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Uniting to defeat terrorism

Uniting to defeat terrorism AEJ 4:1–8 (2006) DOI 10.1007/s10308-006-0045-7 ESSAY Chok Tong Goh Published online: 8 April 2006 © Springer-Verlag 2006 1 A new focus New challenges have changed and also sharpened the focus of East–West Dialogue. During the Cold War, such a dialogue would have focused on nuclear arms control. The peril of atomic warfare held the world’s attention. However, the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 changed the strategic picture. Without a clear, common threat, pundits predicted the end of history and the world reaping dividends of peace. But the events of September 11 surfaced an insidious, growing threat. The attacks on the US hastened a new post-Cold War battle against global radical Islamic terrorism. In essence, this terrorism is a war waged by fanatical Islamists against civilisation itself. Their goal is to replace secular or moderate Muslim states with a caliphate based on their narrow, distorted interpretation of Islam and an imaginary ideal vision of seventh Century Arabia. Their enemies are both Muslims and non-Muslims—Muslims who do not agree with their goal and non-Muslims whose way of life they reject. This transnational threat confronts all civilised nations today. The “Alliance of Civilisations” is therefore a timely initiative. I commend http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asia Europe Journal Springer Journals

Uniting to defeat terrorism

Tong Goh, Chok
Asia Europe Journal , Volume 4 (1) – Apr 8, 2006
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Copyright © 2006 by Springer-Verlag
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Social Sciences; Social Sciences, general; International Economics
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1610-2932
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AEJ 4:1–8 (2006) DOI 10.1007/s10308-006-0045-7 ESSAY Chok Tong Goh Published online: 8 April 2006 © Springer-Verlag 2006 1 A new focus New challenges have changed and also sharpened the focus of East–West Dialogue. During the Cold War, such a dialogue would have focused on nuclear arms control. The peril of atomic warfare held the world’s attention. However, the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 changed the strategic picture. Without a clear, common threat, pundits predicted the end of history and the world reaping dividends of peace. But the events of September 11 surfaced an insidious, growing threat. The attacks on the US hastened a new post-Cold War battle against global radical Islamic terrorism. In essence, this terrorism is a war waged by fanatical Islamists against civilisation itself. Their goal is to replace secular or moderate Muslim states with a caliphate based on their narrow, distorted interpretation of Islam and an imaginary ideal vision of seventh Century Arabia. Their enemies are both Muslims and non-Muslims—Muslims who do not agree with their goal and non-Muslims whose way of life they reject. This transnational threat confronts all civilised nations today. The “Alliance of Civilisations” is therefore a timely initiative. I commend

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Published: Apr 8, 2006

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