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“terrorists use violence to provoke governments into harsh and indiscriminate counterterrorism responses in order to radicalize and mobilize a population whose interests the terrorists claim to represent” (des Mesquita & Dickson‚ 2014: 364). Mobilization works if the target over-reacts by enforcing repressive counterterrorism policies that negatively affects moderates (Berry‚ 1987: 8-12). Overreaction and repressive counterterrorism can create greater social‚ economic and political grievances that push
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Colombia’s government and the rebel group FARC reached an agreement May 17‚ 2014 on ending the illegal drug trade. The deal called for FARC to cooperate with the government in convincing farmers to grow crops other than coca‚ which is used to make cocaine. The announcement was made Friday in Havana where the two sides have been negotiating an end to a 50-year-old insurgency. Colombia was the world’s leading producer of cocaine until Peru recently overtook it in cultivation of coca. The cocaine industry
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Terrorism and Counterterrorism in the United States On September 11th‚ 2001‚ at 8:46 AM the United States experienced something that would transform it forever. The first aircraft smashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center and the second hit the South Tower at 9:03. At 9:37 a third airliner hit the Pentagon and at 10:03 the fourth crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. This was a truly sad day when nearly 3‚000 people were killed in this violent terrorist act. It has not stopped there
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Effectiveness of Torture in Counterterrorism Robert Reitenauer Pennsylvania State University Abstract The use of torture in the world is not a new idea. The use of torture in the world dates back to the 530 AD Roman Empire where Roman jurists viewed the virtues of torture as “the highest forms of truth (Ross‚ 2005).” The United States though has a long history of humane practices of prisoners captured during war. In the Revolutionary War‚ General George Washington ordered that his troops never
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Counterterrorism is a practice that is very necessary in order to continue the American way of life. When we think about Counterterrorism‚ what comes to mind is preventative measures against terrorist attacks from countries such as Afghanistan‚ Iraq or simply the Middle East. After 9/11‚ we became suspicious of people who did not look American. This is a very difficult characteristic to ask for because America is made up of many types of people. Americans do not have an “American Look”. In my
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Theoretical Framework Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Model and Bioecological Model suggest that the developing child (e.g.‚ students‚ teachers) can be influenced by the environment. These environments included but not limited to the developing child’s home‚ school‚ and family (Bronfenbrenner‚ 1994; Bronfenbrenner‚ 1995). The Ecological Model and Bioecological Model can help explain differences between students’ and teachers’ perceptions. In the microsystem‚ for example‚ Bronfenbrenner states that
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Intelligence In the traditional view of China‚ people think intelligence is a person with high IQ and could get high score at the intelligence test. However‚ this should be the biggest misunderstanding at all. A person who can get high grade at the test may just be good at the test‚ and it can never prove the person is intelligence in every field of life. Intelligence is a word to describe a person who is wise. According to my understanding‚ intelligence includes much more
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Apart from testing intelligence‚ researchers were also interested in the question of what intelligence actually is. Today’s theories about intelligence are based on four approaches: 1) Psychometric theories try to answer the questions what forms intelligence takes and what its parts are. Important examples of such theories‚ mostly based on data collected from paper-and-pencil tests are: the Standford-Binet and the Wechsler Intelligence Scales (both for adults and children). Using data from such
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information‚ concepts‚ and abstract symbols. Intelligence is a process of cognition. "Cognition refers to how we acquire‚ store‚ retrieve‚ and use knowledge" (Matlin‚ 1996). It involves the ability to think(cognitive tasks)‚ solve problems‚analyse situations and learn from experience Intelligence is an abstract concept-It cannot be observed but can be estimated only through individual’s performance on tests and real life situations INTELLIGENCE TESTING It is the estimation of a student’s current
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