Terrorism
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Is Yemen in danger of becoming a 'failed state'?
- ( G. Hill / Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK , 2008)
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Yemen is the poorest nation in the Arab world, its location means it acts as a buffer zone between the Horn of Africa and Saudi Arabia and its president’s thirty year reign has been recently ...
Is domestic instability the determing cause of international terrorism?
- ( N. Campos;M. Gassebner / Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn , 2009)
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The events of 9/11 caused a major shift in donor behaviour. The securitisation of aid, as it was termed, saw governments prioritise security issues over strict development concerns. As such Oversea...
Emerging risks: significant drivers in the 21st century
- ( International Futures Programme, OECD , 2003)
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This report is concerned with those risks that affect the systems on which society depends – health, transport, environment, telecommunications, etc. Five categories of such risks are address...
- Youth and radicalisation
- ( O. Roy / Microcon , 2008)
- In recent years there has been a strong focus on ‘Islamic radicalisation’ in Europe, due both to the threat of terrorism and its security implications, and to the issue of integrating seco...
How does aid and foreign policy impact on civil society in Afghanistan?
- ( J. Howell;J. Lind / Centre for Civil Society, LSE , 2008)
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Afghanistan has become the first theatre in which the USA’s seemingly contradictory goals of the War on Terror and the promotion of liberal democracy and free markets are being played out to ...
- Domestic terrorism with transnational ambitions
- ( A. Botha / Institute for Security Studies, South Africa , 2008)
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International developments and challenges and domestic circumstances predominately fuel domestic terrorism. This is particularly true when assessing the 'renewed' threat of terrorism in Algeria, Mo...
- How effective is the Taliban's use of propaganda?
- ( International Crisis Group , 2008)
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This paper discusses the conflict in Afghanistan with a specific focus on the Taliban and their propaganda mechanism. It also looks at the current situation with regards to Afghanistan’s poli...
- The impact of history on current peacebuilding efforts
- ( A.S. Tuminez / Southeast Asia Research Centre, City University, Hong Kong , 2008)
- With a focus on the Philippines, this paper looks at the quest for peace and the impact of the past. It asks what the roots of conflict in Mindanao are, the American role in creating the problem, the ...
Current threats to global human security
- ( A. Mack (ed);Z. Nielsen;T. Cooper / Human Security Centre , 2008)
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Western governments often cite the threat of Islamic terrorism to justify national security concerns, legislature and expenditure. However, is the threat from such insurgents as real &nbs...
- What are the causes of terrorism in Egypt?
- ( A. Botha / Institute for Security Studies, South Africa , 2006)
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This paper presents an investigation into the underlying reasons for acts of terrorism in Egypt. It analyses the re-emergence of the threat of terrorism in Egypt and reflects on the primary role pl...
