VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM: THREAT IN BUILDING NATIONHOOD

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to discuss how violence and terrorism become a threat to nation-buildings. Themain aspects of discussions are collective security,securitization,national securityand human security. Thesefour aspects play major roles to build nationhood. If one of these elements isthreatening, it will jeopardize thenationhood buildings. Thus, it is important to identify these key factors to stabilize nationhood. This paper will
also relate the relationship between human safety and national security where national security canbethreatened if the people are insecure. This paper focused on Malaysian nation-building with the riseof
extremism in this region between the years of 2000-2016. Secondary data collections are through literaturereview and observation from various sources. Findings have been translated into this paper with the main factor
on threat to building nationhood with violence and terrorism.