Elyssa McClain PSCI 356 Kramer March‚ 18 2014 National Security Council Memorandum on the Civil War in Syria The Middle East has been a location of great interest and involvement by the United States of America since the end of the Second World War. With our presence and involvement over the recent years touching a vast majority of the Middle East‚ it is of no surprise the United States’ immense concern with the current crisis of the Syrian civil war. Syria’s recent use of chemical weapons
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Iran Country Research Report Executive Summary The Islamic Republic of Iran is a constitutional‚ theocratic republic in which Shia Muslim clergy and political leaders vetted by the clergy dominate the key power structures. Government legitimacy is based on the twin pillars of popular sovereignty--albeit restricted--and the rule of the supreme leader of the Islamic Revolution. The current supreme leader‚ Ayatollah Ali Khamenei‚ was chosen by a directly elected body of religious leaders‚ the
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Austin Comesanas Dr. Guy Martin War 09/08/13 War In Syria The war in Syria has become a worldwide focus point on other countries intervening with central problems within such societies. This Civil War has created plenty of attention to an abundant of countries and has some wanting to level out this problem of conflict for good. In early January 2011 the conflict began as a civil uprising in response to the Assad Government and its corruption and human rights abuse. Nearing the end
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Benjamin Barber‚ the director of the Walt Whitman Center for the Culture and Politics of Democracy at Rutgers University‚ is today’s leading advocate of "participatory" democracy. Not content with mere representation‚ he aims to make every citizen a legislator‚ to bring about‚ as he puts it‚ "unmediated self-government." To this ambitious end‚ he speaks with remarkable single-mindedness on the academic conference circuit‚ celebrating the civic potential of the people and sounding‚ very often‚ less
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aircraft carriers. The Japanese use of these kamikaze pilots was very successful and the United States had a hard time combating them. After World War II‚ suicide bombings were rarely heard of until April of 1983 when the terrorist organization of Hezbollah had a suicide bomber drive a truck filled with explosives into the US Marine barracks in Beirut‚ Lebanon. The attack killed many marines and started the current trend in the Middle East. Many terrorists groups then started using suicide bombers
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Iran and US Sanctions Name College Professor Course Date Iran and US Sanctions The history of U.S sanctions over Iran dates back to early 1950s when Britain and America boycotted Iranian oil. The 1950s boycott was as result of the nationalization British Iran’s oil company. The result of the boycott adversely affected the Iran economy and eventually led to the deposition and Mosaddeq who the president by then. In 1979‚ during the Iran revolution‚ United States government backed
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CHAPTER I CHANGING NATURE OF TERRORISM AND RISE OF NON STATE ACTORS “Prediction is very difficult‚ especially about future”. - Niels Bohr 12. Terrorism is by no means a new concept in terms of law; however it is a complex one as no consensus has yet been reached regarding its definition under international law1.There are many definitions of terrorism but the underlying fact is that all of them encapsulate the major elements of threat and act. Few examples of the
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advance goals contrary to U.S. interests‚ but it could also further jeopardize the security of chemical and conventional weapons stockpiles and/or lead to wider regional conflict. Opposition forces are formidable‚ but regime forces‚ backed by Hezbollah fighters and Iranian and Russian material support‚ have initiated successful tactical counteroffensives in some areas. The Syrian military continues to use air strikes‚ artillery‚ and pro-government militias in punishing attacks on areas where
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Acknowledgement This global marketing plan would not have been possible without the consent and guidance of our dean Melinda M. Bautista and Professor Doc. Borres to make this research for a part of our subject international and global market. I would like to acknowledge my family for the financial support and to my dad who gave information about Saudi Arabia. dedication I dedicate this global marketing
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Summary The global traffic in illicit drugs contributes to terrorist risk through at least five mechanisms: supplying cash‚ creating chaos and instability‚ supporting corruption‚ providing “cover” and sustaining common infrastructures for illicit activity‚ and competing for law enforcement and intelligence attention. Of these‚ cash and chaos are likely to be the two most important. Different drugs‚ different trafficking routes‚ and different organizations have different relationships to terrorist
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