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100			_aTrigunayat, Anil _952227
245			_aTerrorism: India’s quest for global solutions for a global problem.
260			_aIndian Foreign Affairs Journal
300			_a17(1-2), Jan-Jun, 2022: p.62-74
520			_a9/11 and the demolition of the World Trade Centre — the icon and emblem of the liberal world — by Al Qaeda terrorists has been etched in the memories of the world. Until then, the West did not think of terrorism as a significant threat as they were barely dealing with it on their home turf. Countries like India had suffered from cross border terrorism, extremism, and insurgency from Pakistan based terrorists, engineered and nurtured by the Pakistani deep state, for over two decades already. Geo politics was a convenient tool to overlook the nexus of state and non-state actors, and they were selectively used by big powers. This is well documented in the growth of the Mujahideen and the Taliban. This nonchalance proved to be a disaster and demonic in times to come. Only proforma concerns were expressed before 9/11, with occasional intelligence exchanges with friendly countries. Terrorism, or the fight against it, was a fashionable choice and not an existential problem. In fact, many a time it was even justified on certain grounds, and implied goals or a sympathetic view was taken. Zero tolerance of terrorism was an alien concept — at least in practice. Reproduced
773			_aIndian Foreign Affairs Journal
906			_aTERRORISM
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