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Showing 1 to 20 of 694 for “"Terrorism"”.
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Terrorism and Democracy
Terrorism as a phenomenon may well be as old as organized conflict, but in the last half-century it has intensified to the point where some consider it the method of choice for attacking democratic societies and ideals. Democracies are both uniquely vulnerable and uniquely resilient to terrorist …
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Responding Morally to Terrorism
Terrorism poses intellectual challenges for just war theory. In my thesis, I argue that states who have experienced a terrorist attack should not declare war immediately because a moral state response should be proportionate to the severity of the attack. I offer a terrorism response scale that …
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Biological Weapons and Terrorism
… paper is to determine if there is a growing bioterrorism threat. The thesis analyzes the lessons and implications taken from two state program case studies and four examples of terrorists desiring or achieving a biological weapons capability. The second part of the thesis aims to understand the …
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Terrorism: Ideology and Strategy
At the start of the twenty-first century, terrorism has become a far greater threat to Western democracies than most could have imagined. Scarcely a nation remains untouched by the effects of terrorism. The events of 11 September have prompted a reassessment of terrorism and of terrorist groups. …
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Redefining terrorism: can State Actors commit and be responsible for acts of terrorism?
… seeks to give a more extensive definition of terrorism through a more innovative interpretation and use of the existing international legal systems, while not jeopardizing its foundations in the process. The dissertation also undertakes a proper evaluation of the elements of terrorism. The …
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The policing of terrorism: a comparative analysis of Turkish and Canadian counter-terrorism responses
… creation and enforcement of government counter-terrorism strategies. Modern police organizations are tasked with preventing and responding to terrorism, in addition to their traditional policing duties of crime prevention, criminal investigation and order maintenance. However, despite the …
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International Law and Counter Terrorism
… between international law and counterterrorism. It thoroughly explores the concept of terrorism, analyzing it from the perspectives of international criminal law, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. The thesis highlights the complexities and limitations of current international …
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Suicide Terrorism: A Future Trend?
This thesis reviews the literature on “new terrorism,” to be differentiated from the “old terrorism.” The study tests two hypotheses. First, has an increase in religiously inspired terrorist groups led to an increase in terrorism's lethality? Second, does suicide bombing as a tactic explain the …
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Gender Inequality and Terrorism: An Analysis of the Effects of Socioeconomic Gender Inequality on Terrorism
<p>Studies of terrorism have explored a number of factors thought to drive the phenomenon. Authors often tie socioeconomic development to reducing terrorism. Among structural explanations of terrorism, however, authors generally neglect the effect of gender inequality, though studies show that …
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Poverty, Inequality & Terrorism Relationship in Turkey
Poverty, Inequality & Terrorism Relationship in TurkeyUsing empirical evidence criminological studies have identified a relationship between poverty and crime and many studies have concluded that a high crime rate is associated with a higher poverty rate. Other studies indicate that inequalities …
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Loss of Identity, Radicalization, and Terrorism
… both countries have been primary targets of terrorism. This thesis investigates the repeated pattern of events and analyzes from a birds-eye view the cycle leading to the rise of terrorism in France and Belgium. This research disputes that anxiety causes discrimination and lack of integration …
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Terrorism and the new international environment
This thesis examines the characteristics of terrorism in the new international environment following the Cold War in which international terrorism is undergoing drastic changes in its sources and characteristics; The breakdown of the bipolar system and concomitant diffusion of political power have …
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Causes of domestic terrorism: 1970-2010
… determinants of transnational and domestic terrorism are not necessarily synonymous. A domestic terrorism event population was derived by applying definitional criteria to the University of Maryland's Global Terrorism Database. Economic, political, systemic, and social structural …
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Local Law Enforcement's Counter Terrorism Capabilities.
… was to analyze local law enforcement's counter-terrorism capabilities as it relates to the varying size of United States local law enforcement agencies. Data for the study came from a study entitled "Impact of Terrorism on State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies and Criminal Justice Systems in …
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The Role of Women in Terrorism
<p>The main purpose of this paper is to understand what motivate women to join terrorist groups and why these organizations prefer to work with female terrorists. Although each woman has different reasons to involve in terrorist groups, this research demonstrates 'religious, political and personal' …
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Human Intelligence in Federal Terrorism Cases
… Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigated terrorism in the United States in addition to making counterterrorism the FBI's top priority. One of the ways the FBI prevents terrorism is through the use of undercover agents and confidential informants. How the 2002 and 2008 Attorney General …
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