the issue. Although the majority of the past international issues had been resolved and may still need cooperation in the future; in my opinion, states will need to focus on counter-terrorism and environmental problems in the next twenty years, because they will be the biggest sources of international conflict. …show more content…
The 9/11 attacks (during 11 September 2001) by Al Qaeda, in the United States, clearly showed the new challenge of global terrorism in the 21st century. These terrorists were not strong enough to destroy the United States military. So they set their target/aimed on symbolic targets, which was the Twin Towers in New York City, and the Pentagon in Virginia. Their goal to bomb those buildings was to promote fear throughout America and eventually, weakens its position in the world. The tragic events of 9/11 underlined the possible danger of terrorists using weapons of mass destruction. Imagine if Al Qaeda has the access to chemical or nuclear weapons, the attack could have been more deadly and it may result in a greater international