Use your class text‚ readings‚ and slide shows. Do not cut and paste. I want an appropriate response to the entire question. Make sure that you answer each part of the question. Include the question with each of your responses. 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
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The Arab Spring is a series of uprisings in different countries in the Middle East that began in one country and spread to the rest‚ forming what is known as a revolutionary wave. The Main cause was opposition to the current regimes in most Arab countries. Rulers have been forced from power in Tunisia‚ Libya‚ Egypt and Yemen‚ and major protests occurred in Algeria‚ Iraq‚ Jordan and Kuwait. In Syria the revolts led to massacres that are still ongoing. The Int’l community called for expanded liberties
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agency has intercepted these messages soon enough before any major action has been made. The information disclosed by Mr. Snowden‚ apart of the N.S.A. surveillance programs‚ has a very broad impact on national security as a whole‚ as well as counterterrorism efforts. The communication intercepts between the two Al Qaeda leaders is being described as one of the most serious plots against the United States since the attacks on September 11‚ 2001. Upon hearing of this‚ 19 United States Embassies has
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In this model‚ we anticipate a paradoxical effect of military aid in which powerful donor states become dependent on the recipients of their military aid (Mott 2002). The United States gives military aid to gain leverage and influence. But it is in a competitive market for leverage through aid; it must compete with other states to keep its influence over client states. At the same time‚ we can assume that the United States chooses to invest heavily in training and equipping the military forces of
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I watched the documentary Do Not Resist with my roommate on Friday.This documentary is about the militarization of local U.S police departments in recent years. It first presents a disturbing scene of the police speaking through a loudspeaker‚ while protesters are chanting and approaching the police in Ferguson‚ Missouri following the shooting of Michael Brown in 2014. The documentary then presents a debate of whether the local police departments need more and advanced equipments. James Comey‚ the
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On 21 May 2009‚ President Obama delivered a speech at the National Archives in response to stiff resistance from Congress concerning his intention to close the Guantanamo Bay centre. During his speech‚ Obama‚ who strongly defended his counterterrorism policies‚ made it clear: “rather than keeping us safer‚ the prison at Guantanamo has weakened American national security.” Keeping the detention centre open was “a rallying cry” for terrorists‚ making it easier for them to recruit more fighters‚ hence
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Brooklyn (left) and Staten Island (right). Terrorism Definitions History Incidents Types[show] Tactics[show] Terrorist groups[show] State terrorism[show] Organization[show] Fighting terrorism[show] v t e Counter-terrorism (also spelled counterterrorism) incorporates the practice‚ tactics‚ techniques‚ and strategies that governments‚ militaries‚ police departments and corporations adopt to attack terrorist threats and/or acts‚ both real and imputed. The tactic of terrorism is available to insurgents
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him. A huge red target on the United Sated back for torturing a man with unjust causes. After this case had occurred during the Bush administration it was called into question the actions of authority figures‚ John Brennan current chief of counterterrorism advisor is being promoted after allegations that Brennan "sat idly by as men were being tortured" (Prasow) should
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On September 11‚ 2001‚ four passenger planes were hijacked by sixteen members of the terrorist organization known as al-Qaeda. Two of the planes were sent to the World Trade Center in New York City‚ another was sent to the Pentagon in Washington D.C‚ while the final plane was forcibly brought down in fields outside of suburban Pennsylvania. These hijackings led to the loss of 2‚980 lives‚ and the events of 9/11 would become the largest terrorist attack on United States soil. In the wake of these
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has taken place in our nation over the last thirteen years. 9/11‚ al-Qa’ida’s terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center changed the way the United States looks and feels about terrorism. Since then The United States planned and developed the Counterterrorism Strategy. Where you will find on the United States Government website‚ it outlines the strategies and precautions they are taking against threats to protect our homeland. On the FBI’s official websites’ main page‚ it states “It’s our top priority-protecting
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