Aufsatz(gedruckt)1999

TERRORISTS AS TRANSNATIONAL ACTORS

In: Terrorism and political violence, Band 11, Heft 4, S. 209-219

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Abstract

THIS ARTICLE FOCUSES ON INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN TERRORISTS AS NON-STATE ACTORS. AFTER REVIEWING, FROM A U.S. GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE, TERRORISM AS AN INSTRUMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY, IT GOES ON TO IDENTIFY A CONTINUUM OF "FIVE DEGREES" OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR SPONSORS: MURDER OF DISSIDENTS, RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING OF OPERATIONS FOR OVERSEAS MISSIONS, CONTROL OF TERRORIST GROUPS AND THEIR DIRECTION, PROVISION AND TRAINING AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT, AND IDENTIFICATION OF A GOVERNMENT'S INTERESTS WITH THOSE OF A TERRORIST GROUP. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EFFORTS TO EXPORT REVOLUTION AS A FACTOR IN INSTIGATING TERRORIST VIOLENCE IS ALSO NOTED. THE PAPER NOTES THAT THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STATES AND TERRORIST GROUPS MAY NOT ALWAYS CLEARLY FALL WITHIN TRANSNATIONAL OR TRANSGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DRAWING CRITICAL DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN THE RELATIONSHIPS OF MOVEMENTS AND THOSE WHO ASSIST THEM IS DISCUSSED FOR BOTH ACADEMICS AND POLICY-MAKERS.

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