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Introduction

The September 11 incident and the subsequent events have led to substantial increases and enhancements in private, commercial, and federal/state expenditures on strategies against terrorist activities. In addition, there has been a consistent propagation of anti-terrorism programs for fighting the impending menace (Lum, Kennedy, & Sherley, 2006). The factors behind the proliferation of such anti-terrorist programs are unambiguous.
The United States of America faced a new terrorist threat immediately after 9/11 and necessitated a call for new-fangled strategies for the achievement of major goals that included "the disruption of the use of Afghanistan as a terrorist base of operations, and Continue reading...

Terrorism, as a violent act of aggression has always served the purpose of sending a message, whether political or religious. Superpowers would often advance their economic and political interests in the land of another. These were most often political lightweights that were easy to come under the influence of a superior country, with political elites being autocratic and corrupt. However, there often emerges a group of people that will not sit apathetically watching their cultural values replaced with foreign analogues, foreign troops stationed in their native lands, and national interests subordinated to the agenda of other countries. The war Continue reading...

Abstract

The threat of terrorism is one that cannot be underestimated. It poses the single largest concern for security in our country now. Terrorism though is not only a United States concern, but also a worldwide problem. The growing incidences and changing face of this threat continue to pose a unique problem. This has necessitated changing responses, all aimed at evolving to combat this threat. However, before an attempt is made to look at these responses, we must first understand what terrorism is and its origin (O'Kane, 2007).The word terror is derived from the Latin word or phrase,” terrere” Continue reading...

"Sweet Path to Success - Improving Economic Livelihoods for Somali Women [press release]." Africa News Service 6 Nov. 2014. Global Issues In Context. Web. 14 Apr. 2015.
The article provides an insight on the importance of empowering women and youths in Somalia as a way of achieving long-term stability in Somalia. The article has interviewed few women in order to determine the effectiveness programs that has been developed to empower women and young people in the country. The results indicated that in order to improve the success and the stability of the country, it is important to improve the Continue reading...

Any social phenomenon occurs on the background of certain circumstances. The more complicated and serious is this phenomenon to the public, the view of the fact that caused it, should be enhanced. The rise in the daily life of modern society forced to turn to theoretical and psychological roots of terrorism. In modern society, this problem has become a global threat to mankind.
Terrorism is extremely diverse, its various manifestations and motivators are often intertwined and often has cause-effect relationship between each of them. Therefore, it is very difficult to classify terrorism and any form of classification would be Continue reading...

Changes and Challenges after the 9/11 attack

The 9/11 attacks in the United States are deemed to be one of the worst terrorist attack in the world history after Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The tragedy not only changed the life of thousands of people, but also changed the global policy, giving rise to the war on terrorism. The world has changed and begun breathing differently, filling the air with the first fear, bewilderment, empathy, and then with an obsession with security, suspicion and international cooperation in the field of fighting terrorism. This essay deals with the challenges caused by the attack as well as with the responses Continue reading...

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Is the war on terror just?

Introduction
Terrorism is not a conflict between two nations; it is a conflict of ideology and politics. The war on terror has been heavily misplaced since the day it was launched. The politics and arrogance of certain leaders have cost the nation the lives of thousands of young Americans who otherwise would have led the country’s economy. The United States is not the only country in the world that is affected by terrorism however; it is the only nation that has been spending trillions of dollars to fight a non-existent war that we cannot win at Continue reading...

Terrorism and homeland security

When it comes to defining terrorism it is not as cut and dry as most would think when they hear the word. The word terrorism is used to define many acts of violence by the media and politicians. An example of how difficult the term terrorism is to define can be found directly embedded in the government as four different agencies each think of terrorism as a different thing. The State department defines it as attacks on “noncombatant departments” (Jacobson, 2015), which has more emphasis on places that military personnel are known to visit often, and military zones that Continue reading...

1. The plaintiff’s challenges to the law centered on two main arguments. First, under the void-for-vagueness doctrine which derives from the due process clauses of the Fifth Amendment, prohibits criminal laws that lack the necessary specificity and definiteness that allows people to understand what is or is not legal conduct. According to the plaintiffs, Section 2339B was unconstitutionally vague because terms in the statute, namely: “training”, “expert advice or assistance”, “service,” and “personnel” can be so broadly defined that they do not provide clear guidelines for what acts would be a violation of the law. Second, under the Continue reading...

Are terrorism, terrorist, terrorist action mutually synonymous or mutually exclusive terms? Why is it so difficult to define terrorism? Or is it?
The term terrorism, terrorist, and terrorist actions are mutually synonymous terms. U.S. Department of State (1998) definition of terrorism as "premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience." Terrorist and terrorism are difficult to define because the vast nature of the action. Prior to the horrific events that took place on United States soil on September 11, 2001, terrorism didn’t need to be defined. Continue reading...

