we have witnessed the rise of fundamentalist forces around the world, most notably, in west Asia.Why UN and other powers(Russia , China ,India) have not extended their explicit support ?
I see relevant evidence of the support of US for the fight against terrorism also from the former superpowers such as Great Britain, France and Germany. but in the case of Russia, China and India, there is less concern due to the non-experience of the terrorism. Russia has been facing the terrorists from Chechnya separatist group, china from local separatist groups allocated domestically and India detto. I assume that these countries do not have any kind of experience with terrorism as we understand at the international level. so they do not have any concern to solve this in the long-term understanding. moreover, the actors of terrorism, terrorists, it is pretty hard to identify at the national and even at the supranational level in which they operate. if you do not know against whom you can fight, you do not need to show any kind of effort to spend more energy and money for it.
No. Some major powers like Britain, Australia, etc. are supporting US in its fight against terrorism. UNSC has not passed any resolution (except condemnation) because Russia , and China sometimes oppose this also sometimes USA oppose...
Yes the UN has passed resolution regarding counter terrorism efforts as as above these resolutions have not been specific in regards to countries or procedures. When looking at anti-terrorism and why certain countries assist the US it i important to understand the politics behind these decisions. China has a strong non invention approach to foreign affairs and is of course very interested in promoting Chinese export and imports of raw materials etc.
Russia supports the concept of anti terrorism strategies but has had terrorist attacks on its home soil and perhaps is a tad worried that if it supports the US actions this could at a some stage relate to attacks on them under the guise of anti terrorism. Plus ideologically Russia does not usually align itself with the US.
While some would argue that counter-terrorist strategies are legal there is no international law that covers terrorism or counter-terrorism. It can be looked at through humanitarian law etc and until there is agreement on what is terrorism and as such what is counter terrorism the debates will continue
Russia has troops in Syria to battle ISIS. Saudi Arabia and Turkey are engaging ISIS, as are the Kurds and Iranians. The U.S. coalition is breaking down on the EU front as the refugee crisis deepens and asylum in Europe is sought. The UN has recently condemned ISIS actions, such as the destruction of UNESCO sites in Iraq and Syria, and the UN has taken military action throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.
beyond fear, hypocrisy and double standards, it is pretty difficult to join and support a blurred strategy. actually it looks that the US fights terrorists and not terrorism. most of the efforts are concentrated in special operations of targeted killing where there is no vision about the end game. there is huge burden of political correctness with regard to the Arab world and there is no political will to challenge the existing failed political model in most of the Arab republics. with no vision, there is no hope and when you treat your allies worst than your enemies, it will be difficult to convince others to join your efforts.
Why would they? I mean, obviously any "help," whatever that means..., depends on how... helpful is to the national interest of each country. What makes you think that "major powers," whatever that means..., believe the rightousness of the US fight against terrorism?
Dear sir @Khatchik Derghougassian I am of the the opinion that it is the west which destabilized the West Asia for their narrow political economic interets. West Asia was comparatively stable before the advent of unnecessary foreign intervention. The present refugee crisis is the direct result of their intervention , be it in Iraq, Afghanistan or elsewhere. These powers or Euro- Atlantic powers owe to the international community for the mistakes done by them.
Dear Akshaya please check on this paper of mine“Global War on Terror a Clear and Present Danger, India’s Stand on It in the United Nations and Other Forums with a South Asian Perspective”; Hope you will find an answer to your question.
Hi,
The recent developments around the world and mostly in the Middle East show that the US is not investing real effort in combating terrorism, and maybe this is the reason why other nations are not considering these effort as serious attempts to fight terrorism.
@Avishag Gordon , what you said is the essence of the question asked
Hi I believe that the US is not Honest to combating with terrorism in middle east. and it support them with providing armament.
Hi,
The center of terrorism these days is IS. The US was not fighting these terrorists seriously, and used only minimal force against these terrorists. There was no real intention to defeat those groups, but only few attacks designed to appease international public opinion.
I think I could comment on your answer if I knew what is hidden behind the generalities you mention.
can I say that an unstable middle east always contributed in safeguarding the narrow political economic objectives of the great powers engaged under the pretext of combating terrorism &humanitarian intervention?
One answer is that countries free-ride on each contributions to fight terrorism. You may check this first paper and the references therein, the second paper re possible perverse effects, the third re multiple targets, and the fourth and fifth re linkages to crime:
Hausken, K. (2014), “Two Producing and Trading Agents Defending and Retaliating Against Terrorism,” International Journal of Engineering Management and Economics 4, 2, 117-131.
Bier, V. and Hausken, K. (2011), “Endogenizing the Sticks and Carrots: Modeling Possible Perverse Effects of Counterterrorism Measures,” Annals of Operations Research 186, 1, 39-59.
Hausken, K. (2012), “The Economics of Terrorism against Two Targets,” Applied Economics Letters 19, 12, 1135-1138.
Hausken, K. and Gupta, D. (2016), “Determining the Ideological Orientation of Terrorist Organizations: The Effects of Government Repression and Organized Crime,” International Journal of Public Policy 12, 1/2, 71-97.
Hausken, K. and Gupta, D. (2015), “Government Protection against Terrorism and Crime,” Global Crime 16, 2, 59-80.
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