How is Saudi Arabia in United States national interest? Saudi Arabia is one of the United States’ most important allies. Not only is Saudi Arabia critical to the global economy‚ Saudi Arabia is a key player in global counterterrorism efforts. Saudi Arabia’s geographical position also is essential to the United States’ pursuit of Middle Eastern regional security‚ due to the massive influence that Saudi Arabia has over Gulf States. Saudi Arabia is vital to the economy of the United States. The
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Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan By Seth G. Jones RAND Corporation‚ 2008‚ 144 pages Reviewed by: Mariely Norris‚ Student Overview Taking a look at this monograph we can find a close examination of the counterinsurgency operations in Afghanistan followed by the appearance of the Taliban regime in 2001. It is based on repeated trips to Afghanistan‚ Pakistan‚ and India from (2004-2008). The author focused on the early stages of the insurgency (2002-2008) and examines how and why it began. The
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CLASSICISM Classicism surfaced in the late eighteenth century. This was basically in response to the capricious and brutal forms of punishment that ruled the pre-modern structure of crime control and justice. Social contract theories disputed the political influence declared by the nobility and projected that all humans were liberated to act in whatever way they choose. Human beings act as free agents to make contracts with other humans to fulfill their civic and social duties. The utilitarian approach
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Pakistan Taliban or the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Pakistan maintains the seventh largest population in the world with approximately 130 million residents. While the country maintains a democratic elected system‚ it is very unstable following the September 11th attacks on the United States. The Pakistan government was forced to sever its ties with the Taliban government in Afghanistan due to staunch pressure from the U.S. The country is threatened by numerous entities while posing significant threats
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Intro to ethics My thoughts on Ethics Friends University Nicholas Harris In the beginning of the class our first assignment was to read to intro to the text. This covered various terms and definitions of moral and ethical types that classify person’s beliefs. I would like to first cover a few‚ by briefly defining‚ and describing them. In case you have interest in reading the book‚ it’s called “Contemporary Moral Issues” Diversity and Consensus‚ by Lawrence M. Hinman. The first is one of the
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Defination of Terrorism. ter·ror·ism [ter-uh-riz-uhm] Show IPA –noun 1. the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce‚especially for political purposes. 2. the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization. 3. a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government. 4. | systematic use of violence and intimidation to achieve some goal | Root causes of terrorism One debate that seems to occupy the center stage in the discourse on terrorism
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“The Impounded Fathers” While the INS – Immigration and Naturalization Services in collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security have a duty to perfom‚ the system has many flaws. The essay‚ “Impounded Fathers”‚ by Edwidge Danticat‚ brings to light some of the unfair circumstances caused by these organizations. It speaks about the immigration system in the United States of America and the adverse effects that it has had on millions of lives. Edwidge shared her personal experience with
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Law Enforcement Today Adrienne Jackson CJS/200 September 9‚ 2011 John Scott Law Enforcement Today In today’s society‚ law enforcement officers face many difficult and challenging issues. It is important for officers to be trained efficiently so that they can respond appropriately to these issues. Some of the issues law enforcement faces are: corruption‚ on-the-job dangers‚ deadly force‚ racial profiling‚ and exposure to civil liability. One of the most noteworthy challenges that police officers
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Many major events have happened throughout the United States that have impacted the people and the government. One event has had more impacted on me then the other events. That event is the 9/11 attack on the United States. This event was one of the first major acts of terrorism in the United States killing over 3‚000 people. The terrorists hijacked four airplanes and crashed two of them into the World Trade Center towers. After 9/11‚ the United States declared war on terrorism and the goal of capturing
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Exam 3 study guide Questions for the opening vignette (Mining text for Security and Counterterrorism) 1. How can text mining be used in a crisis situation? Text mining makes it easy for the end user to take the knowledge discovered by the analytics tools and embed it in a concise and useful form in an intelligence product. MITRE would allow the user to select various text mining tools and‚ with a few mouse clicks‚ assemble them to create a complex filter that fulfills whatever knowledge discovery
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