Reshaping the world’s responses to the terror matrix
Context:
The world has been witnessing a flurry of conferences and the recurring theme has been the need to wage a coordinated fight against terrorism.
The relevance of past instances
Changed cognitive map of terror: Landmark terror attacks like Sept 11, 2001 (New York), and Nov 26, 2008 (Mumbai) regarded as ‘new age terrorism’, had profound strategic implications.
The new trend: During 2015-16, Charlie Hebdo offices, Paris (2015), and Bardo Museum, Tunis (2015), signalled the rise of new terrorist entities such as the Islamic State (IS) and al Qaeda.
Terrorist conglomerates: During 2016, IS launched several attacks (some with its allies) across the globe. It points at the complicated patterns of relationships among terrorist conglomerates.