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This video traces the complex and controversial history of terrorism, from its origins during the French Revolution to its global evolution through anarchist movements, anti-colonial struggles, fascist regimes, religious extremism, and nationalist insurgencies. Featuring figures like Vera Zasulich, the IRA, al-Qaeda, and the Ku Klux Klan, it explores how terrorism has been used as both a tool of oppression and a weapon of resistance.
Discover how the meaning of terrorism has shifted across time and context—and why defining it remains so politically charged today.
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This video traces the complex and controversial history of terrorism, from its origins during the French Revolution to its global evolution through anarchist movements, anti-colonial struggles, fascist regimes, religious extremism, and nationalist insurgencies. Featuring figures like Vera Zasulich, the IRA, al-Qaeda, and the Ku Klux Klan, it explores how terrorism has been used as both a tool of oppression and a weapon of resistance.
Discover how the meaning of terrorism has shifted across time and context—and why defining it remains so politically charged today.
Transcript media-podcast.open.ac.uk/feeds/3998_youtubeuploadsfriday/20250714T142415_Terrorism_and_international_relations.pdf
Study this free course on Introducing International Relations at the Open University
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/society-politics-law/introducing-international-relations/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab
Study the module D228 Exploring international relations: actors, issues, perspectives at The Open University
open.ac.uk/courses/modules/d228
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The Open University is the world’s leading provider of flexible, high quality online degrees and distance learning, serving students across the globe with highly respected degree qualifications, and the triple accredited MBA. The OU teaches through its own unique method of distance learning, called ‘supported open learning’ and you do not need any formal qualifications to study with us, just commitment and a desire to find out what you are capable of.
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