In the last few months suicide attacks have claimed hundreds of lives in various parts of South Asia. South Asia is, however, not the only region caught in the whirlpool of terrorism. In July 2009, the Indonesian capital Jakarta suffered a terrorist attack after many years. More recently, in March 2010 the Russian capital Moscow suffered twin attacks. Why have so many different countries failed to root out terrorism? What lies behind our collective failure? Presuming insincerity across the board is too far-fetched.