{"id":133116,"date":"2021-09-10T20:09:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T14:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=133116"},"modified":"2021-09-13T18:28:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T12:58:20","slug":"terror-didnt-win-9-11-changed-democratic-countries-in-some-unlovely-ways-but-democracies-stayed-on-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/terror-didnt-win-9-11-changed-democratic-countries-in-some-unlovely-ways-but-democracies-stayed-on-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Terror didn\u2019t win: 9\/11 changed democratic countries in some unlovely ways. But democracies stayed on track"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Synopsis<\/strong>: This article highlights how global democracies change after the 9\/11 attack.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Introduction<\/strong><\/h5>\n

A study from the Washington-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies<\/strong> estimated that the number of active terrorist groups was 67 in 2018, the most since 1980.<\/p>\n

A new study from the Costs of War project at Brown University <\/strong>calculates that the US spent $8 trillion during its two-decade-long war on terror that also took 9,00,000 lives.<\/p>\n

Does terrorism threaten democracy?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

It created a lot of trouble in the last 20 years and has the capacity to disturb democracies. Still, it was not able to outcast democracy.<\/p>\n

Existence of democracy: <\/strong>Despite the Taliban\u2019s return to Afghanistan, multiple terror groups in Africa, and the persistence of the Islamic State outfit, democracies hasn\u2019t been thrown off track.<\/p>\n

No Quality of Life in terrorism controlled areas: <\/strong>No terrorist movement nor any state that sponsors terrorism has been able to provide the better life they promised than democracies.<\/p>\n

Lack of Governance in terrorism controlled areas: <\/strong>Although ISIS did briefly control territory in parts of Iraq and Syria, establishing its caliphate. But it was short-lived, and violent movements were there. In these conditions, it is difficult to build viable states or provide good governance.<\/p>\n

What are the impacts of terror attacks?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

To counter the attacks, some democracies have diluted some of their core principles.<\/p>\n

Western Countries:<\/strong> Post-9\/11, they reinterpreted their privacy laws, boosted surveillance and armed their security agencies<\/strong> with powers overriding legal checks.<\/p>\n

India: <\/strong>Used the same method India is providing justification for some of its most Draconian laws, For example, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA)<\/a><\/p>\n

Globally: <\/strong>widespread Islamophobia and refugee fatigue in some countries provided space for right-wing populism.<\/p>\n

China: <\/strong>The war on terror coincided with the rise of China after 2001. After 9\/11 USA was busy with its war on terror while China strengthened its hold over the global economy. And as the USA withdraws, we witness China is ready to adopt a transactional approach to groups like the Taliban.<\/p>\n

What should be done next?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

It is clear that adopting terrorism as a state policy has disastrous consequences. This is evident in the case of Pakistan. Overall, 9\/11 did change liberal democracies. But terrorists didn\u2019t throw any democracy off track.<\/p>\n

Source: <\/strong>This post is based on the article \u201cTerror didn\u2019t win: 9\/11 changed democratic countries in some unlovely ways. But democracies stayed on track\u201d <\/strong>published in The Times of India\u00a0<\/strong>on 9th<\/sup> September 2021.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Synopsis: This article highlights how global democracies change after the 9\/11 attack. Introduction A study from the Washington-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies estimated that the number of active terrorist groups was 67 in 2018, the most since 1980. A new study from the Costs of War project at Brown University calculates that the… Continue reading Terror didn\u2019t win: 9\/11 changed democratic countries in some unlovely ways. But democracies stayed on track<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5480,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[9671,9670,8689,216,5224],"class_list":["post-133116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-9-11-attack","tag-challenges-to-internal-security","tag-effect-of-policies-and-politics-of-developed-and-developing-countries-on-indias-interests","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-terrorism","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704652874},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5480"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}