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Showing 1 to 20 of 73 for “"Counterterrorism"”.
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Counterterrorism Strategy in Yemen
The terrorist group known as al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is a major threat to both Yemen and the United States. A branch of the infamous al-Qaeda terrorist organization, AQAP is growing in numbers, being trained, and exporting terrorists around the globe. AQAP is driven by religious …
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Counterterrorism civil engineering design
Because of the increasing concern about terrorist attacks, engineers have shown a substantial interest in making buildings safer for people. In order to come up with the most adequate design, experts have to carefully define the level of risk on the new structure, since people don't want to live in …
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U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy in Africa
<p>The Obama administration has publicized counterterrorism victories in Mali and Somalia, declaring al-Qaeda (AQ) to be "on the path to defeat.” Recent terrorist attacks in Africa like the Westgate Mall attack in Kenya indicate a reality contrary to that narrative. This paper draws from three case …
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Targeted Killing Technologies and U.S. Counterterrorism Policy
… capability to effectively engage in future counterterrorism operations requiring extraterritorial efforts.
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Counterterrorism in the 1990s: A framework for dynamic analysis
The costs of terrorism are high. Beyond the immediate targets of violence, there exists an audience of public perception whose fragile temperament is too often swayed by the seeming randomness of the act. When terrorism gains momentum, legitimate governments lose public confidence in state …
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How does the US utilize Islamophobia in Counterterrorism Policy
… to show how the US utilizes Islamophobia in counterterrorism policy.
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Framing Terrorism: Implications for Public Opinion, Civil Liberties, and Counterterrorism Policies
… this research seeks to analyze public opinion on counterterrorism policies when the race/ethnicity and ideological motivations of perpetrators in a hypothetical terrorist attack scenario are manipulated. To investigate this premise, an online survey experiment distributed through Amazon MTurk was …
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United States Detention Policy in Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency Operations: 2001 to 2011
… 2001 and 2011, when the US was engaged in counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations against various transnational and radical religious extremists. The purpose of this thesis is to synthesise information from 76 primary source interviews and various secondary sources, analyse US …
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A Narrative of Uncertain Intent: Communication Ethics Literacy and FBI Counterterrorism Practices
… What value does communication ethics bring to counterterrorism practices in this current moment? Following insights of communication ethics scholars that have come before, this work understands communication ethics as practices that yield social literacy about what matters to an other. This …
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Counterterrorism: The G5 Response Efforts to Combat Terrorism in the Sahel region
… now is: have all the national and global counterterrorism strategies to combat terrorism in the Sahel been effective?</p> <p>My hypothesis is that the use of force is necessary but not enough in addressing this threat. I argue that counterterrorism in the Sahel will fail unless the root …
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Activist Intellectuals and Counterterrorism Debates in the Federal Republic of Germany (1968-77)
… motivations of intellectuals who intervened in counterterrorism debates in the 1970s exposes among other things the Federal Republic’s uncertain place in the world at the time. Terrorism was an international phenomenon, yet the domestic debates in response tell a specifically West German story.
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The role of framing in counterinsurgency/counterterrorism operations the status of hearts and minds
… My focus is on the role of framing in the U.S. counterterrorism effort, and I will demonstrate how insurgent and terrorist messages shape the information operations (IO) battlefield against U.S. and Coalition Forces in the Middle East. The thesis will show that the terrorist's message is just as …
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The "War on Terror," Mortality Salience, and American Prejudice Before and After the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings
<p>The United States’ counterterrorism efforts have been framed in various ways in the media and politics, and each framing metaphor varies in its ability to accurately describe counterterrorism (Kruglanski, Crenshaw, Post, & Victoroff, 2007). Each frame also may have effects on the way the public …
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After Bin Laden: An Alternative Futures Analysis for Al-Qaida, Uncertainty in the Arab World, and U.S. Counterterrorism Policy
… and create additional difficulties for U.S. counterterrorism policy. Increasing instability in the Arab region will be carefully analyzed through a structured analytic technique called alternative futures analysis. The assessments will be used to develop sound policy recommendations that …
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From Nonproliferation to Counterterrorism and Beyond: U.S. Foreign Policy, Global Governance and the Evolution of the Nuclear Security Regime
… evolution from nonproliferation efforts to counterterrorism ones; looks at the specific approaches enacted by the George W. Bush and Barack H. Obama administrations; and concludes with observations on the regime's continued longevity.
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An exploration of Muslim Canadians’ perceptions towards law enforcement authorities and their willingness to cooperate in general crime control and counterterrorism efforts
… to cooperate in general crime control and counterterrorism efforts. This thesis seeks to address these two gaps by employing face-to-face interviews with ten Muslim men and women enrolled at a Canadian University in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) between the ages of 19-25. Utilizing a …
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Ecology of Terrorism: Cross-National Comparison of Terrorist Attacks
… traits, country characteristics, and exposure to counterterrorism tactics, influence terrorist violence (e.g. number of attacks, fatalities, targets, mode of attack, location of attack) over time. This study uses counterterrorism and group-level data from the Big Allied and Dangerous (BAAD1, 2) …
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