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Full-Text Articles in Defense and Security Studies
Urban Warfare: Emerging Geopolitical Conundrum, Bert Chapman
Urban Warfare: Emerging Geopolitical Conundrum, Bert Chapman
Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations
Urban warfare is as old as human history. It is becoming increasingly important in international political and military planning due to increasing global urbanization and the presence of megacities (urban areas with populations exceeding 10 million) in many global regions and being in areas of recent and potential military conflict. 2018 World Bank data notes that approximately 56% of the world's population lives in urban areas which is up from 34% in 1960. Many of these megacities, including New York City, Los Angeles, Sao Paulo, Mumbai, Shanghai, and Manila are adjacent to oceanic waters and vulnerable to trade and supply …
Liberalism Versus Fundamentalism: The Ideological Conflict Between Tocqueville And Qtub, Mary Catherine E. Morris
Liberalism Versus Fundamentalism: The Ideological Conflict Between Tocqueville And Qtub, Mary Catherine E. Morris
Liberty University Journal of Statesmanship & Public Policy
This paper seeks to conclude whether Qtub has successfully discredited the values supported by Tocqueville to draw more Muslims to support an increased role of religion in society and influence the majority of Muslims to conduct violent jihad. It is hypothesized that Muslims agree with Qtub that Islam must be increasingly influential in society, but the majority do not seek to increase its role through, or for the purposes of, violent jihad. Differing in their views on freedom and liberty, freedom of religion and separation of church and state, and man-made laws but agreeing on the negative effects of materialism, …
Analyzing The Onset And Resolution Of Nonstate Conflict In The Middle East & North Africa, Emily A. Barbaro
Analyzing The Onset And Resolution Of Nonstate Conflict In The Middle East & North Africa, Emily A. Barbaro
Senior Honors Projects, 2020-current
By applying structural-functionalist theories of deviance and opposition, this thesis deconstructs nonstate mobilization in the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Using data from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset, the quantitative analysis interpreted both group and leader behavior in conflict situations to determine factors that influenced conflict onset and resolution. The quasipoisson regression analysis of group behavior suggested that polity and state capacity were both significant predictors of violent and nonviolent mobilization. The negative binomial regression of regime behavior suggested that civilian casualties were the most significant predictor of a government response to nonstate mobilization. Ultimately, the …
Taking Terrorists At Their Word: Testing The Co-Religionist Hypothesis In Islamic State Propaganda, Joel Elliott
Taking Terrorists At Their Word: Testing The Co-Religionist Hypothesis In Islamic State Propaganda, Joel Elliott
Doctor of International Conflict Management Dissertations
This dissertation operates on the idea that, as conflict researchers, we can look to Islamic State’s (referred to from here on as ‘Daesh’) own recruitment propaganda to identify the best people to counter Daesh’s violent rhetoric. This project analyzes Daesh’s main print publication, Dabiq, to catalogue and classify the types of people and institutions Daesh targets most, and which types of arguments Daesh uses to attack those targets. It uses this information to test the Co-Religionist Hypothesis, which predicts that the most effective peaceful interveners in a religious conflict will be of the same religion as the belligerents. Conventional …
Mind Your Youth: Youth Unemployment And Islamic Radicalization, Caleb Ray
Mind Your Youth: Youth Unemployment And Islamic Radicalization, Caleb Ray
Honors Theses
This study examines the potential existence of a correlation between youth unemployment and Islamic Radicalization in the MENA using data from the World Bank, the Global Terrorism Database, and the Arab Barometer. It aims to add to the current body of research regarding socioeconomic drivers for radicalization and terrorism.