Abstract

The characteristics of terrorism are difficult to effectively qualify. The Department of Homeland Security has the requisite of formulating policies that have the capacity of providing protection to the general public and communities. In the production of policies that are at the level of the general public, the practiced evacuation plans would be implemented in order to avoid a substantial amount of panic should a terrorist event take place in a government or commercial building. An essential factor is risk. Risk has a substantial participation in the policy making roles of enhancing security subsequent to the September 11th, 2001 Continue reading...

Since the nation’s founding in 1776, the United States has waged war on a number of foes. While some of those foes were entire nations or threatening factions within other nations, others have been harder to define and even harder to defeat. Several notable non-military wars waged by the US are the War on Polio, undertaken by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and the War on Drugs, officially declared by President Richard Nixon in 1971 (“A Brief History of the Drug War,” n.d.). Both wars aimed to address a growing public health epidemic - the poliomyelitis virus, which killed Continue reading...

Abstract America is one of the nations that have experienced worst terror attacks in the history. These include the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993, the bombing of the Oklahoma Federal Building in 1995, the September 11th attacks in New York, 2001 bombings in Washington and Pennsylvania and the Boston Marathon Bombings in 2013. Since then the USA government has put up all measures to counter terrorism activity in the nation through amending laws and policies and employing strict security measures such as random security checks. The country is wary of a possible terrorist threat in the Continue reading...

An Overview of Facts, Dates and Purposes of the Two Reports

Taking an analysis of the New York Police department report, published in 2007, it appears that its major purpose is: To provide information to policy makers and officials with the power to enforce laws in Washington and other parts of the United States regarding the growing trend of domestic terrorism. Additionally, this report seeks to elicit debates among law makers and enforcers on the best strategies that could be used to counteract homegrown terrorism acts through a proper understanding of the radicalization processes.
On the other hand, the report on ‘Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence Continue reading...

Question 1

Terrorist activities have increased recently in most of the countries. However, the terrorists have portrayed their might and power to the citizenry through the frequent attacks to the people despite the warnings from the governments. However, it is essential to note that the terrorist attacks must emanate from something, and in most cases, terrorists succeed in the attacks due to the high corruption levels in the state offices. Nonetheless, terrorism has become a complex issue to analyze and define because it could draw meanings from a range of dimensions. Some of the dimensions used include; political, social and economic. Continue reading...

Lately, the worldwide press has briefed the global community on the scattered bellicose atrocities carried out by the Islamic terrorist group-nation known ISIS. The apparent crimes against humanity, including the raping of children and beheading of individuals who partake not of their faith, has left many confused and stunned – particularly in the West. While exploring for a topic of global interest, it came to the attention of this mind, of how little is personally known about the Muslim faith and why terrorists like ISIS are so enraged and secretive. Were there certain countries, such Somalia and others, who were Continue reading...

Introduction:

This group is the most terrorizing group in the world in the present day scenario. They have resorted to inhuman practices and war crimes which are condemned all over the world. They have gained notoriety by capturing city of Mosul. But, no matter how they operate, like all organizations they have propaganda and goals to achieve. Therefore, it becomes very imperative to understand their objectives and act accordingly to control their growth.
This group had a very humble beginning in the year 1999 when it was started by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. It initially was called ‘Jamaat al-Tawhid wal Jihad’. Continue reading...

Mid-term Essay

MAKING GLOBALIZATION WORK: JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ
Globalization refers to the process of integration and interaction of people, organizations, governments, and other stakeholders of different countries driven by the objectives of international investment and trade and aided by the advancement of information technology. It defines the movement of the world towards financial economic, communications, and trade integration as nations seeks to address the challenges undermining local productions and maximize the opportunities in other countries. The implication is that nations open their nationalistic and local perspectives to a wider and broader outlook where there are interconnection and interdependence among various nations. Continue reading...

Security and Liberty: Terror and rights

As in the time of President Abraham Lincoln, the United States again finds itself enmeshed in war, and in war, the laws that apply are different. Lincoln halted the right of habeas corpus, with the suspension; the power of the judiciary to review the merits of the detention of the person is also stopped, triggering the fiercest debates on the Constitution during his administration (Williams, 2015, p. 1). During the administration of President George W. Bush, the US-led “War on Terror” was launched; in one swift deliberate move, President Bush destroyed the US Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Continue reading...

The emergence of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has raised multiple new issues in the fight against religious extremism and terrorism. Perhaps one of the most important issues remains the terror group’s sickening brutality and its uncanny appeal to some Muslim youths across the world, who are flocking to the Middle East to join ISIS. According to McCoy (2014), up to 3000 youths from Europe and North America (including 700, 800, 400 and 70 youths from France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the US respectively) had travelled to Syria and joined ISIS by the close Continue reading...