Counter-terrorism

Baroque paintings embody theatrical aestheticism, meant to strike observers with religious inspiration. For example, Saint Ignatius of Loyola is adapted to the Counter-Reformation movement, meant to restore Catholicism’s centrality by romanticizing the figures shown. In the Norton Simon Museum’s summary of the piece, it is stated, “the representation of saints [played] an important role... [stressing] the heroic…

Faith all over the world. This made the entire world able to partake in the salvation found in the Catholic Church. The Counter-Reformation was established to counter the erroneous beliefs of the protestants (Pollen). The Catholic Church strengthened the Church and sought to convert the protestants (Ibid; HIST333). Pollen excellently sum up the incredibleness the Catholic Counter-Reformation: “What was not ordinary, what was on the contrary one of the strangest things in the history of the…

“Any institution faces two basic choices if they hope to spark new ideas. One is to leverage the brains trust within their organization by creating a special event dedicated to new thinking. The other is to look outside themselves to stimulate solutions.” -Simon Mainwaring. These type of notions are alien to the United States Army which in my opinion runs as an institution. Some institutions like the United States Army seldom listen to new and challenging ideas. However, if all…

Ignatius of Loyola In 1491- St. Ignatius Loyola was born into minor nobility and he was the youngest of 13 children. He loved the idea of courtly love and knighthood In 1517- Ignatius became a knight in the service of another relative which was Antonio Manrique de Lara. He was a duke of Nájera. Knowing he was interested in courtly love he helped him employe in a military undertakings and put him on a diplomatic mission. In May 1521- He was wounded by a cannonball in battle against the…

The saint I choose to pray to and imitate and whose name I have chosen for the Sacrament of Confirmation is Saint Ignatius of Loyola. His feast day is on July 31st and he was baptized with the name Inigo, but later changed it to Ignatius and adopted Loyola as a surname. Saint Ignatius of Loyola was the founder of the Society of Jesus, or the Jesuits. He was from a wealthy family with royal blood. He was beatified by Pope Paul V in 1609 and was canonized by Pope Gregory XV in 1622.…

In recent decades the United States, and the larger world, has faced a new enemy that has required new policies and laws. Terrorism and the rise of violent, non-state actors has forced the world to quickly adapt to new and more violent warfare against actors that do not adhere to the internationally agreed upon laws of armed conflict. Because of the rapid pace that was required to deal with this new threat, actions were taken that do not represent the values of this country and policies were…

Benjamin Netanyahu was born in October 21, 1949 in Tel Aviv, Israel. While he was born in Tel Aviv, Netanyahu grew up in Jerusalem. At an early age, Netanyahu lived in Philadelphia because his father’s job as a professor required them to live there. Despite living in America, Netanyahu left for Israel in 1967 to serve in the Israeli military. While there, Netanyahu would serve in the Israeli Defense Forces’ elite unit, which is one of the most well trained and exclusive military units on the…

The Terroristic Threat statute is discussed herein. We start with defining the statute and its punishments, followed by common elements and their importance. Then speculation as to it’s importance in Texas law including how the law’s intent aligns with its application and how its application affects public safety. All states have their own version of a Terroristic Threat statute. While each has it’s differences in definition and application, the common thread is that a threat to commit any…

as “instruments meant to alter the cost–benefit assessment of the targets in their policy choices and to enforce international norms, generally but not only related to international security”. Furthermore, sanctions were used to counter the state sponsorship of terrorism in Libya in the 1990s to impose non-proliferation norms in Iran and North Korea from 2006 till date. Quite often also, “they were used…

to make the country become safer, the United States government has adopted several measures since Al-Qaeda perpetrated the attacks on 9/11. But is the United States, somehow safer today than it was fourteen years ago? Expert in security and counter-terrorism agencies agree that, in effect America has become a lot safer. But they warn that it does not mean the government must lower the guards down. In my opinion, however, we are never completely safe. The idea of another eminent terrorist attack…