ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book demonstrates that conflict and war are socially constructed situations and investigates specifically how an enabling social environment affects conflict and war. The growth of religious and jihadi terrorism led to a response by America and the West which is generally known as the war on terror. Global jihadi terrorism is partly constituted by a religious and fanatic interpretation of the Islamic rationale regarding the use of force. The book investigates how perceptions of rights violations can lead to conflict and war. The humanitarian military intervention in Kosovo, and also recently in Libya, point to an evolving gap between the normative legitimacy and effective legitimacy of international humanitarian military interventions. The combination of global terror threats and new discourses and perspectives on security and responsibility has established new constitutive signposts in the international arena that help focus states on potential threats.
