Irregular

1. How do lone actor terrorists emotionally manage to perform violence in highly confrontational attacks? 2. Project Description Despite numerous high-profile terrorist attacks committed by individuals operating independently from terrorist groups, little academic attention has been given to exploring how these lone actor terrorists can emotionally perform violent acts against other people. Microsociological analyses of antagonistic situations between one or more people have demonstrated…

There are many factors that come in to play when trying to establish the psychological and behavioral factors to terrorism. To summarize a few of these factors within al Qaeda's leadership and affiliate groups are the feelings of victimization or alienation. They believe that acts of moral violations by any of their adversaries will constitute the violence they shed in search of a higher ethical order. "Another foundational component is the idea that the terrorist’s ethnic, religious, or…

1) Describe some of the issues associated with defining and applying the concept of state terrorism. State terrorism is hard to define as the definition is blurry, and the concept is vague. An issue that is associated with it is the definition. State terrorism could either mean that the state harbours terrorists, or that it funds terrorists. Because of this, it is hard to define what state terrorism really is and which classifications are needed to apply this concept. Another issue to do with…

Psychological Perspectives of Lone Wolf Terrorism The psychological perspective of lone wolf terrorism generates the characteristics of the terrorist, focusing on its demographic characteristics by understanding terrorists’ age, gender, social status, and education level. In the research statistic, the general characteristics of terrorists are mostly male, young people, high education background, good foreign language ability, and even high social status. Moreover, numbers of characteristics…

The United States has come a long way since the days of the American Revolution or either of the World Wars. Today war is all about airstrikes, drones, and the use of any other new technology in order to find a way to keep our troops at home and fighting conflicts without having “boots on the ground” as the saying goes. However even with, or perhaps because of, this new technology our country finds itself involved in conflicts that are unconventional to what we have seen in our history. The…

2014-2017, we observe that there has been a growing tendency around the globe but not limited to the United States of America, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Turkey to see the rise of a populist rhetoric where demagogues are increasingly indulging in “gesture politics” while supporting and advocating for policies that right violate the sanctity of the right to privacy and other human rights in an attempt to ‘call for’ doing something about topical security issues and combating terrorism.…

Are military drones really necessary to fight terrorism? Is it the only way to resolve this issue? Drone technology appears to be increasingly popular as the need of “self-protection” against terrorists becomes more urgent. It is fair to conclude that drones are somewhat efficient. However, plentiful of instances and studies have proved otherwise. The use of military drones promotes terrorism, violates international laws, and invades privacy. They are harmful rather than useful to our society.…

Gerontology Sophomore 3. Short Answer Questions (10 points each, 20 points total). Choose two out of four. It is expected the length of the text for each question is about 150-200 words, single spaced. D. Why is the Knossos Palace laid out in a rather irregular form? The largest Minoan site, The palace and labyrinth at Knossos, is also perhaps the most widely known Minoan site throughout the world. Directly under this site are the remains of Neolithic settlements. These ancient remains had…

The Marine Corps has been involved in irregular warfare for the last 10 plus years of counter-terrorism and counterinsurgency in Iraq, Afghanistan, and several other countries as part of the Global War on Terror. The Marine Corps is still involved in irregular warfare on several fronts; albeit at a significantly lower level compared to the era of the Iraq and Afghanistan plus ups. Considering our more modern military campaigns and the current global situation, it is more likely that the U.S.…

When operating against irregular threats, successful application of the 14 Marine Corps leadership traits can be a key element that produces positive results during war. All 14 leadership traits are equally important and can all tie into one another, none of these traits take prominence during irregular warfare. Initially instilled into Marines during basic training, these traits are further developed with annual training and experiences, both good and bad, throughout a Marines time in…