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IN PHOTO: A fighter of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) holds an ISIL flag and a weapon on a street in the city of Mosul, June 23, 2014. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held crisis talks with leaders of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Tuesday urging them to stand with Baghdad in the face of a Sunni insurgent onslaught that threatens to dismember the country. Picture taken June 23, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

There are a lot of things happening around the globe that draw the creases across foreheads and keep the world guessing, ‘what’s next’, whether it is economic instability, global warming or political unrest. But for the majority of Australians, the main cause of concern is the global terrorism that is being spread by the ISIS, according to a survey carried out the Pew Research Centre across 40 countries.

About 45,000 people all over the world were questioned regarding the threats they consider the most important cause of concern of the present day. While some suggested it is the Iran’s nuclear program, some others were more worried about the current global economic scenario. 1004 Australians were surveyed and the majority (69 percent) of them resounded the same concern, ‘threats being spread by the Islamic State’, more than any other global condition.

International development expert, Dr. Denis Dragovic told The Guardian, “The challenge that we face in addressing Islamic State is that it has not shown any interest in abiding with an international system of conventions, and it has an ideology that is intent on killing people without any concerns for the sanctity of life”.

“The difference between Islamic State and past authoritarian regimes, like Hitler, Stalin and others, is that it doesn’t have access to resources as yet. But it is not beyond belief that they may gain access to these resources,” he further added.

Dr. Dragovic stated, the countries which have expressed fear of threat from ISIS are amongst those whose governments had taken some steps in resisting the organisation, through various means, whether military or increased financial sanctions.

38 percent of the Australians, who were polled, expressed concern over the Iranian Nuclear Program. They must be hugely relieved now, after the Middle Eastern country has decided to overturn the program in exchange for billions of dollars in relief of International sanction.

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