Washington Dc Model North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Mackenzie Creighton, Kaylee Coffman, Kevin Lundquist, Cameron Zarnich, Colin Molitor, Marc Rego, Stefan Johnson, Robert Belz-Templeman, Takashi Quinlan, Niklas Becker-Brown
Washington Dc Model North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Mackenzie Creighton, Kaylee Coffman, Kevin Lundquist, Cameron Zarnich, Colin Molitor, Marc Rego, Stefan Johnson, Robert Belz-Templeman, Takashi Quinlan, Niklas Becker-Brown
Discovery Day - Prescott
Model North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) consists of several committees, each of whom draft policy relevant to their respective topics of discussion. The Committees debate for the course of the conference, drafting NATO policy to solve a multitude of issues. During this time, a simulated crisis also occurs, and each committee must respond to the updates from the crisis as well as focus on their original goals. After the final committee sessions of the conference, the final resolutions passed by each committee are sent to the North Atlantic Council (NAC), who works to approve all of them unanimously. The end …
Space And Defense – Volume Eleven – Number One – Spring 2019, Space And Defense Journal
Space And Defense – Volume Eleven – Number One – Spring 2019, Space And Defense Journal
Space and Defense
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Space And Defense – Volume Nine – Number One – Spring 2016, Space And Defense Journal
Space And Defense – Volume Nine – Number One – Spring 2016, Space And Defense Journal
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Space And Defense – Volume Eight – Number One – Spring 2015, Space And Defense Journal
Space And Defense – Volume Eight – Number One – Spring 2015, Space And Defense Journal
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Space And Defense – Volume Seven – Number One – Winter 2014, Space And Defense Journal
Space And Defense – Volume Seven – Number One – Winter 2014, Space And Defense Journal
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Space And Defense – Volume Six – Number One – Fall 2012, Space And Defense Journal
Space And Defense – Volume Six – Number One – Fall 2012, Space And Defense Journal
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Space And Defense – Volume Five – Number One – Summer 2011, Space And Defense Journal
Space And Defense – Volume Five – Number One – Summer 2011, Space And Defense Journal
Space and Defense
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Space And Defense – Volume Four – Number Two – Summer 2010, Space And Defense Journal
Space And Defense – Volume Four – Number Two – Summer 2010, Space And Defense Journal
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Space And Defense – Volume Four – Number One – Winter 2010, Space And Defense Journal
Space And Defense – Volume Four – Number One – Winter 2010, Space And Defense Journal
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Space And Defense – Volume Three – Number Two – Fall 2009, Space And Defense Journal
Space And Defense – Volume Three – Number Two – Fall 2009, Space And Defense Journal
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Space And Defense – Volume Three – Number One – Summer 2009, Space And Defense Journal
Space And Defense – Volume Three – Number One – Summer 2009, Space And Defense Journal
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Space And Defense – Volume Two – Number Three – Winter 2009, Space And Defense Journal
Space And Defense – Volume Two – Number Three – Winter 2009, Space And Defense Journal
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Space And Defense – Volume Two – Number Two – Winter 2008, Space And Defense Journal
Space And Defense – Volume Two – Number Two – Winter 2008, Space And Defense Journal
Space and Defense
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Space And Defense – Volume Two – Number One – Winter 2008, Space And Defense Journal
Space And Defense – Volume Two – Number One – Winter 2008, Space And Defense Journal
Space and Defense
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Space And Defense – Volume One – Number One – Fall 2006, Space And Defense Journal
Space And Defense – Volume One – Number One – Fall 2006, Space And Defense Journal
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How Can Presidents Properly Calibrate The Terror Threat?, Gabriel Rubin
How Can Presidents Properly Calibrate The Terror Threat?, Gabriel Rubin
Department of Justice Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Presidential rhetoric has minimally changed from the narrative set by George W. Bush after the 9/11 attacks. Bush’s policies and agenda have also largely remained. This chapter provides proposals for change given the empirical and theoretical findings made in the book. The counterterrorist policy agenda needs to be narrowed and made more precise. The public needs to educate itself about the terror threat to understand that it is not a significant risk when weighed against others. Presidents need to be more careful with what words they use when describing America’s terrorist adversaries and with who they call terrorists. Recalibrating the …