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MICO FAUS, Jacobo Salvador. Global War on Terror (GWOT): Failed Westernization. En-clav. pen [online]. 2021, vol.15, n.30, e434.  Epub 06-Set-2021. ISSN 2594-1100.  https://doi.org/10.46530/ecdp.v0i30.434.

Based on the definition of war, according to experts in polemology and the study of 'just' and 'unjust' wars and according to the most relevant authors in the philosophical doctrine of war, the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) is not a war as such. Applying such a conceptualization to a series of events where what is being combated is the terrorist phenomenon makes no sense since terrorism is nothing more than a weapon of war. Moreover, the injustice of such acts would detract from the concept of ‘just’ war defended by the classical authors. If it is accepted that the GWOT is not a war as such, we wonder what it is, then: An indirectly sought answer? An attempt at ballistic democratization? Or the continuation of civilizational conflicts after the Cold War? Whatever the answer, instability in the Middle East and terrorism have increased.

Palavras-chave : War; terrorism; USA; Westernization; unjust war.