Terorizam kao partner u novom globalnom konfliktu
Terrorism as partner in new global conflict

Summary/Abstract: In process of globalisation the building of global society is marked by contradictory trends. On the one hand, this process has been chiefly seen as an integration of ideas related to interdependence and integration among developed countries, international enterprises, financial groups and international institutions, promoting peace and stability and building block of the Liberal Western Society. On the other side the process of globalisation has frequently provoked intrastate ethnic, social and religious fragmentation in undeveloped world, magnifying cultural-religious homogenization demanding new system of distribution with higher social justice. These two trends converged during the 1990s with the growth of an aura of global confrontation between the integrated wealthy Western countries and the growing disintegrated, deprived and deeply alienated cultural-religious groups, predominantly in poor society, making characteristic of conflict between global socio-political cultures. The sense of disparity in distribution of global wealth have create a growing “solidarity of the poor,” cemented by religious and cultural ties. This new phenomena reflect conditions of security that is shaped by economic scarcity, which prevailed almost everywhere until recently, that has been transforming new social and political environment in poor countries around globe. In this circumstance one of the key functions of religion in these countries is to provide a sense of certainty in insecure environment. Physical as well as economic insecurity intensify this need. As the global political and economic environment has been changed, organizational form and political goals of global terrorism has been naturally shifted from classic terrorist organisation, organized on pyramid principle, to international terrorist network, focusing predominantly ethnic and religious background, social unfairness, religious discrimination, and ethnic dissimilarity. Established on new ideas with new organisational structure, global terrorist network claims to be a powerful partner in new global conflict, gradually growing into national movements which is supported by large ethnic, religious or racial communities across the world. Despite the fact that global terrorism is usually response to negative consequences of globalization, global terrorism is less concerned on global audience and less interested in global public promoting own responsibility for terrorist attacks and in negotiating with governments. The audiences of global terrorism are large religions, ethnic or racial marginalized groups. The main goal of global terrorist network is to create strong influence on marginalized social groups with religious, ethnic or racial backgrounds and to motivate them for violent actions against each other, local governments, and against process of globalization.

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