{"id":335900,"date":"2025-05-07T20:59:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T15:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=335900"},"modified":"2025-05-12T20:37:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T15:07:43","slug":"global-unity-against-terrorism-is-falling-apart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/global-unity-against-terrorism-is-falling-apart\/","title":{"rendered":"Global unity against terrorism is falling apart"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source<\/strong>: The post Global unity against terrorism is falling apart has been created, based on the article \u201cThe fragmentation in the global fight against terror<\/strong>\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu<\/strong>\u201d on 7 May 2025. Global unity against terrorism is falling apart.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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UPSC Syllabus Topic:<\/strong> GS Paper3- Security-Security challenges and their management in border areas \u2013 linkages of organized crime with terrorism.<\/p>\n

Context<\/strong>: The April 22 Pahalgam terror attack exposed the weakening of global unity against terrorism. While many countries condemned the attack, most urged restraint from both India and Pakistan, showing a lack of resolve to confront the real perpetrators.<\/p>\n

Global Response Highlights Divisions<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  1. Calls for Restraint, Not Action:<\/strong> Nations like the U.S., Russia, and the EU avoided directly holding Pakistan accountable<\/strong>. They focused on urging both India and Pakistan to maintain peace and solve disputes politically.<\/li>\n
  2. Evasion of Terror Label:<\/strong> Many leaders avoided using the term <\/strong>\u201c<\/strong>terror attack<\/strong>\u201d for the Pahalgam incident<\/strong>. The EU did not even label it as such<\/strong>, showing a clear shift from earlier \u201czero tolerance\u201d postures.<\/li>\n
  3. Shielding the Perpetrator:<\/strong> Despite clear patterns from past incidents like Pulwama and 26\/11, global players still demand <\/strong>\u201c<\/strong>proof<\/strong>\u201d from India<\/strong>, asking the victim to show restraint while ignoring the aggressor.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    India Faces a Unique Bias<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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    1. Stability Over Justice:<\/strong> India is advised to avoid escalation, as Pakistan promotes the \u201cnuclear threat\u201d narrative. The West, though bold with Russia, hesitates with Pakistan.<\/li>\n
    2. Religious Targeting Overlooked:<\/strong> The Pahalgam attackers identified and shot tourists based on religion. A Muslim pony operator was shot trying to save them. Yet the global response avoided acknowledging Hinduphobia.<\/strong><\/li>\n
    3. Silence on Anti-Hindu Hate<\/strong>:<\/strong> The world reacts strongly to Islamophobia and anti-Semitism. But it remains silent on anti-Hindu attacks. Even U.S. candidate Vivek Ramaswamy faced religious slurs, with little concern shown.<\/li>\n
    4. Rare Acknowledgement:<\/strong> Tulsi Gabbard<\/strong>, U.S. Director of National Intelligence<\/strong>, was among the few who called it a \u201chorrific Islamist terrorist attack<\/strong>\u201d and recognised the religious motive. This was a rare moment of honesty.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Collapse of a Collective Global Fight<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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      1. End of Post-9\/11 Consensus:<\/strong> The unified global response post-9\/11 is now gone. Countries are handling terrorism selectively, prioritizing threats based on internal interests.<\/li>\n
      2. Region-Specific Priorities:<\/strong> The U.S. under Biden focused on racially motivated extremism. Europe is concerned with right-wing threats. These shifts ignore cross-border terrorism in Asia.<\/li>\n
      3. Global Inconsistencies:<\/strong> The OIC uses Islamophobia to justify silence. Canada denies any responsibility for threats originating from its soil. China blocked India\u2019s proposals to blacklist Pakistan-based terrorists at the UN.<\/li>\n
      4. Neglect of African Terrorism:<\/strong> Terror in Africa has surged. The Sahel now accounts for over half of global terrorism deaths, as per the Global Terrorism Index 2025. Yet the global response remains indifferent.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Pakistan<\/strong>\u2019<\/strong>s UNSC Tactics and India<\/strong>\u2019<\/strong>s Pushback<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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        1. Reviving the Kashmir Narrative:<\/strong> Pakistan used its UNSC seat to push for a closed-door session, as it did in 2019. But it produced no result, with most P-5 nations treating Kashmir as a bilateral issue.<\/li>\n
        2. Strategic Pressure by India:<\/strong> India opposed any UNSC statement, as it did in 2021 during the Ethiopia-Egypt water dispute. It also put the Indus Waters Treaty on hold as leverage.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          The Way Forward for India<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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          1. Need for Real Accountability:<\/strong> India\u2019s partners must pressure Pakistan meaningfully, not just issue generic statements. Episodic condemnation is not enough.<\/li>\n
          2. India May Act Alone:<\/strong> If global partners do not act, India must act alone. Strategic autonomy must be used where needed.<\/li>\n
          3. Globalising the Fight Against Religiophobia:<\/strong> India should raise the issue of non-Abrahamic religiophobia at bilateral and global forums beyond the UN.<\/li>\n
          4. Reviving Anti-Terror Commitments:<\/strong> The world must not retreat from the frameworks it built. India should lead efforts to counter state-sponsored terror and its new methods.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Question for practice:<\/strong><\/p>\n

            Examine<\/strong> how the global response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack reveals a weakening of international consensus against terrorism and its implications for India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Source: The post Global unity against terrorism is falling apart has been created, based on the article \u201cThe fragmentation in the global fight against terror\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 7 May 2025. Global unity against terrorism is falling apart. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper3- Security-Security challenges and their management in border areas \u2013 linkages… Continue reading Global unity against terrorism is falling apart<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":336439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230],"tags":[216,406,10498],"class_list":["post-335900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-internal-security","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Global-unity-against-terrorism-is-falling-apart.png?fit=1280%2C850&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335900","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\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}