Terrorism | Economic Problems Do Not Cause Terrorism

The events of September 11, 2001, have intensified a long-standing debate: What causes Muslims to turn to militant Islam? Some analysts have noted the poverty of Afghanistan1 and concluded that herein lay the problem. Jessica Stern of Harvard University wrote that the United States “can no longer afford to allow states to fail.” If it does not devote a much higher priority to health, education and economic development abroad, she writes, “new Osamas will continue to arise.” Susan Sachs of the New York Times observes: “Predictably, the disappointed youth of Egypt and...

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