Cuttack, Feb. 20: Ravenshaw University is holding a conference on how terrorism has emerged as a key challenge for redrawing of regional boundaries, international politics and relations among countries in the 21st century.

“The world has undergone a sea change after the 9/11 attack on USA, as it forced the super power to launch a war on terror subsequently,” said professor of Jawaharlal Nehru University Arun Mohanty.

Mohanty said USA became the target of international terrorism even though it had sponsored various terror groups, including the ones in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Subsequently, USA had to formulate a global strategy to meet its geo-political targets.

Besides, cyberspace has also emerged as a new area in the field of international security in the world.

“Cyber threats and cyber crime have also emerged as new phenomenon both in global and regional, while a lot more needs to be done to address such latest communication tools used by the terror groups,” said research scholar of Jawaharlal Nehru University Jayadev Parida.

Subrata Kumar Mitra of South Asia Institute, New York, said efforts needed to be undertaken for adopting new tools instead of the conventional theories for resolving various conflicts.

“There is a need for a new frame work for the contemporary global arena for maintaining equilibrium to solve various issues in the present society,” he said.

Various emerging issues, including human rights, global justice, women issues, nuclear proliferation, globalisation and the post-cold war order, will also be debated at the three-day conference that will conclude on February 22.