Globalization and islamic terrorism : A study about globalizations opportunity for a growing islamic extremism and states' actions thereafter

Globalization is a phenomenon that connects people from all around the world to a single unit. It affects people on an economic, political and cultural level and because of that we can study and analyze many aspects within globalization. Globalization gives us many things aswell as opens up oppertunities for groups to strike back because they do not share the same view. The aim with this essay is to examine and analyze to what extent the economic, political and cultural dimensions opens up oppertunities for islamic terrorism to emerge and how globalization have changed the states’ actions against islamic terrorism. The theoretical starting points are the dimensions of globalization and realism and they will help answer the essay’s questions which are the following: What conditions have the dimensions of globalization made it possible for islamic terrorism to emerge? How has the states’ actions to counter islamic terrorism changed with globalization? The study shows that each dimension opens up oppertunities for islamic terrorism to emerge in some regard. The study also shows that globalization have changed the states’ actions against islamic terrorism