James McMichael Blog Post 2 How can political geography be used to limit global terrorism? Introduction There have been numerous explanations given for global terrorism. None really explain global terrorism in general. World-systems analysis offers better insight into global terrorism, by identifying the geographic distribution of terrorism in terms of different countries' stages of economic development (and this their role in the world capitalist economic system), and asking why terrorism occurs in such countries far more than in other countries. Purpose Statement The purpose of this blog post is to show how world-systems analysis can help us better understand why terrorism occurs. Unless and until we can understand why terrorism occurs, we cannot devise means to limit terrorism, because we cannot know what needs to be changed, in order to limit terrorism. If you don't know the cause of an illness, you cannot devise a cure. An important advantage of world-syst