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Islamic Terrorism

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With the spectacular attack on the World Trade Center in New York, a new political player, global terrorism, appeared on the scene and with it a new type of war, asymmetrical war. Until September 11, 2001, war had usually been an existential duel between states, each of which trying to impose its will on the enemy with the systematic use of military force. But in the war which began with the destruction of the Twin Towers, the enemy is not a state. It is an actor sui generis: invisible, widespread and elusive, who does not use military force, as...