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HOW WOULD YOU END TERRORISM? 2
Terrorism
Terrorism is a broader term and it does not have a single definition as described by the
Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) of United Nations in one of its answers to the
frequently asked questions regarding the exact definition of terrorism ("Frequently asked
questions about UN efforts to combat terrorism", 2019). The Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries defines the terrorism and act of terrorism in
terrorize the masses and also to achieve some goals or aims i.e. political or religious”
("Terrorism", 2019). Terrorism has been defined in 109 different ways; terrorism also plays a
very vital role in politics as once said by Michael Walzer in 2002 that the terrorism is killing of
people (innocent people) randomly to fear the whole population and make the hands of its
political leaders strong (Mackey, 2009). The one official form of terrorism is “State Terrorism”,
it is the form of terrorism which is done by a state against the international threats or targets and
also sometime against its own citizens, the best example of state terrorism is the bombing of
There are several ways via which we can stop terrorism or decrease the rate of terrorism
upto the least level. We will discuss different methods of how to end terrorism below:
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The best way to control the acts of terrorism is to strengthen your borders so that no one
can enter to the territory of your country illegally. Impose heavy fines and strict punishments for
those entering the borders without any legal status. For this it is necessary to have online
registration of all the citizens and foreigners entering the country, so that one can easily be
identified if something haphazard happens. The best example of this type of improving border
controls is of European Union (EU) new entry and exit registration system approved by the
parliament and will be operational from the year 2020 ("How to stop terrorism: EU measures
This is the most effective way of ending terrorism. Terrorist do need money and
excessive money to operate the acts of terrorism in various countries. The effective way to track
down terrorists is to track their financing. Measures had to be taken to make it possible that all
the transactions must be done on banking channels, which will help governments to gather all the
possible data regarding its citizens and foreign citizens within the country ("How to stop
The government must have to take all the necessary actions to cut-off the means vide
which the terrorist groups had access to the deadly weapons (Gurski, 2018). The government
must have strong and strict policies for the sellers and buyers of explosive items. Many terrorist
groups use the homemade bombs in terrorist attacks; this can be ended only if the government
had strong policy for the sellers of the ingredients which are used in the making of these bombs.
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Cyber Security:
The easy way to spread terrorism is the social media, where only on one click you can
spread your message to the whole of masses, to prevent terrorism the social websites like
Facebook and YouTube etc must increase the cyber security of its websites and do not allow
such content to be posted on their websites ("How to stop terrorism: EU measures explained
Conclusion
Terrorism can only be ended or decreased if the government of the country take strict
actions and make strict policies in its parliament to reduce the act of terrorism. The most
effective way is to cut-off the financing of terrorists because without money sources no one is
able to operate its terrorist activities, as money is main ingredient in any kind of action which
relates to terrorist activities. The other important option to end terrorism is to improve the border
security, so that no one can enter into the country illegally. The best example of increasing
border security is the step of Pakistan to make the wall on the Pakistan and Afghanistan border.
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References
from https://www.oecd.org/daf/fin/insurance/TerrorismDefinition-Table.pdf
Frequently asked questions about UN efforts to combat terrorism. (2019). Retrieved from
https://www.un.org/News/dh/infocus/terrorism/CTED_FAQs.pdf
end-to-the-war-on-terrorism/
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/security/20180316STO99922/how-to-
stop-terrorism-eu-measures-explained-infographic
https://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/define-terrorism/