War On Terror

The present status of international cooperation in countering terrorism is not particularly encouraging because strategic interests of countries take priority over countering terrorism. Most collaborative measures at the global level taken so far are ineffective and disjointed. Indiscriminate use of force by security forces invariably lead to conflict escalation comparative studies regarding relationship between harsh measures and escalation of conflicts show that there is need of evolving better methods of using force that would not hurt non-combatants.

MAJ. GEN. AFSIR KARIM retired from the Indian army in 1989. He is currently the editor of Aakrosh: Asian Journal on Terrorism and Internal Conflicts.

Under the auspices of The Forum for Strategic and Security Studies (FSSS).