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This book highlights a contemporary problem faced by the world—Terrorism. It is an extremely complex term to be defined because of the lack of clarity in the manifestation of terrorist acts, motives and objectives. Terrorism is often referred to as an act of violence directed towards civilians and noncombatants in pursuit of a political or ideological aim. Today, it has become one of the biggest security challenges to the world community. It can threaten the dignity and security of human beings to a great extent; disturb peaceful existence and create fear in the minds of people. It can also jeopardize the very fundamental freedom and destabilize governments.
\nContemporary terrorism is hologrammatic; it thrives on fear created through violence and propagated by using communication technology. Contemporary terrorism has shaken the traditional concept of security. It has shifted the entire debate to a nontraditional security domain. To carry out effective counterterrorism measures, it requires a strategy centred on human security and national interest. In most of the counterterrorism strategies, the role of law enforcement agencies and domestic intelligence has drastically increased.
\nA mustread book not just for defence professionals and strategists but also for political decisionmakers across the globe. This illuminating book would be of immense value even to students of statecraft and the uninitiated.
Dr. Vijay S. Khare is Professor & Head. Department of Defence and Strategic Studies (DDSS). Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU). Dr. Khare was awarded the Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship by USA and Erasmus Fellowship by the European Commission. He was also awarded Partial Fellowship by the United Nations University. Tokyo. Japan. Dr. Khare was selected for the United Nations Short Course on ""Hologrammatic Terrorism"" United Nations.Dr. Khare received his Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the University Grants Commission (UGC), and Social Scientist award for the research work under the Indo- French Social Scientist Exchange Programme at the Foundation Maison des Sciences de l`Homme. Paris. Dr. Khare provides an excellent leadership to all international engagements. Under his dynamic leadership, collaborations have been extended with renowned universities. He is engaged in a number of national and international projects and actively involved in European Commission funded projects. Dr. Khare is instrumental to sign MOU with Indian Air Force to establish the first ever Chair of Excellence in India, in the name of Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh DFC and received 1 Crore Grants from Indian Air Force. He is a former Dean. Faculty of Humanities and holds a number of academic and administrative posts. His areas of expertise are national security, non-traditional security, terrorism and counter- terrorism, peace and conflict resolution, human rights, internationalization of higher education and Ambedkar Studies.
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