The Future Course of International Terrorism,

Abstract

International terrorism emerged as a problem in the late 1960s and despite increased government efforts to combat it, terrorism remains a serious problem in the 1980s. Will terrorism continue? Yes. The author concludes that: 1) Probably it will increase; 2) Large-scale incidents will become more common; 3) At the same time, he doesn't think terrorism will enter the mindboggling world of high technology or mass destruction; 4) In terms of tactics, targets, and weapons, terrorism will be for the foreseeable future a continuation of the past; 5) States will continue to exploit terrorism--to use it for their own purposes. We may enter a protracted worldwide guerrilla war; and 6) And terrorists will create crises, forcing government and corporations to divert more and more sources toward combatting them.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA170436

Entities

People

  • Brian Michael Jenkins

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Warfare
  • Biological Weapons
  • Energy Systems
  • Explosive Devices
  • Explosives
  • Guerrilla Warfare
  • Middle East
  • Nuclear Bombs
  • Nuclear Reactors
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Security
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • Violence
  • Warfare
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Economics
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.