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The 'War on Terrorism'- perspectives from radical Islamic groups

Cavatorta, Francesco orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-2249-1392 (2005) The 'War on Terrorism'- perspectives from radical Islamic groups. Irish Studies in International Affairs, 16 . pp. 35-50. ISSN 0332-1460

Abstract
Contrary to both popular and academic belief, the ‘War on Terrorism’ launched by the United States has one very clear enemy: radical Islamism. The varied and complex world of Islamism has been reduced to one unitary enemy, and that enemy is being fought both militarily and ideologically. This paper analyses the impact that the War on Terrorism is having on its target and contends that the ‘simplification’ of the concept of radical Islamism by the US administration, while beneficial for the purely practical purposes of war, is very much detrimental to the understanding of such a phenomenon and leads to policy choices that deepen the fault lines between Islamists and the West. The paper concludes by arguing that the current War on Terrorism is running the risk of causing a ‘return’ of the jihadi Islamist ideology that had been comprehensively defeated within the vast Islamist world and that has been replaced by a much more pragmatic and much more peaceful approach to gaining political inclusion.
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Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Subjects:Social Sciences > International relations
Social Sciences > Political science
DCU Faculties and Centres:Research Initiatives and Centres > Centre for International Studies (CIS)
DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Law and Government
Publisher:Royal Irish Academy
Official URL:https://www.jstor.org/stable/30001933
Copyright Information:© 2005 Royal Irish Academy
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:488
Deposited On:28 May 2008 by DORAS Administrator . Last Modified 14 Sep 2021 10:29
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