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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"terrorist organizations"”.
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Foreign Terrorist Organizations: The Correlation Between Group Identity and Becoming Transnational
In asking what factors better allow foreign terrorist organizations to become global, I propose the question: in what ways and why do foreign terrorist organizations become transnational in the post-Cold War era? This research will then evaluate the strategic use of group identity – specifically …
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Terrorist Organizations in North Africa: The Evolving Threat to Global Security
… the United States. In order to prevent future terrorist attacks, the United States and her allies must recognize the growing threat in the region and work to eliminate the causes or radicalism within the local populations as well as the terror groups themselves.
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Slaying the Dragon: An Analysis on How to Dismantle Terrorist Organizations
… the world and may seem impossible to put down, terrorist organizations have been defeated throughout history. Understanding the major causes of other group's demise may teach us useful skills in how to defeat the current problems. The most useful policies that have been effective in defeating …
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Fixing the Failed: An Investigation of Terrorist Organizations and State Building Capabilities
<p>This study examines the role of terrorist organizations in failed states. In particular, their ability to perform positive state-building activities that result in stability is investigated. Both terrorism and state failure present unique and serious threats to international security. However, …
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Hizb Ut-Tahrir: Preemptively Eradicating the Recruitment Pool For Radical Islamic Terrorist Organizations
… when the recruitment pool for radical Islamist terrorist organizations is eradicated. Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami, a radical organization, represents the ultimate recruitment source for the future of terrorism in the name of fundamental Islam. This study will provide an organizational profile or …
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Terrorist Safe Havens: Towards an Understanding of What They Accomplish for Terrorist Organizations
How do safe havens help facilitate a militant terrorist organization's activities and operations? This study expects to find that safe havens do matter, that they provide safety, training, rest, etc. The researcher presumes that without safe havens, many of the operations that these organizations …
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Global Social Disorganization: Applying Social Disorganization Theory to the Study of Terrorist Organizations
… for understanding the social context in which terrorist organizations emerge and operate stifles the systematic study of terrorism and inhibits the ability of the social sciences to influence international policy. To address this limitation, the present study begins by defining terrorism, and …
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A Conceptual Map for Understanding the Terrorist Recruitment Process: Observation and Analysis of Turkish Hezbollah Terrorist Organizations.
… of terrorism, and the recruitment style of terrorist organizations If terrorist recruitment does not stop, then it is safe to say terrorist activities cannot be stopped. This study focused on the recruitment process by observing two different terrorist organizations, DHKP/C and Turkish …
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Government Communication and Terrorist Organizations: Towards a Concept of “Crisis Communication” in reaction to 21st Century Islamic Terrorist Attacks for Western Governments
… the threat of terrorism, the nature of terrorist activities and their impact on their populations? The main goal behind answering this question is to find out how statements after the most significant Islamic terrorist threats and attacks were influenced by and did influence the …
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An Analysis of Women and Terrorism: Perpetrators, Victims, Both?
… It will research the use of violence within terrorist organizations, perpetrated by female participants. What leads women to join groups like the Islamic State? There will be an analysis of the factors that attract women to joining terrorist organizations, in addition to the practices of …
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Terrorism And Organized Crime: An Analytical Study From An International Law Perspective
… comes from a special relationship between terrorist organizations, organized crime syndicates, and their cooperation with each other, which has enabled terrorist organizations in particular to carry out recruitment efforts and operations alike. It has also fueled an international black …
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Gender, Terrorism, and Nation-Building: A Comparative Study of Chechnya's Black Widows and the Female Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
… examines the historical context of female terrorists in Chechnya (referred to as Black Widows) as well as the female participants of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The author explores women’s motivations for joining each of the conflicts, as well as the shifting role of women …
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After Bin Laden: An Alternative Futures Analysis for Al-Qaida, Uncertainty in the Arab World, and U.S. Counterterrorism Policy
… in the Arab region. Islamic extremism and terrorist threats pose a serious challenge to emerging Arab governments, U.S. national security, and American interests abroad, and create additional difficulties for U.S. counterterrorism policy. Increasing instability in the Arab region will be …
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The Role of Women in Terrorism
… 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' reasons as the major …
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Challenges Encountered During Law Enforcement Investigations of Terrorist Use of Information Technology.
… of information technology. Criminals, including terrorists and terrorist organizations, have also adopted information technologies. Information technologies are used to enhance the efficiency, productivity, and effectiveness of terrorist activities and offenses. Investigating terrorist use of …
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Socio Demographic and Motivational Differences Between Active Participants And Supporters In PKK Terrorist Organization
… of the scholars have tried to provide general terrorist profile, which is commonly usable for all terrorists. They were seeking to identify the process of becoming terrorist (Sageman, 2004; Russel&Miller, 1977; Strentz, 1988; Hassan, 2001). The main problem on those studies is that, without …
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Loss of Identity, Radicalization, and Terrorism
… and lead to terrorism. Analyzing the patterns of terrorist activity and the path of radicalization is essential to preclude individuals from joining terrorist organizations. This research aims to recognize key elements of understanding the correlation between radicalism, identity, and sense of …
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An Analysis of Terrorist Recruitment by Observing DHKP/C (Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front) Terrorist Organization in Turkey
… research analyzed the recruitment process of terrorists by studying the DHKP/C terrorist organization and by answering the following questions. The first is "What factors are correlated with joining a terrorist organization?" And the second is "What is the recruitment process of the DHKP/C?" …
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Hezbollah: Chattel of Deception
… mirror imaging is ever present when one examines terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah as its ideology and politics are inseparable. The radical, destructive, and hateful nature of Hezbollah’s agenda should be ever present in one’s mind. Look past the superficial aspects of its alleged …
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Follow the Money: Targeted Financial Measures to Counter Nuclear Proliferation
… used effectively to disrupt the financing of terrorist organizations and the United States has tried to apply many of the same tactics to counter the illicit finance of nuclear weapons proliferation. This paper describes and analyzes how the United States has developed and implemented targeted …
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