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Ideology Meets The Real World: How State Collapse Affects Islamist Movements, Zachary Devlin-Foltz
Ideology Meets The Real World: How State Collapse Affects Islamist Movements, Zachary Devlin-Foltz
Political Science Honors Projects
When states collapse, so do the most obvious obstacles to violent extremism in their territory. Extremists seem free to recruit and operate from these areas without interference from state security forces. In reality, however, state collapse creates as many constraints as opportunities for extremists. This paper uses theories of sub-state conflict and theories of Islamism to compare Islamist groups in Somalia, Iraq, and Egypt. Groups in collapsed states face a conflict between local political power and extremist ideology; pursuing one often threatens the other. Understanding which one each group will prioritize becomes the key policy imperative for counter-terrorist operations.
An Analysis Of The Vulnerability To Terrorist Radicalization In Great Britain, Teddy Reynolds
An Analysis Of The Vulnerability To Terrorist Radicalization In Great Britain, Teddy Reynolds
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
To understand the conditions and experiences that might make an individual more vulnerable to terrorist radicalization, this study examines a sample group of Muslim's in Great Britain to determine if responses to survey questions on a range of issues and perceptions can provide indications of an individual's vulnerability to terrorist radicalization. Key to this process was the development of a vulnerability to radicalization score that allowed for an analysis of the relationship between this score and different independent variables. The dataset for this study was obtained using the Pew Research Center's Spring 2006 Global Attitudes Project 15 Nation Survey. This …
Intelligence And Human Rights: A View From Venus, Peter Gill
Intelligence And Human Rights: A View From Venus, Peter Gill
Human Rights & Human Welfare
A review of:
Intelligence and Human Rights in the Era of Global Terrorism. By Steve Tsang (ed.). Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Security International, 2007.
and
War by Other Means: An Insider’s Account of the War on Terror. By John Yoo. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006.
Away From Mass Protest In Italy: Moderating The Protest Culture Through The European Union And Autonomy Seeking Movements, Glen M.E. Duerr
Away From Mass Protest In Italy: Moderating The Protest Culture Through The European Union And Autonomy Seeking Movements, Glen M.E. Duerr
History and Government Faculty Publications
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The Soft Power And Persuasion Of Translations In The War On Terror: Words And Wisdom In The Transformation Of Legal Systems, Donald J. Kochan
The Soft Power And Persuasion Of Translations In The War On Terror: Words And Wisdom In The Transformation Of Legal Systems, Donald J. Kochan
Donald J. Kochan
The power of words is the power of persuasion. The exportation of the foundational legal principles that helped form the American republic can serve as instrumental "soft power" tools in the war on terror. Efforts promoting projects like the Arabic Book Program are important vehicles to cross-cultural and cross-lingual international relations. This Article argues that an arsenal of words can be as, or more, powerful than an arsenal of artillery. The West has much to offer, but the rest of the world needs to be able to read it without getting lost in translation. Providing linguistic access to the documents …