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The industrial revolution marked the start of the new face of the world with the improved development and quality of life. The revolution increased the rate at which new and complex discoveries have come to be across the world. Countries have over the years embarked on exploiting their natural resources to develop their economies and improve the standard of living of the residents. The international community has however raised issues on how the discovered resources are used because of the security

ANALYSIS OF TERRORISM CASES Introduction Terrorism manifests itself in many forms. Ideological terrorism, national terrorism and religious terrorism are some forms of terrorism that became common after the Second World War. Several theories and hypotheses have been put forward to explain the causes of terrorism. Among these the negative identity hypothesis explains how frustration with social norms and roles combined with restricted channels of expression can lead people to group together to engage

When discussing terrorism, the groups which most frequently come to mind are those which operate either internationally or specifically in foreign countries, such as al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, Al Shabab. However, the United States has a number of domestic terror groups some well-organized, some loosely connected that have perpetrated serious attacks over the last few decades. Al-Qaeda's attacks on September 11th, 2001, and the subsequent wars born out of the United States' response to these attacks have

Budd 1 Liam Budd 260465022 POLI 227 TA: Sherif Fouad The Arab Uprising: The Unfinished Revolutions of the New Middle East Marc Lynch defines the 2011 Arab uprisings as “an exceptionally rapid, intense, and nearly simultaneous explosions of popular protest across an Arab world united by shared transnational media and bound by a common identity” (Lynch, 9). In his book The Arab Uprising: The Unfinished Revolutions of the New Middle East, he sets out to put the events of the Arab uprising

The Pleas of Palestinians Freedom, a common concept that is taken for granted by most people living in developed countries. However, the idea of freedom is still wanted in developing countries and non-recognized countries, such as Palestine. Palestinians have always lived in the current country of Israel; however, they were never able to obtain the land of their ancestors, therefore many different Palestinian groups from the Palestinian Liberation Organization, an observer in the United Nations

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (or the Levant), ISIS, is the most recent terrorist organization to take hold of the Middle East. Controlling large portions of Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State began as an offshoot of al Qaeda in 2004, when it was originally known as al Qaeda in Iraq. While both organizations have radical anti-Western viewpoints, ISIS has taken its beliefs to an extreme form of Sharia law, as it tortures and executes other Muslims who do not have the same radical ideologies.

Endangered Languages and Cultures Why We Should Do Nothing Word Count: 1861 Endangered Languages and Cultures Why We Should Do Nothing Over winter break I watched Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner. It has since become my favorite film. Scott’s attention to detail is evident in every frame of the movie. Language, or rather communication, is a recurring theme throughout the film. More precisely, Cityspeak—a language made up of German, Japanese, and Spanish—is one of the not so noticeable thematic

Media propaganda Propaganda is a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position. As opposed to impartially providing information, propaganda, in its most basic sense, presents information primarily to influence an audience. Propaganda often presents facts selectively (thus possibly lying by omission) to encourage a particular synthesis, or uses loaded messages to produce an emotional rather than rational response to the information presented

Throughout history, we have seen the wrongdoings of western societies and the resulting influence of their actions in several different countries across the globe. Their actions have led to prejudice and manipulation of the present history. Numerous people do not comprehend that the actions taken in the past from these western countries are the reasons for the chaos and turmoil in societies such as those in the Arabic culture. Misconceptions about Arabic people and their beliefs have originated due

How is ‘ethno-nationalist’ terrorism distinguished from other forms of terrorism? Does an ethno-nationalist terrorist threat require a different response to other forms? Answer these questions with appeal to a) theories and concepts of terrorism, and b) a case study of one terrorist group that has ‘ethno-nationalist’ characteristics. A main misconception of terrorism especially in today’s society is that, society views terrorism as faith- based acts of violence, when it may not be the case. Terrorism