TERRORISM

Terrorism: International and Domestic Threats to the US

Introduction

There is no doubt that crime and its various aspects keep evolving over time. It therefore follows that the relevance of adapting the methodologies and approaches used to combat crime cannot be overstated. Similarly, in seeking to counter terrorism, there is need to be aware of the emerging trends of terrorism.

Discussion

The decision by the Department of Homeland Security DHS to designate a total of $80 million towards efforts to counter domestic terrorism is not, in my opinion, optimal. The $80 million in this case happens to be part of the nearly $2 billion allocated to generally combat terrorism with the millions allocated to fight domestic groups effectively representing approximately 4% of the total allocation. In my opinion, domestic counterterrorism efforts ought to have received a minimum of 10% of the total allocation. This is more so the case given that available...

far-right, far-left threats) has been on an upward trend (Center for Strategic and International Studies CSIS, 2022). In addition to being on an upward trend, domestic terrorism fatalities per year have also increased in recent times, i.e. when data from the 1994 to 2013 period is compared with that from the 2014 to 2021 period (CSIS, 2022). With the number of...…final analysis, it would be prudent to note that I am in agreement with the resolve by the DHS to focus on domestic violent extremism. This is more so the case given that available data indicates that there has been sustained increase in not only domestic terrorism activity over the last few decades, but also an increase in fatalities within the said period. Further, it is clear from the discussion above that certain factors such as political rhetoric and the growth of social media use have further complicated the situation i.e. in as far as the radicalization process is concerned. For this reason, there is need to assign more resources…