COUNTER-TERRORISM IN BANGLADESH: THE UN GLOBAL COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY IN PERSPECTIVE

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1. Introduction
2. State of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in Bangladesh
3. Explaining the Counter-Terrorism Approaches of Bangladesh
4. A Brief Overview of the UNGCTS
5. Relevance of the UNGCTS for Bangladesh
6. Conclusion

COUNTER-TERRORISM IN BANGLADESH: THE UN GLOBAL COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY IN PERSPECTIVE

Author: Md. Jahan Shoieb

DOI Link: https://www.doi.org/10.56888/BIISSj2021v42n3a3

ABSTRACT

In recent decades, frequency and scope of terrorism have been intensified and appeared as a major threat to global security, peace, and development. Bangladesh, a developing country of South Asia, has also experienced terrorist incidents of different types in the past couple of decades. The government has taken various measures to dismantle terrorist groups from its territory. Although the country has not experienced any major terrorist attack since the Holey Artisan incident of 2016, still it is not entirely immune from such threats. Hence, the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (UNGCTS) can play a complementary role in national counter-terrorism endeavours of Bangladesh. Notably, the UNGCTS is one of the key instruments of global counter-terrorism endeavours of the UN, which aims to eradicate root causes of terrorism. This article tries to look into whether the strategy can be an effective one in Bangladesh’s context.

BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES

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