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- Title
THE CURRENT AND EMERGING TERRORIST THREAT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.
- Authors
Gunaratna, Rohan
- Abstract
Until the US-led coalition intervention in October 2001, Afghanistan and Pakistan (Af-Pak) represented the global epicenter for the training of Southeast Asian insurgents, terrorists, and extremists. With the withdrawal of Western forces from Afghanistan in 2014, the return of the Taliban and al Qaeda to Afghanistan has become a real possibility. By mid-2012, Nuristan and Kunar in Afghanistan and North Waziristan in Pakistan have become safe havens for threat groups from Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as from neighboring countries. If unchecked, the threat is likely to spread, affecting the future rise of the Asia-Pacific. Since the 1990s, Af-Pak groups have built ideological and operational ties with two dozen Asian groups, including Southeast Asian threat groups. Hitherto, the presence of Western forces in Afghanistan mitigated the threat from the Af-Pak region to Southeast Asia; with the withdrawal of Western forces from Afghanistan, the restoration of old ties and the rekindling of new ones by Southeast Asian threat groups to global terrorist organizations poses a significant threat to the security of the region.
- Subjects
SOUTHEAST Asia; TERRORISM; TERRORISTS; QAIDA (Organization); TERRORIST organizations
- Publication
Harvard Asia Quarterly, 2012, Vol 14, Issue 1/2, p75
- ISSN
1522-4147
- Publication type
Article