1. The US Department of State (DOS) uses several tools of diplomacy. Briefly define the following:
• Accord
• Ad referendum
• Compact
• Declaration
• Memoire
• Note
• Protocol
2. Some terrorism experts believe that a “Dirty bomb” is a serious and viable WMD threat to the United States. What is a dirty bomb? What is it made of? What sort of safeguards should we place on potential “dirty bomb” materials?
3. Describe the relationship between terrorist funding activities and criminal networks. Describe …show more content…
two legal and illegal methods of raising money. What is a hawala? What is the difference between a failed state and shell state?
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What is the principle goal in an insurgency? Who ultimately decides the success or failure of an insurgency? Briefly describe the three typical organizational components of an insurgency (guerrillas, auxiliary, underground)?
5. Does terrorism present a unique set of challenges where traditional American civil liberties may be denied? If yes, at what point should government actions be limited? (When is too much and why is it too much?) If no, how can we combat terrorism within the limits of criminal law? Should everyone (citizen or not) be afforded due process?
6. Proteus USA is a project developed by the US Army War College and the National Intelligence University; it is designed to identify future threats to national security by assembling panels of experts in various fields that might impact national defense. What do they consider the three most important course of future action? Select one of the ten most important factors contributing to terrorism and briefly describe? (Chapter 17, Part4)
7. What are the seven dynamics common to all successful insurgencies? Give an example of two of them.
8. Briefly describe the US Intelligence Community. What is Executive Orders 12333 and 13224? How do they help fight terrorism? (be
specific)
9. According to the State Department’s Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism defeating terrorism requires a three-fold threat complex attacked simultaneously. Identify and briefly describe the three-fold threat complex and why are they important to the war against terror.
10. What is globalization? Describe Freidman’s Shaping Catalysts or flatteners and how they have contributed to globalization. Briefly describe Barnett’s idea of Functioning Core states, Gap states, and Seam states. How do they relate to American military and diplomatic activities?