How do the fundamental dynamics of lone-wolf terrorism influence its increasing presence as a challenge to counter-terrorism institutions? Since the terrorist attacks of September 11‚ 2001‚ the manifestation of terrorism as a form of conflict has seen the introduction and expansion of different unconventional methods designed to achieve an array of political‚ religious and ideological objectives. Of such examples‚ the concept of ‘lone-wolf’ terrorism has re-emerged as what is perceived to be a
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Thirdly‚ a quick introduction of myself (if I don’t come across a troll and am allowed to linger‚ I might follow up with a more detailed one later!): I have had nothing much to do with islam thus far in my life and I have only had limited direct interactions with muslims. Nonetheless the country I grew up in is inextricably linked with islam and its history for over 1‚000 years was dictated by islamic rule; some claim American historian Will Durant observed based on islamic sources this region suffered
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It is safe to say that the main reason as to why the civil rights movement became fragmented after 1966 was the major ideological splits that had developed within the movement to civil rights for African Americans. Examples include; the rise of black power‚ the adoption of more radical tactics by certain civil rights groups such as the SNCC and CORE‚ and the ideological splits among those involved within the civil rights movement. The rise of the concept of the Nation of Islam gave birth to the
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com/archive/2003/08/2008410152022246519.html Al-Jazeera Ashour‚ O. (2008). De-radicalization of Jihad? The Impact of Egyptian Islamist Revisionist on Al-Qaeda. Perspectives of Terrorism ‚ 2 (5)‚ 11-14. Ashour‚ O. (2010). Hamas and The Prospect of De-Radicalization. In K. Mulaj‚ Violent non-state actors in world politics (pp. 157-180). New York: Columbia University Press. Ashour‚ O. (2007). Lions Tamed? An Inquiry into the Causes of De-Radicalization of the Egyptian Islamic Group. Middle East Journal ‚ 61 (4)‚ 596-627
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The system in Nazi Germany has been suggested to have a adopted a stance of divide and rule‚ which results in power struggles between senior Nazi’s‚ in the attempt to grab Hitler’s attention. Source W says ‘once they had survived struggle by battle‚ they would serve him loyal’‚ this encompasses the belief Hitler had‚ which was that the strongest would come out on top‚ allowing them to show their full loyalty to the Fuhrer. However‚ Carr disagrees with this idea‚ seeing as this illogical idea would
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Introduction The literal meaning of Islam is peace. Because of many current world events‚ Islam is a highly controversial and sensitive issue that has many misconceptions that need to be more fully addressed and understood. It is true that the events of 9/11 have separated the history of American relations with the Muslim world into before and after phases‚ negatively affecting the patterns of assimilation of immigrant Muslims into American culture and society (Simmons‚ 2008). This essay will
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except for the fact that if one of us goes crazy we have more than mandibles‚ we have bombs and guns and an impossible amount of weapons to control. I realized that it is now a different time than our parent’s life‚ where men self detonate out of radicalization just to scare a country and cause damage. However our country has a way to persevere and we didn’t stop what we were doing; we just kept going on with our lives. We know America will be a target but we will still be accepting of all races. We
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Nevertheless‚ these are frequently cited terrorist incidents. In reality‚ “terrorist groups achieved their main policy objectives only three out of forty-two times—a 7 percent success rate” (cited in Abrahms‚ 2006: 51). Attacking civilians‚ ultimately‚ does not improve the chances of terrorism forcing political authorities into compliance. The contention is that attacking civilians miscommunicate the terrorist’s policy objectives (Abrahms‚ 2006: 56). A terror group’s communication strategy breaks
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control over the entire country of Germany was because‚ Hitler joined the German Workers Party in 1919 and soon converted it into Nazi Party becoming its leader. This Party didn’t mean much then but in the beginning of 1930’s as a result of the radicalization of the political views of the German society they became the most significant party in Reichstag. Joseph Stalin’s road to power was much different than the freight train Hitler road on his was to become the sole leader in Germany. Stalin’s started
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this is the posture taken by the Harper administration‚ which immediately announced its intention to table laws that would strengthen Canada’s security state. Never mind the studies that emphasize that religion alone cannot be responsible for radicalization. Politics‚ poverty‚ alienation and mental illness all tend to play some role at some point. Nonetheless‚ the efficacy of surveillance has been called into question in recent years. Leaks by former National Security Agency analyst Edward Snowden
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