Zero Tolerance For Terrorism

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting in Moscow has once again placed the global fight against terrorism at the forefront of international discourse. External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar’s categorical assertion that the world must display “zero tolerance” toward terrorism-without justification, without selective blindness, and without whitewashing-captures a truth that the international community can no longer afford to ignore. Although the SCO was founded to counter the “three evils” of terrorism, separatism, and extremism, the response of member states over the years has often lacked the collective will necessary for meaningful action. India, having faced the gravest consequences of terrorism for…