Title: What is terrorism? What do terrorists want?
Headings: What is terrorism? What do terrorists want?
What is terrorism? What do terrorists want?
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1. What is terrorism?
2. What do terrorists want?
3. Is terrorism getting worse?

Content: Because the media often sensationalizes terrorism and authorities tend to oversimplify it, demystifying common misconceptions about why individuals carry out political violence is important. We asked a professor at Georgetown University to answer three common questions about terrorism and political violence. 1. What is terrorism? Terrorism is not an ideology like communism or capitalism. Rather, terrorism is a tactic – a strategy used to achieve a specific end. This strategy is often used in asymmetric power struggles when a weaker person, or group, is fighting against a powerful nation-state. The violence is aimed at creating fear in the targeted population and often provokes prompt and violent response from the state. Acts of terrorism followed by violent crackdowns can become a cycle that is difficult to disrupt. Recently, terrorist groups have begun using the internet and the media to spread fear and affect public opinion.