Week 1: August 27 2012: What is Terrorism? Lectures will be complementary to the readings‚ not reproductions. JB’s own background: * Historian‚ not very interested in abstract models‚ concepts or theories * Started out studying Medieval Islamic history‚ later shifted to modern European history and extremist groupings (also right wing‚ neo-fascist etc.) * Before 9/11‚ warned about the threat presented against the US by jihadist groups but not taken seriously – of course‚ this changed
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breaks with every report of the hundreds of nameless people who die from our bombs‚ our weapons‚ our soldiers. � For me‚ then the question‚ �How to Stop Terrorism?� is easy. We stop terrorism first of all by stopping our own terrorism! We cannot fight terrorism by becoming terrorists. We cannot end terrorism by using the methods of terrorism to bomb and kill Iraqis‚ to occupy Iraq‚ to support the terrorist occupation of the Palestinians‚ and to hold the world hostage with our nuclear weapons. We
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THE CONTEXT OF TERRORISM Terrorism beams into our homes through television screens‚ it assaults us in newspapers and magazines‚ and it sometimes touches our lives in more direct manners. People do not seem to worry about the definition of terrorism at such times. They simply feel terror when they see the violence. Sometimes it seems as though the event itself defines terrorism. For example‚ when a plane is destroyed by a bomb‚ it is frequently called terrorism‚ but when military forces shoot down
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behavioral factors that have the greatest impact on the radicalization of an individual. Conversely‚ what efforts do you feel might be effective in countering them in a proactive manner? Let’s start by asking the simple question‚ “what is a terrorist?” A terrorist is a person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation‚ especially against civilians‚ in the pursuit of political aims (Google Definition). The average citizen usually thinks of terrorists and/or terrorism with direct correlation towards the
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Relate International Terrorism with Ethno-National Identity Problem What is the root cause of terrorism? What drives a terrorist group to commit acts of violence? Is it the environment they are born in to or is it a trait that is developed over time as a result of their upbringing? The term ethno-nationalism can be defined as “the combination of both ethnic and national identities in some way for a political purpose‚ usually to infer superiority over some other group or groups”. This identity is
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Paper Topic: International Terrorism Is a Product of Globalization Course: Academic Reading & Writing II Instructor: George Rueckert Written by: Vakhobov Rustamjon; ID: 20111496 [pic] Almaty 2012 International Terrorism Is a Product of Globalization Outline Thesis Statement: Globalization has been mostly a positive phenomenon in past decades‚ but since 9/11 it has been the major factor in the expansion of international terrorism. I. Globalization is a complex
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CROSS-BORDER TERRORISM IN KASHMIR AND COUNTER TERRORISM STRATEGY Dr.ABHAYA KUMAR SINGH Reader Dept. of Defence & Strategic Studies K. S. Saket Post Graduate College‚ (Dr. R. M.L. Awadh University) AYODDHYA‚ FAIZABAD. Concept of Terrorism: Terrorism is an age old phenomenon but has acquired new dimensions in view of technological and societal changes. The nature‚ targets and rhetoric of terrorism have changed dramatically since the end of the cold war and the
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Throughout history‚ terrorism has alway been a topic of discussion. From Fidel Castro to Osama Bin Laden‚ there has always been a force against the general public. On September 11th‚ 2001 2 airplanes that were hijacked by the terrorist group based out of the Middle East known as Al Qaeda took down the world trade center and thousands of lives along with it. Terrorism has always been a topic of discussion of the American people that isn’t necessarily the most popular thing to talk about. However‚
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Since the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11‚ 2001‚ “terrorism” has been a word that every American has used daily. It has been eleven years since these attacks‚ and our country is still at war‚ and we use terms like “acts of terror” to justify our invasion of their civilian space. Personally‚ I do not care much for conspiracy theories‚ but I was interested to know a little bit more about the Islamic culture that these “terrorists” stem from. While the majority of
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Terrorism has always been present in society. Even in ancient times‚ religious fanatics resorted to terrorist tactics such as assassination to incite widespread fear and invoke an uprising. It is easy to say that the most well-known and effective terrorist attack took place on the eleventh of September 2001 when terrorists under the Al Qaeda terrorist group led by Osama Bin Laden hijacked and flew four planes into the world trade centre. The destruction of this symbol of democracy and freedom shook
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