What is terrorism - State vs Non-state actors
3 important questions on What is terrorism - State vs Non-state actors
What vision about terrorism is represented by Martin Miller?
Political violence by states is terrorism (he is not saying that all political violence by states is terrorism).
War and interstate conflict should be separate category (that is not terrorism) also like genocide.
What is the vision in the Richardson article about state-actors and non-state actors in the way they use political violence?
State-actors and non-state actors are different. Because of capabilities; legitimacy of authority (to govern about a territory); countering state violence requires different actions.
What is the vision of Prof Shanzer about defining terrorism? (How do I feel about this issue)?
Terrorists are non-state actors (Klu Klux Klan, Tamil Tigers, Al Qaeda...). It makes them a specific class of political violence and you have to understand its characteristics). When we consider them together (state-actors and non-state actors) it is harder to study them in a systematic way.
The question on the page originate from the summary of the following study material:
- A unique study and practice tool
- Never study anything twice again
- Get the grades you hope for
- 100% sure, 100% understanding
