Modern terrorist groups operate as dispersed nonstate actors needing multinational countermeasures

Evidence

The aid of allies is even more critical for the tough and lengthy occupation and reconstruction program required in the aftermath of a military campaign. Because many modern terrorist groups are nonstate actors, affiliated with no single country but dispersed worldwide, success requires a unified effort by many countries to eliminate not only the terrorists in their midst but also the ills within their societies that embitter and alienate their people. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2280

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