University of Tehran POLITICAL QUARTERLY 1735-9678 47 3 2017 09 23 INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: PRACTICAL REQUIREMENTS AND THEORETICAL CHALLENGES INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: PRACTICAL REQUIREMENTS AND THEORETICAL CHALLENGES 611 628 62855 10.22059/jpq.2017.62855 FA Mohammad Jafar Javadi Arjmand Associate Professor; Political Science Department, University of Tehran Behrouz Ghezel Ph.D. Political Science Department, University of Tehran 0000-0001-8404-1675 Journal Article 2016 01 03 This article is seeks to analyze some reasons behind the governments and international organizations’ setback in order to halter the increase of terrorism. Although there have been consensus of opinions regarding the threats arising from terrorism, why is it then that the international cooperation has been inefficient for campaigning against this phenomenon. This text is according to the international relations’ theories in response to the mentioned question and it has taken all opportunities and limitations of each theoretical approach of realism, liberalism and constructivism into consideration by explanatory and analytical methods. The prevalence of realism and the arising thoughts of it, have gained more attention due to the reason that the accepted realistic traditions of government have had conflicts with some of the consequences of existing mechanisms of international relations for campaigning with terrorism. From the findings of this article, it can be elicited that the different perceptions of governments from the phenomenon of terrorism, and the discrepancy of opinions in defining terrorist operations have led to the conflict in recognition of meaning which is a big obstacle in international cooperation. Thus, the existing distance in governments’ priorities which are according to the national interests of each nation, has deeply influenced the process of international cooperation. In addition, the effort of big powers for exploiting the opportunities of international cooperation in respect to advancement of their own interests and targets is the main reason of failure in cooperation and campaigns of international organizations against terrorism. This article is seeks to analyze some reasons behind the governments and international organizations’ setback in order to halter the increase of terrorism. Although there have been consensus of opinions regarding the threats arising from terrorism, why is it then that the international cooperation has been inefficient for campaigning against this phenomenon. This text is according to the international relations’ theories in response to the mentioned question and it has taken all opportunities and limitations of each theoretical approach of realism, liberalism and constructivism into consideration by explanatory and analytical methods. The prevalence of realism and the arising thoughts of it, have gained more attention due to the reason that the accepted realistic traditions of government have had conflicts with some of the consequences of existing mechanisms of international relations for campaigning with terrorism. From the findings of this article, it can be elicited that the different perceptions of governments from the phenomenon of terrorism, and the discrepancy of opinions in defining terrorist operations have led to the conflict in recognition of meaning which is a big obstacle in international cooperation. Thus, the existing distance in governments’ priorities which are according to the national interests of each nation, has deeply influenced the process of international cooperation. In addition, the effort of big powers for exploiting the opportunities of international cooperation in respect to advancement of their own interests and targets is the main reason of failure in cooperation and campaigns of international organizations against terrorism. https://jpq.ut.ac.ir/article_62855_9692fb4e34460b65cfdeb877f782b537.pdf