Radicalization

collaborated study conducted by Daniel Milton, Megan Spencer and Michael Findely on the influx of refugees and transnational terrorism, countries with a significant refugee population are at high risk of transnational terrorism. This study focuses on the radicalization of refugees with respect to conditions in refugee camps and on the treatment of refugees in the host country. According to this study, most refugees experience miserable living conditions inside the camp as most camps are…

Introduction There are a great many things that can motivate a person to do any number of things out there. Motivation itself is the desire of someone to do something or steps to achieve their ultimate goal. Terrorism holds no difference in this sense. It is an act that is carried out by those motivated for what they view as something bigger in their eyes. There are various opinions and views on the acts of terrorism. Some are in understanding while others are in outrage and view this topic as…

As the world grows more politically polarized, unity is rare - thus, it is strikingly notable that terrorism is universally agreed upon as “barbaric”. We must build resilience to radicalization, an act of peace and stability that beings in the community. This occurs through preaching the ideals of moderatism. We must strive to ameliorate the divisiveness and intolerance that has come to characterize political dialogue by ultimately arming…

Established organizations have well placed recruitment tools and techniques to maintain their ranks. Psychological and behavior factors that these organizations use are similar to those of well run governemnts. Recruitment, Media, Power, Wealth, and Radicalization all play vital roles in the process of being a part of on of these groups. Therefore, Individuals who enter these organizations are often looking to be a part of something bigger then themselves. Acceptance is the most important…

against the current ones. For the U.S. and other allied democracies, this was a major threat to their interests. For the western world, the biggest political concerns were the three R’s: Relations, Radicalization, and Revolution. The one with the biggest implications for the world as a whole was radicalization. Fascism, a form of government characterized by its obsession…

terrorist organizations first goal is to take their new recruits on the path of radicalization. This is described by as “The growth of radical groups is a self‐organizing process driven by aggregation of individual behavior, where the entry catalyst into an extremist cell most likely takes the form of someone who recruits one, two or three other participants.” (Helfstein, 2012). In most instances, the radicalization process is a delicate procedure that is responsible for extremists. The…

II. Literature Review A. Religion as a factor Terrorist organizations are linked to religion, such as ISIS practicing radical Islam rituals. Many Terrorist organizations have claimed to attack in the name of Islam, such as Charlie Hebdo, because the newspaper initially insulted the Prophet Mohammad. There are studies shown that evaluate the acts of terrorist groups such as Al- Qaeda, ISIL, and ISIS, linking them with the religion and explaining that the reason these participants are…

Recent high profile attacks carried out by homegrown jihadists, such as Zale Thompson, a Muslim convert who attacked two New York City police officers with a hatchet, have many within the United States Government concerned. In a speech at the National Defense University, President Barack Obama stated, “[W]e face a real threat from radicalized individuals here in the United States…often U.S. Citizens or legal residents [who] can do enormous damage, particularly when they are inspired by larger…

While groups like these are powerful and threat becomes large, there are people who commit domestic terrorist attacks on their own such as Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber. In the late seventies, Kaczynski first attack was done via a bomb he sent to a professor at the Northwestern University. Then later sent another one to the same school later, but this was not the end of his streak. He went on to have an extensive seventeen year career of terror. In which he eventually took the lives…

Our immigration in the past six years has made an uncordial disunion. Furthermore, radicalization in our society completely undermines Paine’s view that there is nothing to, “engender riots and tumults.” It can be said with a great amount of definiteness that the America that we read about in our history books is not the one that we read about…