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Global Terrorism, 2002.
A study into the subject of global terrorism and the effects it has on the United States.
5,200 words (approx. 20.8 pages), 12 sources, MLA, £ 92.95
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In this in-depth examination of the subject, the author of this paper offers a clear definition of global terrorism. He studies the change in America's views on the subject and lists basic concerns of the effect global terrorism might have on the world and on the United States. The paper analyzes the direct and indirect dimensions of risks to U.S. interests and the patterns of global terrorism. It touches on September 11th, effects on the business sector and future plans to fight global terrorism. Finally, it examines the topic of bioterrorism and the UN response.
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"The U.N. cited America as the "most generous nation in the world in responding to emergencies and crises everywhere else." Perhaps that is why the world grieved and suffered along with Americans when terrorism hit U.S. soil. Nearly half the world joined the U.S. in its international war against terrorism. However, it is important to understand the thin line between "global terrorism" and global organized crime.
According to the U.N., in many important respects, terrorism is a problem to be tackled by law-enforcement agencies, in cooperation with military forces; its magnitude can be brought down to "tolerable" levels, but it can never be totally "defeated", just as we cannot have an absolutely crime-free society; and it is part of the growing trend toward the lowered salience of the State in the new security agenda that emphasizes human as well as national security. "
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Globalization and Terrorism, 2005.
Critically evaluates the relationship between globalization and terrorism and how, ultimately, they are interchangeable problematic issues.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 33.95
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Although society does not often see globalization and terrorism in the same light, there are many connecting aspects. This paper outlines the true definitions of each term and evaluates the relationship between terrorism and globalization.
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"Globalisation has long been viewed as Americanisation, and therefore the revolt against globalisation has always been aimed at the United States. Globalisation is a process more complex than a simple power play from the United states, however many countries view changes brought about as a result of globalisation as a push to remove traditions and religious beliefs from differing nations".
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Globalization and Terrorism, 2005.
An analysis of Jean Baudrillard's article on globalization and terrorism, "The Violence of the Global".
1,340 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 32.95
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This paper explains Baudrillard's argument on "unequal returns" put forth in his article "The Violence of the Global". The paper looks at Baudrillard's analysis of the emergence of terrorism and its gradual prevalence in the period of globalization, as well as his position that universalization, globalization, and terrorism are linked together through the theory of "unequal returns", a process that occurs throughout human history and eventually leads to violence, wars, and, in present times, terrorism.
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"Baudrillard's discourse posits two important generalizations relating the three concepts enumerated earlier (universalization, globalization, and terrorism). The first assertion that he claimed was that the death, or rather, the suicide of universalization was due to the emergence and eventual dominance of globalization in the modern to post-modern societies. The second assertion that he discussed in the essay was that, due to the 'unequal return' of the opportunities given to the West by the Enlightenment-that is, usage of these positive effects of the Enlightenment and modernism without giving these benefits to other societies in return-societies that have learned to cultivate an anti-universal social culture have later resorted to acts of violence against United States through terrorism."
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Global Terrorism, 2002.
A discussion of the thesis that terrorist groups are aligning to conduct global terrorism.
5,496 words (approx. 22.0 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 95.95
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This paper is a proposal for a research study which will attempt to examine the evidence that supports the motives of the terrorist organizations around the world to conduct terrorism on a global basis. It outlines how the study will be exploratory in nature, primarily through various government reports and reports of Embassy?s around the world and how the research will explore a number of terrorism incidents, their patterns, the major groups involved, financing connections and the use of improved communications as a means to coordinate attacks. It encompasses terrorism data from 1992 through the year 2002.
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Chapter 1
Introduction
Rationale for Study
Scope of Study
Thesis and Research Objectives
Chapter 2
Review of the Literature
Overview of Preliminary Research
Chapter 3
Methods
Chapter Four
Findings
Timeline
Works Cited
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"Terrorism is politically motivated violence against persons who are not combatants in a conflict. Americans have always been targeted while in other countries, but on September 11, 2001, they also became the direct recipients of terrorist activities. The goal of these activities is to promote a sense of fear and deep insecurity. Terrorists strike those who are not combat ready. The victims are nor trained soldiers, they are ordinary citizens. These attacks often come without warning, in an attempt to invoke the greatest amount of fear (Wilcox, 1996). Terrorism attempts to undermine the citizen?s faith in their government?s ability to protect them. Terrorists use intimidation as their primary weapon to induce fear in a society."
