Quora Answer: How Can Terrorism be Completely Eradicated?

The following is my answer to a Quora question: “How can terrorism be completely eradicated?” 

Terrorism is a political tool, a means of asymmetrical warfare, where a militarily weaker force engages in the calculated use of violence or the threat of it as a means of coercion and intimidation.  The intent is always a political goal.  The rhetoric often utilises ideology or religion to justify these acts, and gain support from elements of the population already disenfranchised or disenfranchised by these acts of terror.  As such, as long as there is an asymmetric sharing of power in any political system, and the weaker party sees no means to address that within the structure of that system, terrorism will always be a viable tool.  It can never be completely eradicated.