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Emerging Trends in Development Research

​Vol. 31, No. 1 & 2, 2024

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Crisis of Globalization and the Rise of Global Terrorism    
           
Virendra P. Singh

Former Professor of Globalization and Development Studies (UOA) &

Chairman, Global Research and Educational Foundation India (GREFI), INDIA

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Abstract
The globalization that emerged as an economic phenomenon in the last quarter of the 20th Century has now entered a deep crisis not only economically but also politically and culturally. Scholars like Huntington view it as a clash of civilizations and relate this phenomenon to global terrorism. The rise of global terrorism in different parts of the world is a kind of cultural crisis which led to ideological conflicts and wars in the last few decades, particularly with the emergence and consolidation of global Islamic terrorists in different parts of the world. Afghanistan is one of the examples of a clash between modernity and Islamic ideology, which has led to a deep social, cultural, and political crisis in the last few decades. The forces of globalization, which represent the transformation of modernity in the West, have struggled with certain religious ideologies that are static and radical since their origin. The efforts to modernize such societies lead to a resurgence of insurgency and terrorism. Information technology, while facilitating the process of economic, political, and cultural globalization on the one hand, also helps in establishing global linkages among different terrorists and insurgent groups operating in different parts of the world. A new form of cold war at the local (regional) level has global consequences today. The present paper attempts to analyze the current situation of Afghanistan from the perspective of globalization.
Key Words: Globalization; Global Terrorism; Afghanistan; Cold war

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