Terrorism refers to use of violence internationally to develop a terror attack on a large group of people. The aim behind the bombings usually relies on religion, politics or financial issue. Therefore, the terror attack groups typically target a given group or country for a given reason. Several terrorism cases reporting occurs in different parts of the world. Most nations if not all in one way or another have a terror attack experience. Depending on the country's form of government, the relationships between the nation's regime and the terrorism varies. There are several forms of government available globally. Some of the types of system are democratic, authoritarian, anarchy, absolute Monarchy, and commonwealth among others. The variations in the government bring the difference in the way the nations relate to terrorism. The countries as well vary on the measures they take to help minimize or end the attacks. The paper will define the relationships between different types of government and terrorism. Also, the article will discuss how each form of government handle terrorism.
With the distinct types of government globally, exist the different relationships between the regimes and terrorism. Terror attack of a given country depends on the mode of the leadership of that given country. Some of the government types lead to vulnerability to the attacks while others not. Consequently, how a given government handles the issues of terrorism will vary depending on the way the country leadership runs. The nature and characteristics of the type of the regime determine the effort to put in place. Some of the relationships between the systems and terrorism are as follows;
Democratic
A democratic form of government is that which the supreme power is in the hand of the individuals. However, the exercise of the power in the indirectly ensuring delegation of authority as well as a system of presentation. The system is usually renewable periodically depending on the duration that a state prefers. Form the history; the democratic countries are prone to have the terror attacks. The more democratic a given state or nation is, the higher the chances of having the terrorist attack. There are reasons linked to the likelihood of a democratic country to experience attacks frequently. Namely, a democratic nation has several freedoms granted to their citizens (Weaver, 2016). There is freedom of movement as well as that of association. The privileges, together with security forces legal restraints make it easy for another nation to plan the terror attack. The terrorist takes advantage of a given country's openness and plans and execute their offense.
Additionally, the susceptibility, publicity and mobility nature of the democratic government creates a room for attack. The above exposure is created majorly by the leader elected who prefers publicity (Weaver, 2016). The much vulnerability of the country may lead to terrorist strategically influencing their attacks. Similarly, the attackers take advantages of the free press the nation may have primarily associated with the leaders. Finally, associating with a terror attack in a democratic country is the electoral competitions as well as the country's design. The incidences of votes of given nations make it vulnerable to be the victim of a terror attack. The terrorists may take as a point of weakness when there are high levels of competitions. The competitions usually exist among the leaders who typically find a lot of pressure to avoid any form of violence. Thus, during the elections times and with the democratic freedom the nation is likely to suffer an attack.
How democratic government handle terrorism
The government of any given country must find concern on the terror attack. The democratic government rates high when it comes to the probability of being attacked. Therefore, the regime finds more reasons to take measures dealing with terrorism. For instance, the government of South Africa – one of the democratic government nations- after experiencing terrorism had to initiate new policy (Gaibulloev, Pizza, and Sandler, 2017). The strategy aimed at providing the best security and fighting against terror attacks. Despite the policy implementations taking too much time, the government ensured that at the end of the day the effort to combat terrorism achieved results. Therefore, one of the ways to handle terrorism in a democratic nation is through enacting national laws towards security. More so, the democratic government can influence the citizens against working with the terrorist. Reason being, most terrorist, tend to work with the nations' citizens to get information and plan an attack.
Anarchy
Defines the type of government which is lawless and having disorder politically. The political unrest is as a result of the lack of authoritative regime. Hence, anarchists do not believe in any government existence (Johnson, 2017). The quest for non-government state led to nations, more so European starting assassination of the leader. The result of the acts that were violent led to the attraction of new members of the society. The new group encourages terrorism attack since they divide in a different group with different opinions when it comes to violence. The growth of the groups increases the risks of a terror attack. The anarchy democracy fight against the presence of police (Johnson, 2017). Therefore, there is always the presence of crackdowns of the cops who offer security. The repression nature of the anarchy government brings nothing better apart from adding more fuel to fire. As a result, the violence continued with many more killings of the member and the government. The violent environment brought by anarchists makes the nation more vulnerable to attack.
How anarchy government handle terrorism
Terrorism in the anarchy from of government is as a result of the trial to overthrow the government. The measure must be taken to help curb the attacks and the movement to bring down the government. Some of the ways that the attacks can come to an end may be International Corporation by the international police. The anarchists aim to crack down the cops of a given nation (Johnson, 2017). Therefore, the corporation with the foreign police may help overcome the violent anarchists. The corporations among the cops is a promising trait since there is an assurance of excellent security. Additionally, carefully working together and with intelligence will help the police of efficiently deal with violent groups. The knowledge of the police along with International Corporation there will be the protection of the heads of states and monarchs. The efforts could help in reducing the anarchist's terrorism activists. However, if the repression is heavy-handedly available, there may arise harmful effects.
Authoritarian
Refers to a state of the regime in which nation's authority is on the many dimensions of the lives of the citizens. The individuals in power tend to enforce significant force on the people of the country. With the authoritarian type of government, the single authoritarian party has minimal experience on both international and domestic terrorism (Lindén, Björklund and Bäckström, 2016). The tyrannical government imposes highly aggressive policies. The aggressiveness leads to many obeying the law and in turn fewer cases of terror attacks. However, at times the government may appear less hawkish and less concerned with the individuals': civil rights which may result in terrorism. The less authoritarian government have a very restrictive policy on the notion that there may be an attack. The result may be the minimal attack. The nature of the offense will depend on the attitude of the people. Similarly, how authoritative the government is will also influence if an attack is prone or not.
How the authoritarian government handle terrorism
The authoritarian attitudes of individuals affect the rate of attacks. Therefore, increase of ones' security to reduce the chances of the attack. The attack may arise if there are feeling of one's threats among the citizens. The insecurity of the induvial shows the possibility of attackers carries own with their attacks. More so, the authoritarian government may introduce legislation that on anti-terrorism (Lindén, Björklund and Bäckström, 2016). The rules will aim at combating the terrorism in the country. The anti-terrorism efforts will work to ensure the attacks minimize. Individuals working together with the government will as well be of help. For instance, most citizens from the authoritarian nation reportedly develop personal fear. Joining together and working against the odds towards anti-terrorism will help minimize the threats. Eventually, there will be a state restored with security and uniformity. The government policies will as well continue preventing the attacks as they will work against the terrorism.
Conclusion
Ultimately, terrorism is a point of concern for most nations if not all. Almost every part of the globe has in one way or other experiences the terror attacks. The government of a given of a given nation usually try to take up a measure that will be to an end the attacks. The type of government varies from one nation to the other. The variations, therefore, make differences in how the country relates to a given type of attack. Furthermore, the mode of the regime will also determine the way a government of a nation will handle the issue of terrorism. The steps taken by the given country there depend on the authority type. Some countries experience more attacks than the author. The frequency and nature of attack depending on the how susceptible the nation is to allow the attackers take care of the weakness they may have. Some countries have a type of government which is favorable when it comes to fighting the attack. However, some of the nation's experiences more attack while at the same time having difficulties in trying to bring that to an end. The government and the citizens should thence aim at combating the terrorism.
References
Gaibulloev, K., Piazza, J. A., " Sandler, T. (2017). Regime types and terrorism. The International organization, 71(3), 491-522.
Johnson, J. A. (2017). The 1916 Preparedness Day Bombing: Anarchy and Terrorism in Progressive Era America. Routledge.
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Weaver, R. L. (2016). Free Speech, Transparency, and Democratic Government: an American Perspective. Revue Internationale des Gouvernements Ouverts, 2, 165-176.
