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Effects Of Military And Economic Aid On Terrorism: A Long- And Short-Term Analysis, Haley Parker
Effects Of Military And Economic Aid On Terrorism: A Long- And Short-Term Analysis, Haley Parker
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This paper asks whether U.S. aid reduces terrorism. Foreign assistance may be of two types: socio-economic aid (aims to address the root causes of terrorism by improving health care, education, justice systems, infrastructure, etc. in the recipient country) and military aid (designed to fight terrorism with force and manifests as military operations in a recipient country). Most countries receive both military aid and socio-economic US aid for long spells of time. This is why this research asks: 1) how economic and military types of aid influence terrorism over time, and 2) whether and how economic aid and military types of …
Hezbollah - Terrorist Or Not?, Erin E. Forsberg
Hezbollah - Terrorist Or Not?, Erin E. Forsberg
Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects
Determining whether or not an organization such as Hezbollah is or is not a terrorist group is a rather arduous process, especially since the international community can not agree. However, due to the reasons why Hezbollah was first organized and the group's involvement in the Lebanese political system, along with its network of social services, Hezbollah is not a terrorist organization. In order to prove such a bold statement, the first step must undoubtedly be to come up with a workable and effective definition of terrorism that is hopefully free from moral implications. The second step would be to see …
Compromise In A Changing Political Context: The Case Of Hamas, Medlir Mema
Compromise In A Changing Political Context: The Case Of Hamas, Medlir Mema
Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has been a point of contention for most students of Middle Eastern politics. There appears to be a dichotomy of views on the question of whether Hamas is a legitimate mainstream political organization within Palestine, or whether it is just another manifestation of the fundamentalist ideology that (according to some people) Islam seems to encourage. The United States has classified Hamas as a terrorist organization and has directed some of its efforts of the war on terror against the organization with the aim of destroying Hamas.