Terrorism: A multi-dimensional consideration and implications for global peace

The paper examined the challenges posed by terrorism to global peace and security, as well as the role of the global community in addressing such challenges. Terrorism has been a serious challenge to the globe with the rise of numerous terrorist groups which unleash numberless terrorist acts of violence, destructions, killings, etc., on the innocent citizens through the possession of biological and chemical weapons of mass destruction thereby threatening international peace and security. The study proposed that if terrorism is left untamed, international peace and security will be jeopardized. The paper was analyzed using the frustration-aggression theory. The study found out that an all-round military approach to fight terrorism without recourse to considering the remote and immediate causes of terrorism cannot eradicate or even reduce terrorism. Again the paper noted that the United States‟ military and strategic interests in the Middle East in particular provoke terrorism or Islamic fundamentalism, among others. The study recommended, among others, that global action should be taken rather than all-round military action to stem terrorism and that the United States of America should respect the sovereign rights of other nations by refraining from interfering in the politics of other nations.