The paper (Mierrieks & Gries, 2013) was published in 2013 in the journal Peace Research. It is an effort by author Daniel Meierrieks, Department of Economics, University of Paderborm, and his co-author Thomas Gries, Department of Economics, University of Paderborn.
The article examines the complex nexus between terrorism and economic growth with time, space, other countries, and regional-specific factors. It has focused on events during the Cold War and after the end of the Cold War. The authors examine that during the Cold War, economic reasons were the dominant factors in terrorism, but after the Cold War, which was a major global event, the dynamics of terrorism shifted ideologically and regionally. The fall of left-wing parties in Latin America and the rise of nationalist and religious-based terror in the African and Middle Eastern States. The actual findings were that the casualties are heterogeneous in nature between terrorism and economic growth and vary with space and time and with country-specific factors such as political stability, socio-political development, cultural affiliation, and last but not least, the intensity of attacks. Terrorism impacts the economy both directly (physically) and indirectly (psychologically). The relationship is heterogeneous in nature because a country with better economic conditions, more stability, and well-trained institutions is less likely to be damaged by terrorism of the same intensity as in some poor countries. In Latin America during the period of 1970–1991, terrorism was mostly due to economic reasons, but now in Islamic and other African and Middle Eastern states, it is more driven by religion and nationality, such as in Turkey, Egypt, Syria, and Afghanistan. Terrorism is one of the most serious threats to world peace, progress, stability, and the global economy. Mostly to the most vulnerable countries that are not able to confront this threat. Global-level efforts are made to eradicate the root causes of terrorism, and joint coordination and understanding between the states should be made in order to avoid any misunderstanding that will result in state-sponsored terrorism.
Countries must obey international laws and respect each other’s sovereignty so that they will jointly collaborate to eradicate this menace from the world and bring peace, progress, and stability.
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