Globalization
Chris Scheefer
Cbs5150@psu.edu
LAS Capstone – Global Perspective The dark side of Globalization – A new age of Global Terrorism The interdependence and interconnectedness of the new world is upon us. This new era Globalization has brought about many new frontiers and new opportunities; but this interconnectedness has a dark side. The world is now a mouse click away, with a global exchange of ideas and up to the minute news from anywhere on the planet. However beneficial, all of these sweeping changes in the technology have also opened the door for extremists, fundamentalists, and nationalist intent on unspeakable acts of violence. Gus Martin’s essay, “Globalization and International Terror” describes how Globalization has created a cultural backlash as a new global identity is rejected, the new profile and operating model for the new global terrorist, and how we may need to evolve and change our security policies and procedures to combat this new global threat. Martin begins by discussing how globalization has brought about more than economic changes but has also changed the cultural identities of every country in the world and that these identities have expanded beyond local and nationalism; now inclusive of a global identity that many reject. These new challenges to identity have created transnational “fault-lines” as predicted by Samuel Huntington in his article “The Clash of Civilization”. In addition Benjamin Barber in his essay, “Jihad vs McWorld”, also predicts that “retribalization of humankind by war and bloodshed” will be brought about by Globalization as these small countries and tribes will driven by parochial hatreds and battle against the homogenization of their cultures. It is this clash of culture and the rejection of this new global identity that has caused the growth in terrorism by fundamentalists and nationalists in the globalized world. The new ideologies of globalization,
Cbs5150@psu.edu
LAS Capstone – Global Perspective The dark side of Globalization – A new age of Global Terrorism The interdependence and interconnectedness of the new world is upon us. This new era Globalization has brought about many new frontiers and new opportunities; but this interconnectedness has a dark side. The world is now a mouse click away, with a global exchange of ideas and up to the minute news from anywhere on the planet. However beneficial, all of these sweeping changes in the technology have also opened the door for extremists, fundamentalists, and nationalist intent on unspeakable acts of violence. Gus Martin’s essay, “Globalization and International Terror” describes how Globalization has created a cultural backlash as a new global identity is rejected, the new profile and operating model for the new global terrorist, and how we may need to evolve and change our security policies and procedures to combat this new global threat. Martin begins by discussing how globalization has brought about more than economic changes but has also changed the cultural identities of every country in the world and that these identities have expanded beyond local and nationalism; now inclusive of a global identity that many reject. These new challenges to identity have created transnational “fault-lines” as predicted by Samuel Huntington in his article “The Clash of Civilization”. In addition Benjamin Barber in his essay, “Jihad vs McWorld”, also predicts that “retribalization of humankind by war and bloodshed” will be brought about by Globalization as these small countries and tribes will driven by parochial hatreds and battle against the homogenization of their cultures. It is this clash of culture and the rejection of this new global identity that has caused the growth in terrorism by fundamentalists and nationalists in the globalized world. The new ideologies of globalization,