Negotiating with Terrorists Encourages more Terrorism

Essay from the year 2019 in the subject Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict, Security, grade: 1.5, Leiden University, course: Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Comparing Theory and Practice, language: English, abstract: One hypothesis about terrorism is that a country should not negotiate with terrorists because such action will incite increased violence and inspire further extremism. This essay analyzes the claim by providing the origin of the assertion, testing of the assumption, and giving scholarly evidence. The author concludes by giving his take on the supposition that deliberating with terrorists would encourage more violence.