▁the ▁Sh ining ▁Path ▁milit ants ▁agree ▁that ▁property ▁rights ▁could ▁be ▁an ▁important ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁solution ▁to ▁social ▁conflicts ▁in ▁Peru . ▁De ▁S oto ' s ▁stated ▁goal ▁is ▁to ▁determine ▁the ▁roots ▁of ▁inform al ▁host ility ▁against ▁mult in ational s ▁and ▁identify ▁what ▁is ▁needed ▁to ▁build ▁a ▁national ▁social ▁contract ▁on ▁extract ive ▁indust ries ▁that ▁could ▁harm on ize ▁their ▁property ▁interests ▁with ▁those ▁of ▁mult in ational s ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁creating ▁conflict . ▁ ▁De ▁S oto ▁applies ▁th esis ▁to ▁terror ism ▁▁ ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁De ▁S oto ▁published ▁an ▁article ▁in ▁the ▁Wall ▁Street ▁Journal , ▁The ▁Capital ist ▁C ure ▁for ▁T error ism , ▁that ▁stated ▁an ▁ag gress ive ▁ag enda ▁for ▁economic ▁emp ower ment ▁was ▁needed ▁in ▁the ▁Middle ▁East ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁defeat ▁terror ist ▁groups ▁like ▁I SI L . ▁He ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁U . S . ▁should ▁promote ▁an ▁ag enda ▁similar ▁to ▁what ▁was ▁successfully ▁used ▁in ▁Peru ▁to ▁defeat ▁the ▁Sh ining ▁Path ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s . ▁He ▁also ▁mentions ▁in ▁the ▁article ▁that ▁local ▁polic ym akers ▁in ▁the ▁Middle ▁East ▁are ▁missing ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁if ▁ordinary ▁people ▁cannot ▁play ▁the ▁game ▁leg ally , ▁they ▁will ▁be ▁far ▁less ▁able ▁to ▁resist ▁a ▁terror ist ▁off ensive . ▁The ▁article ▁received ▁pra ise ▁among ▁high - level ▁global ▁polit icians ▁such ▁as ▁US ▁President ial ▁candidates