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Ambassador Andrey I. Denisov of Russia – which sponsored the resolution along with the People's Republic of China, France, Germany, Romania, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States – stressed there was a need to improve the legal and other operational instruments to combat terrorism and terrorist organizations that are expert at changing their tactics depending on the situation.
In his book Inside Terrorism Bruce Hoffman offered an explanation of why the term terrorism becomes distorted: On one point, at least, everyone agrees: terrorism is a pejorative term. It is a word with intrinsically negative connotations that is generally applied to one's enemies and opponents, or to those with whom one disagrees and would ...
Comment on terminology There is a difference, I believe, between describing an action as a terrorist action, and a group as using terrorist methods and describing a group or person as a terrorist in the encyclopedic/narrative voice. The first is a factual representation (when supported by verifiable sources), the last approaches epithet in many ...
Financial terrorism (also known as economic terrorism) most commonly refers to the secret manipulation of a nation's economy by state or non-state actors. [2] However, economic terrorism may also be unconcealed, arguably in the name of economic sanctions. [3] Economic terrorism targets civilians of nations or groups in the pursuit of political ...
Thus, I believe any use of the terms terrorist or terrorism require that that usage be qualified, vis "self-described terrorist" for those describing themselves as terrorists, or for an event, "an act of violence intended to invoke fear". Just my two bits.. Atombaby 06:48, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
The economics of terrorism is a branch of economics dedicated to the study of terrorism.It involves using the tools of economic analysis to analyse issues related to terrorism, such as the link between education, poverty and terrorism, the effect of macroeconomic conditions on the frequency and quality of terrorism, the economic costs of terrorism, and the economics of counter-terrorism. [1]
About Category:Counterterrorism and related categories. The scope of this category includes pages whose subjects relate to terrorism, a contentious label.. Value-laden labels—such as calling an organization and/or individual a terrorist—may express contentious opinion and are best avoided unless widely used by reliable sources to describe the subject, in which case use in-text attribution.
An Ad Hoc Committee on International Terrorism, consisting of three sub-committees, was established, but no consensus was reached on the various draft proposals submitted, and the matter was again put aside until the Cold War had ended (1991). [9]