Radicalization

to achieve significance, and a commitment shift to the goal of significance and eschewing other goals that conflict with violence or terrorism. They outlined some of the process of deradicalization and to some extent the components leading to radicalization is reversed in the process of deradicalization. If an individual become deradicalized, however, they go through a difficult period in life afterward and lose significance again, what aspect of deradicalization prevents them…

Bin Laden communicated to his people and the world through several means. His most powerful means were attacks that he commanded. He was a man of action! Another method that he was really counting on to get his message to the world is the media, television, the Internet and radio. According to Seib "Al-Qaeda and its jihadist brethren use more than 4,000 web sites to encourage the faithful and threaten their enemies"(2008, 74). Even after his death Bin Laden"still has a core leadership…

opened fire on a holiday party at the Inland Regional Center in on Wednesday, killing 14 people and injuring 21. They were killed hours later in a gunbattle with police as they attempted to flee in a black SUV. Comey said there are indications of "radicalization by the killers and the potential inspiration by foreign terrorist organizations," but did not elaborate. U.S. officials earlier said Malik had expressed support…

What effect will President-elect Donald J. Trump have on the relationship with the United States of America and the rest of the world? Well, it is uncertain. Trump’s vision for the U.S. is “peace through strength.” He wants to submit a new budget to put the military at a higher level, improve our intelligence and cyber capabilities. He believes we will achieve a stable and peaceful world with his plan. Danish Ali, a graduate student at Missouri Science and Technology, says Trump, “plans to…

The phenomenon of lone wolf terrorism has emerged to be one of the most unpredictable forms of terrorism currently plaguing United States national security. Unlike group-based terrorism, lone wolf terrorists have a critical advantage in avoiding identification and detection before their attacks as they often do not communicate or portray their intentions with others. For this reason, the lethality of lone wolf terror attacks tends to be greater when compared to group-based terrorists. Despite…

Paper The Final Solution Ever since the world has become aware of the Holocaust on the Jews, many historians have debated back and forth of who caused this, why this had happened, and when it was decided. Although the popular opinion is to put all of the blame on Hitler because he was the complete ruler at the time, but through more research there are other debates spoken about and other ideas became even more popular. Two of the more popular schools of thought are functionalism and…

The involvement of women in domestic terrorism and warfare in the United States has been poorly explored by counterterrorist actors, scholars, and policy makers. This is because the experiences of females in armed conflict are different to those of men, due to the perceived gendered share of responsibilities and roles. Historically, direct combat was exclusively recognized as the affairs of men, with many children and women being the victims due to direct targeting and displacement. Thus, women…

What initially seemed to be a regular police raid on a random June night in 1969 turned into riots lasting several evenings, with an impact that would continue to this day. Often people divide the history of the United States’ gay rights movement into two epochs- “before Stonewall” and “after Stonewall”. Accordingly, this distinction illustrates the Stonewall Riots’ individual importance for gay rights even as it was not the first event to highlight the injustices of homophobia. Despite its…

The concept of family in most rural societies is typically that of being very traditional and very conservative. Rural life in late imperial China was no exception. Combining the traditional elements of familial piety with the teachings of Confucianism, rural life in late imperial China was simple and yet ever so complex. In order to maintain control of both public and private life, society in late imperial China sought to incorporate Confucian ethics into state laws. The roles of each…

problems because of their fear to share resources. The federal and state correction facilities should establish higher level of partnership to facilitate correction activities like training and housing for the inmates. iv. Inmate Radicalization Terrorism radicalization has gotten into prisons with communications with drug cartels, homemade terrorists and street gangs causing violence inside prison and when they leave prison. There has been a rise in use of mobile phones threats to families…