How did the ""end of empire"" lead to the onset of terrorism? Why did this happen? What could the British have done differently in the Middle East to at least forestall terrorism? What counter-terrorist methods were developed to deal with terrorism?

Singapore falling to the Japanese made the British and European powers appear vulnerable. When the remaining European territories in South-East Asia were also conquered by the Japanese, this fostered the beginning of Asiatic distrust and began the rising against European dominance. Their defeat resonated in other countries, and brought the European and Western power and superiority under question. The Atlantic Charter should have been written in ways favorable to the prolongation of their imperial rule. It should not have stated that neither Britain nor the United States desired to see territorial changes that do not agree with the wishes of the people concerned and that the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they live will be respected.