INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND GLOBAL TERRORISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY; A CRITICAL VIEW ON UNSC COUNTER-TERRORISM FRAMEWORK

Abstract

At the end of the Cold War, the new European and global security environment underwent profound changes. In the new security environment, international terrorism represents one of the main threats at the global level, the others being the proliferation of chemical, atomic, and bacteriological weapons of destruction and organized crime. This study focuses on terrorism in the international community and the security arrangement that is put in place in order to curb the threat posed by terrorism. The research adopted the secondary sources of data collection and used the Rotational Choice Theory as its theoretical frame work. The research revealed that no place is safe, or no state is immune against terrorism in the 21st century and recommend among others, that nations have to join hands in the fight against modern terrorism to ensure the world is secured and for the war against terrorism to be won.