Extremism

Being very much into History, I studied the men Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson is considered to be one of the founding fathers of the U.S., as he played a major role in the drafting of the Declarations of Independence. Another important fact about Jefferson was the fact that he was elected as governor of Virginia during the American Revolution. After the Revolution, he was appointed as minister of France. He also served as the country’s very first Secretary of State, its…

In addition, the unleashing of religious wars and other sectarian violence means we haven't seen the establishment of western style democracies across the Middle East. You see actions which fan the flames of war, extremism and…

country should not be allowed in–including American citizens who are currently abroad–and that anyone identifying as Muslim should be “registered” as so. While this tactic may have its merits as a way to fight terrorism (by which we mean Muslim extremism, not neo-Nazi groups or anti-immigration squads or “disturbed” white men with guns whose combined casualties are enough to make anyone quake in their boots), it disturbingly resembles the methods used for completing mass genocide. During Adolf…

For my discussion this week I decided to delve into extremism and the factors in personality that can turn strong differences in opinion to aggression and violence. The event that precipitated my interest in this subject is the recent rise of the IS in the Middle East. IS stands for Islamic State. The Islamic State has taken advantage of the ongoing Syrian civil war to stake a claim to land in both Syria and Iraq, proclaiming that they have formed a new caliphate. Of particular interest to me is…

The 21st century has seen the rise of an interconnected world, where exchanges of all sorts – whether commercial, financial, migratory or informational – have boomed. Alongside these major features of a globalising planet, terrorism has resurfaced as a crucially challenging threat to today’s societies. When thinking about terrorism, the recent shootings in Paris in January and November 2015, or the airport bombings in Brussels in March 2016 may sound relevant. First of all, the definition of…

roles, and adultery were on par with the some of the strictest forms of sharia espoused by conservative Muslims. In modern times, Christianity still struggles with some of its more radical members, however, for the most part, fundamentalism and extremism have been pushed to the…

way to avoid this bloody war. Slavery was a controversial topic in the United States and was bound to be the catalyst of a civil war. The Civil War was a result of failures of leadership, the differing societies of the North and the South, and extremism. The citizens from both of these regions of the United States were very close-minded and had their minds made up about where they stood when it came to slavery. Neither side was going to give in to the other 's adamancy and beliefs without…

has had a keen eye pointed towards the Middle East for years, but the recent conception and rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, has garnered a new caliber of attention. Gaining notoriety for their barbaric acts and militant extremism, ISIL is edging out al-Qaeda as the most powerful jihadi organization. The threats stemming from the existence of such a group reverberate far beyond the immediate Arab nations; ISIL is attracting people from all walks of life, including…

There were many causes that led to World War II. The lack of economic development, rise of extremism, and failure of international diplomacy were the three main factors that were responsible for the start of WWll. The lack of economic development was most responsible for causing WWll because it was the first problem that led all other factors of the war to happen. The lack of economic development caused WWII because the people felt angry about the situations they were in, and they were looking…

Suicide Terrorism” published in The American Political Science Review, Robert A. Pape attempts to explain how, contrary to other explanations, the rise of suicide terrorism was due to its strategic effectiveness and not rising fanaticism or religious extremism. Pape uses a combination of realism and liberalism to explain the rise of suicide terrorism as one caused by its usefulness as a method of coercion and its effectiveness in achieving modest concessions from targeted democratic states, but…