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As part of the study on the war in Afghanistan, there is a need to define counterinsurgency from counterterrorism, and in order to fulfill such, there is still a need to define the root-words that comprises the two military labels.... counterterrorism, on the other hand, is a concatenation of the words counter and terrorism.... counterterrorism refers to the practices, not necessarily military in nature, that acts as a response to terrorist threats and/or acts, be it real or imputed (Zalman)....
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Research Paper
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Essay
But it is very important to understand the motivations behind the terrorism when engaged in counterterrorism efforts, mainly because today the terrorism has become high tech and spread globally, infiltrating the society.... The aftermath of 9/11 has brought out ‘war on terrorism' where torture of innocent has become a by-word for preemptive and preventive actions against future terrorist acts.... US Patriotic Act was amended and renamed ‘USA Patriot and terrorism Prevention Reauthorization Act' (USPA)....
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Essay
The paper provides and evaluates the implication of female suicide bombing for counterterrorism measures and jihad.
... More important are the implications which female suicide bombers carry for counterterrorism efforts and Jihad.... This paper will analyze the case of several female suicide bombers, to identify their real function and effect on the public idea about Jihad, and the influence which they produce on the structure of counterterrorism approaches against suicide bombers....
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Yet, together with these gains… National security officials across the globe are extremely concerned about this new kind of terrorism.... This essay discusses the impact of information technology on terrorism; how policymakers, intelligence specialists, and scholars view this current change in the nature of terrorism; and the needed security or defense policies to disrupt this new form of terrorism....
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Term Paper
Therefore, effective state-counterterrorism should entail associations between the society and governments to ensure state compliance with terrorism regulations.... State terrorism encompasses the acts of terrorism in which governments or nations engage to inflict fear and violence against their citizens or on the other states.... Apparently, state terrorism does not eminently have a clear distinction with transnational terrorism....
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Essay
The paper "Prioritization of Hard Power in counterterrorism" discusses that the effective countering of terrorism on the global stage, as has been seen in the discussion above, requires the use of an array of options that may seem contradictory; hard power and soft power.... The manner in which the counterterrorism efforts are conducted matters more than the possible process outcomes.... Whereas counterterrorism efforts achieve the former through use of military and economic threats or reward, the latter involves the co-opting of terrorist actors to share similar values to those of the counterterrorism players (Lum & Kennedy, 2012: p6)....
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Coursework
The trends signify that during the year 2030, the current large nations whether the U.... that currently remains as the superpower with any global trends that possess the capability of usurping that position keenly observed (Marshal and Amy, 2015).... Global trends 2013 report intends to stimulate thinking among individuals and nations relating to the vast as well as geopolitical changes in the current world together with possible global changes expected over the next fifteen years....
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