@article{article_322740, title={Is Terrorism Becoming an Effective Strategy to Achieve Political Aims?}, journal={All Azimuth: A Journal of Foreign Policy and Peace}, volume={7}, pages={93–100}, year={2018}, DOI={10.20991/allazimuth.322740}, author={Özcan, Nihat Ali}, keywords={Terrorism,ISIL,jihadism,separatism,drone warfare}, abstract={<div>Terrorism is the method of changing policies of decision-makers and behaviors </div> <div>of the wider society by instigating fear through violent acts. Terrorism can be </div> <div>categorized based on several criteria, such as political aim, timing, context and </div> <div>the target of the violent acts, as well as tools and tactics. Although terrorism </div> <div>might sometimes show aspects similar to other types of conflict, such as guerilla </div> <div>warfare, urban warfare, irregular warfare, civil war, and insurgency, it is </div> <div>different from them by its reliance on shock in instigating change. Nevertheless, </div> <div>since 9/11 the nature of terrorism has itself changed to some extent. Rather </div> <div>than focusing on symbolic power, the emphasis for terrorist organizations has </div> <div>shifted from the action’s symbolic meaning to more calculable consequences, </div> <div>like the territory gained, weapons accrued, the financial damage inflicted and </div> <div>most commonly the number of the dead and the injured. In the future, we may </div> <div>also see shift towards more knowledge-intense strategies as both terrorists and </div> <div>states adapt to current age of knowledge. </div>}, number={2}, publisher={Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research, İhsan Doğramacı Peace Foundation}