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Gobilization and Terrorism

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Mohammed

POL 2001

Professor: Roseanne McManus

16th December 2014

Globalization and Terrorism

Before the U.S was attacked by the terrorists on September 11th, the world was on one course addressing issues to do with climate and economic development. It was after this attack that humanitarian issues combined with terrorism started to hit on the headlines of the international communities. Today the international community has shifted its energy and concern on the security issues and geopolitics. Before this incidence, the world was moving steadily to realize the idea of globalization. Where in the world would turn out to be a village. Globalization has been celebrated by everyone across the continent thanks to the technological process available. Globalization was celebrated by all including the population at large for bringing social and economic homogenization including other benefits (Chenoweth 355-378).

Terrorism has now become the global issue dominating all squares of life of each individual while globalization has been labeled a global process. Globalization of terrorism does not only mean the way terrorists work across the borders but also how globalization process has facilitated this process of terrorism (Kudryavtsev, et al 84-94).

Like industrialization, people across the borders have to live according to globalization to save their future as most of people call it undeniable truth in life. As the process of globalization gains speed, the more terrorists are able to communicate, move, transact finances and gather intelligence information with speed. All these works by the terrorists would not be so efficient if it were not for globalization. Due to globalization, terrorism does not go alone nowadays, but it has become a combination of crime and corruption. Most people are referring to this new phenomenon as an unholy trinity as

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