SOCIOLOGY

Asymmetric Nature of Terrorism

Asymmetric Nature of Terrorism

If it finds applications in the current approach of the phenomena of terrorism, asymmetric warfare is not limited thereto. More generally, it expresses a transformation in the balance of power in relation to conflict as we know for example during the time of Cold War which is not so long ago (Karl, p.264). It is often noted at the outset Jacques Baud, "a confrontation between different political, social, cultural, organizational, obeying different logics". It is also characterized by a different relationship to space (http://www.cdi.org).

Operationally, the battle has given way to operational space, ...