Bulletin n. 3/2008 | ||
February 2009 | ||
Arroyo Lara Eladio , Pérez Gil Luis V., Garay Vera Cristián |
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El estatus del terrorismo y la violencia política transnacional en el sistema internacional de la posguerra fría. | ||
in Foro Internacional , VOLUMEN XLVIII - NÚMERO 3 , 2008 | ||
In this essay, the authors analyze the position terrorism has attained among the threats to security in the post-Cold War period. Hegemony in an interdependent world has made the concept of all violent conflicts obsolete, either between states with equally high levels of development or developing states, but it has also enabled barely significant groups to threat the security of everyone. These groups make use of violent actions to cause damage indiscriminately in order to get the attention of the media, thereby increasing the repercussions and scope of their actions. Consequently, international terrorism is now considered a violent political phenomenon characteristic of this new stage. | ||