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Globalization and Terrorism: The Case of Palestine, 2005.
Discusses the connection with the American presence in the Middle East and the increase in terrorism, using Palestine as an example.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, £ 18.95
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This paper very briefly focuses the relationship between hegemonic globalization and terrorism. In particular, this paper emphasizes Palestine as a land colonized by others with the United States roundly supporting its alleged "client state", Israel. Among other things, the paper draws the link between Gulliver in Lilliput and the clumsy colossus, America, in the Middle East.
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"Few modern trends are as disturbing as the proliferation of terrorism in recent years. Since 9/11, the world has come to realize that no one is invulnerable from terrorist attack. This brief paper will examine the relationship between globalization and terrorism by examining the particular case of Palestine. As will soon become apparent, while globalization has brought riches to some, it has created anger, resentment and misery for many more. To begin with, globalization can be seen as a colonizing phenomenon, with powerful western nations imperiously lording over more impecunious lands. As Nassar states, "hegemony continues into the twenty-first century under the guise of globalization" (3). His conception of globalization then, is that it is imperialism under another banner. In the particular case of Palestine, anger and resentment arose out of the colonizing of their ancestral land by Zionists (Nasser 41). "
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Western Foreign Policy & Global Terror, 2004.
This paper discusses the possible link between Western foreign policy and global terror.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 16.95
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This article offers a brief review linking Western foreign policy, to the rise and extension of global terror. The writer suggests that there is a connection between Western foreign policy, especially American and spreading global terrorism. The writer examines the unbalanced American policy for the Arab-Israeli conflict. The writer raises the subject of the anger felt by Islamic populations.
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"American policy in the Arab-Israeli conflict has been neither restrained nor balanced. Rather American policy toward the conflict has provided for an intensive American involvement with a solid preference for Israel. In the early days, Israel was a small struggling country. Survival was an issue and American foreign policy in the Middle East was to achieve peace in order to assure that survival. Contemporary Israel, however has one of the most powerful military forces in the world, together with ... "
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Globalization and Nuclear Terrorism, 2008.
This paper looks at the increasing risk of nuclear terrorism in a flat world.
767 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 19.95
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The writer looks at globalization in a flat world as described by Thomas Friedman who outlines a situation that is even more dangerous than a time when only nation states had access to nuclear technology. In this article, the writer discusses that today, geopolitical conflicts based in ideological differences combined with the economic realities of globalism have given rise to a situation where the destructive power of nuclear weapons may soon no longer be confined to nation states. The writer maintains that it is a problem of such proportions and magnitude that its importance dwarfs the relative importance of nearly every other conceivable problem. The writer concludes that there are grave consequences of failing to control the global economy more effectively and of failing to increase our financial assistance to those regions where poverty rather than ideological sympathy for terrorists, motivates cooperation between those with access to nuclear material and those who wish to attack the United States.
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Background and History of the Problem
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"The Cold War bankrupted the Soviet Union by demanding so much economic investment that ordinary Russian citizens lived a perpetual life of extreme deprivation. Even the vast Russian military eventually was unable to pay many of its career soldiers and the many scientists and technicians responsible for safeguarding its nuclear facilities and materials. Since the end of the Cold War in 1990, many of its nuclear facilities have been shut down, but not reliably secured. As a result, vast amounts of highly enriched Uranium is susceptible to theft for sale on the international black market. Even the nuclear scientists and technicians still employed in the Soviet Union earn significantly less than what would be considered minimum wage in this country and therefore, have tremendous incentive to use their access to nuclear materials to supplement their incomes. "
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Terrorism in a Globalized World, 2005.
This paper discusses that globalization has enabled the global expansion of terrorism.
