Terrorism: A Threat to Security and Human Existence

Terrorism attracted a lot of attention in recent year. Many theories have been  developed by scholars to explain terrorism, its causes, while people resort to extreme violence to make their point. This paper examines some selected theories that could help us gain insight into terrorism and various activities associated with it. One of the major recommendation made by this paper is that terrorism  as a global issue require  increased global attention. There must be concerted effort from both state and non-state actors to halt further spread of terrorism. The paper concludes that given the increasing numbers of terrorist groups and the way they regenerate through a structured program of recruitment, adoption of modern technologies and modern weapons, the world as we know could be in a great danger of destruction.