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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Terrorism--United States"”.
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Comparing the narrative with facts: examining the impact of the presidency on right-wing domestic terrorism in the United States
Several studies have examined the activity of right-wing extremists in relation to the actions of President Trump (Chyzh, Nieman, & Webb, 2019; Piazza, 2020). Comparatively, little research has examined the impact of the Obama presidency on right-wing extremism despite a peak in the number of …
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Terrorism ideology and perceptions of homeland security in Tennessee law enforcement
Homeland security is a concept that has become firmly embedded in American society since the events of September 11, 2001. While recent research has begun to study the implications of homeland security in state and local law enforcement, few have focused on perceptions of homeland security …
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Programming homeland security: Citizen preparedness and the threat of terrorism.
This thesis tests the necessity of terrorism in articulating Homeland Security citizenship. Chapter 1 orients the study, reviewing relevant literature. Chapter 2 examines the USDHS Ready Kids program's Homeland Security Guide, mapping a baseline for how Homeland Security citizenship is articulated …
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Far-Right Extremism in America: A Geospatial Analysis of Incident Distribution
<p>There has been little empirical research on the spatial relationship of violent far-right extremism. Previous studies have only focused on portions of far-right violent incidents, such as homicides, or amalgamated all far-right extremist activity, including legal incidents. This study uses data …
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United States Alliances With Australia and Japan in the Twenty-First Century: a Look At United States Grand Strategy For the Greater Asia-Pacific Region
… from being over-extended. Currently, the United States lacks a significant presence in the Southwest Pacific and Southeast Asia regions, and needs a strong and dependable partner in Northeast Asia. In the greater Asia-Pacific region, the United States needs to consider its relations with …
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Fostering Global Security: Nonviolent Resistance and US Foreign Policy
<p>This dissertation comprehensively evaluates, for the first time, nonviolence and its relationship to International Relations (IR) theory and US foreign policy along the categories of principled, strategic, and regulative nonviolence. The current debate within nonviolence studies is between …