ABSTRACT

Future Trends in Global Terrorism: Mapping the Strategy to Defeat an Ideology This concluding chapter discusses transformational challenges and issues that will be incumbent upon the development of a strategy to come to terms with the ideology that has motivated Al Qaeda. In addition to mapping a new strategy, we also discuss some of the projected key drivers that will be moving trends through the year 2020. We conclude with the 21st century conflicts and challenges that will confront our nation in dealing with 12 other nations.