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Recently noticed that prior to the end of the Cold War, the global annual count of terrorist attacks [1] were growing rapidly, but then, after the USSR fell, th
by nxzero 10y ago
Recently noticed that prior to the end of the Cold War, the global annual count of terrorist attacks [1] were growing rapidly, but then, after the USSR fell, they rapidly declined.
Anyone seen any alias of this and if there was any link between the fall in terrorist attacks globally and the fall of the USSR?
[1] Global Terrorism Database:
https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/ https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/
- cjslep 10y agoYou mean the USSR's invasion of Afghanistan where the US supplied weapons to the Mujahideen insurrection/terrorists (including a Mijahideen member named Osama Bin Laden)? USSR retreat meant no more targets for the insurrection/terrorists. This was towards the end of the USSR's life. Before then, in the 60s Afghanistan was a pretty modern country by western standards. So there wasn't violence and discontent like there was after that entire event.
- blahi 10y agoWhat has this story to do with parent's comment? Also you don't seem to be telling the story fully. The USSR invaded Afghanistan which posed a great threat to the global supply chain of oil which is a threat to the US national security. That's why the US was forced to back the Mujahideens.
- vkazanov 10y agoYeah, right. 9/11, ISIS, crushed states and chaos in the Middle East... They all happened before the fall, obviously.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> Anyone seen any alias of this and if there was any link between the fall in terrorist attacks globally and the fall of the USSR? It wasn't exactly unknown at the time that much terrorism prior to the fall of the Cold War was funded (sometimes indirectly) by the superpowers as part of their geopolitical rivalry. The fall of the USSR resulted in a drop in that activity (on both sides.)