2,995 words (approx. 12.0 pages), 21 sources, APA, £ 63.95
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This paper explains that the unprecedented impact of 9/11 on the consciousness of America and the international community is a new kind of globalized fear surrounding security, which is the product of shared cultural, political and technological factors characterizing the globalized world against another distinct culture, which aims to destroy rather than build or maintain life. The author points out the interrelationship of countries by relating that Arafat's Palestinian Authority documents unmistakably showed that the PA received money from Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq, which then was given to terrorist commanders for acts of terrorism against Israelis. The paper relates that the FBI categorizes international terrorism in the U.S. into three categories: (1) Activities of foreign sponsors, such as Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Cuba and North Korea, which used terrorism as an operational tool of foreign policy in the past; (2) formalized terrorist groups, such as the Lebanese Hezbollah, Al-Gama'a Al-Islamiyya of Egypt and the HAMAS of Palestine and (3) loosely affiliated international radical extremists who do not represent a particular country, such as those behind the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993 in New York City.
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"Developments in the international scene have enabled mass-casualty terrorism. Perceived and gross inequalities in economic resources and standards of living among nations in the world have motivated international terrorism and determined the level of ferocity and viciousness of attacks. Poverty was often blamed as the main cause of domestic terrorism, although there appears no "comprehensive correlation between" poverty and terrorism. But it is different in the international scenario. Free-market globalization gave the Islamic world access to Western values and institutions and this offers explanation for the growth of international terrorism, which is the weaker party's occasion to hit back."
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Terrorism and Counter Terrorism, 2004.
A study of the development of international terrorism and counter terrorism, both in general and specifically, since the events of September 11th, 2001.
1,754 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 11 sources, APA, £ 40.95
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This paper focuses on the way counter terrorism and terrorism have changed since 9/11 and the growing role of the U.S. It also looks at the development of 'modern' terrorism and the possible consequences of the continuing War on Terror. It debates whetherr or not September 11th, 2001 can be seen as a day that changed the face of terrorism. It also discusses how since the invasion of Afghanistan, terrorist attacks have become more numerous and high profile although their basic purpose remains the same, to gain attention. It puts forward the view that what has changed about terrorism since 9/11 is the amount of media attention it now controls.
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"As well as presenting a recent point of reference for terrorist activity, the conflicts in Palestine and Northern Ireland also show two different ways of dealing with the problem, certain aspects of which have been adopted by the United States. In the case of Britain and Northern Ireland, the conflict is one of territory and security for those who want British rule. In Palestine and Israel however, the situation is based purely on territory. This difference in the foundation for the terrorist action seems to have dictated the way in which terrorism has been dealt with. Because of the presence of British citizens in Northern Ireland, and the small section of society that is involved in the unrest , it has been British policy in recent years to try and settle the situation through political sanctions and increased security measures to prevent terrorism."
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Terror, Europe, and America in the New Global Era, 2004.
An in-depth examination of the frightening phenomenon of increased global terrorism.
8,710 words (approx. 34.8 pages), 21 sources, MLA, £ 131.95
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This is a dissertation that focuses on the terrorist activities that have taken the United States and the UK by storm. It highlights the issues that have led to the formation of the Islamic terrorist networks all over the world, even inside the United States. The report concludes with a discussion on how the strategic policies of the U.S. and the UK fail to solve the problems caused by the spreading terrorism.
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"Terrorism seems to have taken over the world. No matter how hard the industrialized countries try to find ways to achieve peace and stability in the world but somehow the opposite happens. Today?s world is predominantly inhabited by hatred that is visible in the never-ending terror and fear produced by the attacks of September 11th and the military responses undertaken by Super powers. Wars apparently carried out in order to eradicate terrorism are seen by the affected countries as excuses to simply dominate more countries and establish and American hegemony or new colonialism all over the world.
The reasons for escalating terrorism are complex and more than often not understandable. However, some of the reasons are as follows: The growth in the number of terrorist groups is instigated largely by the religious imperative that is greatly funded by the state governments of the Islamic countries; The highly advanced technology and operational competence of "professional" terrorists make it easier than ever for them to attack place."
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The Relationship Between Terrorism and Democracy, 2002.
A paper which explores the relationship between democracy and the rise in recent global terrorism.
940 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 23.95
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The paper shows that many believe that the root cause of the new wave of global terrorism is an increasing divide between rich and poor, thus inciting rising resentment against the local elites and foreign exploitation. The paper discusses methods which the U.S. might use to combat this terrorism, despite the difficulty in attacking anonymous groups. It shows, too, how democratic civil liberties might be sacrificed in the face of stringent security restrictions in the U.S. and the world today.
