TURKEY, Lebanon, Russian plane and France: is the world losing to militants? Terrorism’s geographical reach today is truly mind-boggling. Militants hold large territories in three major areas: the Middle East from Yemen to Syria; North Africa from Somalia to Mali; and ‘Af-Pak’. Other places suffer frequent one-off terrorist attacks: US, Europe, Russia, China, India, even Australia, etc.
Thus, 75pc-plus of the world’s population, geography, GDP and strongest militaries across five continents are terrorised by groups possessing a few thousand ‘soldiers’, basic weaponry and revolting ideologies. Alarmingly, terrorist tentacles are spreading further though the Pope exaggeratedly invokes a third world war.
Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue
