This work examines the international community and the security arrangement that put in place in order to curb the threat posed by terrorism in the globe. It explains why people use terrorism for whatever purpose and why terrorism has thrived in some part of the world, while it has seen little or no success in some. It goes further to explain that for the world to be secured and for the war against terrorism to be won, nations have to join hands in the fight against terrorism/ This work presents a clear cut assessment of terrorism in the 21st century and how it has changed the world.

TABLE OF CONTENT

TITLE PAGE 

APPROVAL PAGE

CERTIFICATION

DEDICATION 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ABSTRACT

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY - - - 1

1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM - - - 5

1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY  - - - 6

1.4 SCOPE OF THE STUDY  - - - 6

1.5 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY - - - 7

1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY - - - 7

1.7 METHODOLOGY - - - 8

1.8 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK - - - 9

1.9 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS - - - 12

1.10 DEFINITION OF TERMS - - - 13

1.11 LITERATURE REVIEW - - - 14

CHAPTER TWO: UNDERSTANDING INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND GLOBAL TERRORISM

  2.0 DEFINITION OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY - 27

  2.1 DEFINITION OF GLOBAL TERRORISM - - 28

  2.2 THE CONCEPT OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND GLOBAL TERRORISM - 29

  2.3 TERRORISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY - - 35

CHAPTER THREE: THE STATE AND THE GLOBAL SOCIETY: THEIR ROLES AGAINST TERRORISM

  3.0 STATE TERRORISM  - - 51

  3.1 ACTIONS OF STATES AGAINST TERRORISM - - 56

  3.2 THE ROLES OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION IN MAINTAINING SECURITY AND COMBATING TERRORISM - - 59

  3.3 LIST OF TERRORIST GROUPS IN THE WORLD: THEIR AIMS AND SPHERES OF INFLUENCE  - 64

CHAPTER FOUR: ASSESSING TERRORISM

  4.0 CAUSES OF TERRORISM - - 78

  4.1 JUSTIFICATION OF TERRORISM  - - 82

  4.2 PREVENTING/FIGHTING TERRORISM - - 87

CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSION

5.0 CONCLUSION - - 103

5.1 RECOMMENDATION - - 105