Terrorism in the Modern Day

Terrorism has long plagued the global community in its goal of achieving sustained peace and security. Through the decades, terrorist groups have had varying levels of success in achieving political goals and realizing their groups ultimate objective(s). In addition, there have been a multitude of prominent ideologies in terrorist groups that have proved impressionable throughout modern history. This article aims to determine if certain ideological groups are more effective than others in achieving their goals and whether terror groups exploit certain ideologies or, conversely, if certain ideologies produce terrorism. By conducting a comparative case study of published research and utilizing primary source documents along with statistical information from the Global Terrorism Index (GTI), it is my aim to determine how ideology affects the effectiveness of a group. The primary ideology of interest in this article is the Salafist ideology adopted by many of the most prominent terror groups today