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19 Cards in this Set
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What is a security dilemma?
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The condition whereby a state's attempts to increase its own security has the effect of decreasing another state's security.
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What is a RSC?
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Set of units whose major processes of securitization,desecuritization or both are so interlinked that their security problems cannot be reasonably analyzed or resolved apart from one another.
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Components of Terrorism
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-Deliberate threat or act of violence
- Political Motives - Non-combative casualties - Audience (Bigger = Better) - Fear as effect, not a by product |
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Purposes of Terrorism
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- Gaining specific concessions
- Gaining publicity - Creating widespread disorder - Provoke repression and counterterrorism - Enforce obedience and cooperation - To punish |
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Pure Terrorism
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Indiscriminate attacks on civilians
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Selective terrorism
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Violence focused against a particular group.
(Type of terrorism) |
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Non-state terrorism
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Differs from state terrorism, done by non-state actors
(Type of terrorism) |
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State terrorism
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Institutional/Internal (Gov't)
(Type of terrorism) |
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Conventional terrorism vs. WMD terrorism
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Conventional weapons vs. Nuclear/Bio/Chemical weapons for attack
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Counter Terrorism strategy
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- Foreign policy decision making
- Identify entire range of threats - Fracture and disrupt - Selective and varied use of tools (Diplomacy, Military, Economic) - Peace negotiations to resolve underlying problems - Engagement of state sponsors - International sponsors |
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3 Middle East subcomplexes
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Maghreb (N. Africa), Levant (Israel/Arab States), Gulf (Iraq/Iran/SA)
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Type of states that make up the Middle East RSC
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Modern yet weak
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South African RSC
(RSC Type) |
Standard
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Central African
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Weak
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West African
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Protocomplex (Insufficient security interaction)
Unipolar = Nigeria |
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Horn of Africa
(Type of RSC) |
Protocomplex (Linked civil wars)
Lawlessness, ethnic/tribal conflict, & piracy |
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Components of an RSC
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-Boundaries
- Anarchic structure - Polarity - Social Construction |
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South Asian RSC
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Standard
(Bipolar = India/Pakistan) |
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Roadmap to peace
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Phase 1: ending terrror and violence. Cease violence towards Israel. Democratize Palestinians.
Phase 2: Creation of a free state for Palestine based on provisional borders. Phase 3: Final agreement b/w Israel and Palestine for peace. |
