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Contemporary terrorism challenges and responses in the Indo-Pacific/ Andrew T.H. Tan

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: 2024Subject(s): Online resources: In: The Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism: Volume 19, Number 3, June 2024, pages: 297-304Summary: Since the seminal terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001, the emergence of the new terrorism has been epitomised by rise of radical Islamist terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda and the Islamic State. Through the use of new terrorism techniques and strategies, such movements have been able to transform themselves into worldwide, global jihadist movements. While the Islamic State appeared to have gained the upper hand over Al Qaeda in the competition over the radical Islamist cause due to its successes in Iraq and Syria in 2014, analysts believe that in the long-run, Al Qaeda remains the greater danger. While both Al Qaeda and the Islamic State have suffered greatly from vigorous and sustained global counter-terrorism operations led by the United States, their local affiliates in the Indo-Pacific, as well as other local radical Islamist and non-Islamist groups not affiliated to either, have continued to pose serious terrorist challenges in the region. While the threat has somewhat abated in recent times in Southeast Asia, the terrorist threat remains very serious in South Asia.
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Since the seminal terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001, the emergence of the new terrorism has been epitomised by rise of radical Islamist terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda and the Islamic State. Through the use of new terrorism techniques and strategies, such movements have been able to transform themselves into worldwide, global jihadist movements. While the Islamic State appeared to have gained the upper hand over Al Qaeda in the competition over the radical Islamist cause due to its successes in Iraq and Syria in 2014, analysts believe that in the long-run, Al Qaeda remains the greater danger. While both Al Qaeda and the Islamic State have suffered greatly from vigorous and sustained global counter-terrorism operations led by the United States, their local affiliates in the Indo-Pacific, as well as other local radical Islamist and non-Islamist groups not affiliated to either, have continued to pose serious terrorist challenges in the region. While the threat has somewhat abated in recent times in Southeast Asia, the terrorist threat remains very serious in South Asia.

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