An Analysis of the Efficacy of Post 9/11 Security Policy in Countering Violent Extremism and Reducing Acts of International Terrorism

<p>Terrorism is a phenomenon that baffles even the most experienced of researchers within academia. Understanding what constitutes terrorism is important to the field of international relations because combatting terrorist violence yields no straightforward method of prevention and protection. This paper examines four measures of counterterrorism taken by the U.S. government after the September 11^th attacks. The methods included in this study and the framework in which they are congruent with are: The War on Terror as a defense strategy, torture and “enhanced interrogation techniques” as a deterrence method, targeted drone attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan as a compellence force, and public diplomacy as a feature of negotiation. This paper examines which methods, if any, were successful as counterterrorism measures by whether they could neutralize al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden without contributing to recruitment and further organized attacks against the West.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

International Relations

Year dc:date.available

2018

Author dc:creator

• Khan, Omaima

Contributors dc:contributor

• Bruce Cronin

• terrorism
• security
• extremism
• 9/11
• islamophobia
• International Relations
• Terrorism Studies

Repository record dc:identifier

https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cc_etds_theses/762

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:academicworks.cuny.edu:cc_etds_theses-1760