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"Furthermore it is impossible to identify states that sponsor new terrorism (Bellamy, 1996). The more conventional terrorists, such as the IRA, are more vulnerable to penetration by intelligence agencies than the smaller separate cells of the new-style organizations. Penetrating extremist cults is more difficult (Bellamy, 1996). Therefore, the new terrorists could be called anarchists in its true sense. In the 19th century, most of the terrorist groups, including the anarchists and nihilists had political aims even if they were poorly defined. The groups of the 90?s do not. They can only be understood in terms of where they come from, such as the Hizbollah from the refugee camps in Gaza and the Hamas from southern Lebanon (Bellamy, 1996). They recruit from the marginalized and the dispossessed such as Algeria. This is perhaps the archetype, a very divided society with a repressive government (Bellamy, 1996)."
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Terrorism Today, 2005.
This paper examines global terrorism; its challenges and implications.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 16 sources, £ 89.95
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This paper describes how global terrorism is a challenge that is difficult to deal with effectively, for it is a product of chronic political, economic, military, religious and ideological problems. The paper portrays how the twentieth century we left so gratefully behind us five years ago was plagued by brutal dictatorships, global military confrontation and war, economic injustice, religious intolerance, countless ideological rivalries and seething ethnic and racial hatreds. But, the paper concludes, we have not left behind the consequences of twentieth century conflicts, for they continue to incite disaffected groups to plot terrorist attacks.
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Law Enforcement vs. International Terrorism, 2005.
This in-depth paper analyzes the changing role of law enforcement administrators and agencies around the world in the face increasing global terrorism.
5,449 words (approx. 21.8 pages), 14 sources, APA, £ 95.95
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This well-researched paper opens with a comprehensive and historic look into both the American and British law enforcement agencies. The writer of this paper traces the origins of the British Sheriff's office back to the Norman Conquest which took place in 1066. This paper delves into the significant increase of international terrorism while focusing on the effectiveness of various law enforcement agencies in America and around the world in combating this growing problem. This paper discusses the views and opinions of several historians regarding the increase and decrease of crime and terror from the medieval times and up to the present. The writer of this paper examines specific historic events and their resulting impact on global terrorism including the fall of the Soviet Union, the Cold War and the 9/11 terror attacks. This paper analyzes the manner in which the Bush Administration moved to establish additional intelligence and enforcement cooperation among the existing agencies in order to more effectively face terrorist threats such as al-Qaida. This paper contains detailed and in-depth historical facts and dates relevant to this particular topic. This paper also examines the manner in which recent advancements and progress in technology are assisting law enforcement agencies around the world to thwart off potential threats of terror.
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"Various historians have offered various different reasons for the unexpected decrease in the crime rate during the comparatively modern times, and there were some who assumed that perhaps it was industrialization and urbanization and modernization that contributed to this phenomenon. There were some other scholars and researchers who theorized that in actuality crime had not diminished, but had in fact shifted form bodily assaults that were popular in those times, to crimes that were more or less closely related to property, which also indicated that the nature of crime had shifted from an innate scarcity and paucity, to a greater prosperity as well as a free availability of material goods and possessions during modern times. There is also another form of opinion, which states that the decrease in crime seemed to have happened irrespective of industrialization and urbanization."
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"Terror" in the Mind of God: A Study of Terrorism, 2005.
This paper studies the dangerous influence that religion has on some believers-- an influence that ignites terrorism.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 49.95
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Using Mark Juergensmeyer's book "Terror in the Mind of God" as a reference, this paper examines how religion sometimes influences its believers in such an extreme way that they turn to terrorism in the name of God. The paper examines the origins of terrorism, cultures of violence and the future of terrorism.
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"Juergensmeyer's ideas discussed in the book go against what most criminological theories of crime causation tell us. Rational Choice theory, which is the theory used almost exclusively in today's criminal justice field, believes that criminals choose to commit crime by weighing the potential benefits versus the potential risks. (Siegal, 107). This assumption that offenders make a rational informed decision affects crime prevention strategies (Siegal, 129). The religious terrorist, however, is in a cosmic frame of mind where moral religious values override any sense of legal right or wrong."
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