7. General Assessments
Rasul Bakhsh Rais, Director, Area Study Centre, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, warns of a backlash if the "war on terrorism" does not address the deeper sources of the conflict.
"Avenging the American pride?"
Suba Chandran, Research Officer, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, discusses the emergence of "suicide terrorism."
"Suicide terrorism"
A paper by the late Dr Eqbal Ahmad examines the nature and causes of international terrorism.
"Genesis of international terrorism"
Harold A. Gould, Visiting Scholar of South Asian Studies, Center for South Asian Studies, University of Virginia, and Franklin C. Spinney, a civilian in the Office of the U.S. Secretary of Defense, discuss how the crisis evinces the changing nature of modern war.
"Fourth generation warfare"
Niraja Gopal Jayal, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, calls for a new vocabulary to describe the current crisis.
"War and the language of politics"
Mollica Dastider, Research Fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Teen Murti House, New Delhi, reviews the relevance of Samuel P. Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations" thesis.
"Conflicting perceptions"