| dc.description.abstract | Terrorism has become a major threat to
many countries worldwide and has made it difficult to
maintain world peace whereas some countries find it
difficult to manage due to the destructive terrorist
activities of various terrorist groups with innovation.
Terrorism is an issue that Sri Lankan military and the
communities consider as a security threat. Since
Easter Attacks, Sri Lankan military and law
enforcement authorities have been increasingly
tasked with preventing, responding to, and
investigating extremist movements and terrorist
organizations. The aim of this article is to examine the
importance of building relationship between military
and local communities, creating an information
highway in order to counter terrorism. Data collected
from secondary sources and existing literature
confirmed the findings of the article on this topic. The
findings explain the importance of Human Intelligence
(HUMINT) and how to utilize a maximum output to the
intelligence services from the local communities by
developing a civil military interdependency. In order
to build that, building trust is a major component. This
also focuses on strengthening information sharing
through better relationships. This demands that
Military and law enforcement agencies to establish a
system of public participation in the countering
terrorism measures by working closely with their
communities. The conclusion of the article
demonstrates suggestions to build better relationship
among the military and civil society which namely are
initiating the concept of civil joint task force and
inculcating community building and education. Some
broader implications were also extracted for the Sri
Lanka Military from a realistic point of view. | en_US |
