Terrorism and International Security: Examination of Causal Relationship

This work examined Terrorism and International Security. The aim of the study was to examine the extent to which terrorism has impinged on International Security. To achieve this objective, the study relied on secondary sources to analyze the dynamics of terrorism in its various phases of evolution to show the extremity of its threat to International Security. The international system as a web that reflects multiple competition for power with its forces has made terrorism to thrive. The globalisation processes have heightened interconnections, interrelationships and interdependence that has made terrorism an international security threat. The 9/11 terrorist attack on the United States presented a convergence in the international system of religious, social and technological gravitates of the age of globalisation. The operations of the Al-qaeda and other terrorists groups as empowered by the globalisation processes, presents real threat to International Security. On the basis of these threats, the study recommends an objective and sincere study and understanding of the causes, grievances or interests that motivates the formation of groups, movements or insurgencies prone to use terror. There should be co-ordinated interactions between national agencies and between states in the international system as the highly interconnected and interdependent world of today requires multinational and transnational cooperation to address the threat of terrorism to International Peace and Security.