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Since the end of the Cold War terrorism has become the main concern of international security, and many commentators, politicians and academics observed that after 1990 terrorism changed in its structure and elements. ; According to this paradigm, scholars have sought to identify the main differences between the traditional and contemporary forms of terrorism (Spencer, 2006). This essay considers the main variety and differences between the classic and new terrorism by explaining both and identifying their main features and elements