Essays about: "Terrorism and Al Qaeda"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 20 essays containing the words Terrorism and Al Qaeda.

  1. 16. Terrorism : And its connection to failed states

    University essay from IHH, Statsvetenskap

    Author : Johan Holmgren; [2008]
    Keywords : international terrorism; state failure; al Qaeda; Afghanistan; factionalized elites;

    Abstract : Through the increase in globalization over the last twenty years the world has become ’smaller’. The many positive aspects of the phenomenon sometimes make us overlook the negative aspects of globalization. READ MORE

  3. 17. Causes and Contexts - A structural analysis of terrorism past and present

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Tony Ingesson; [2007]
    Keywords : terrorism; Islamic terrorism; West Germany; urban guerilla; Al-Qaeda; Peace and conflict research; polemology; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to provide a theoretical framework that can be applied to both religious and secular terrorism. It is suggested that terrorism can be divided into two categories; practical and ideological. The first category, terrorists with practical objectives like sovereignty or end to repression, are generated by local conflicts. READ MORE

  4. 18. Self-defence against terrorism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Alexandra Trossling; [2005]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The first condition for the legal use of force in self-defence is that the state exercising this right is the victim of an armed attack. Typically, an armed attack is carried out across the frontier of the aggressor state into the territory of the victim state. READ MORE

  5. 19. Inter Arma Silent Leges? Applying Humanitarian and Human Rights Law to the Swedish Citizen at Guantanamo Bay.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Anna Christer-Nilsson; [2004]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Since January 2002, a Swedish citizen has been detained at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. He was captured in Pakistan during the post-September 11 war between Afghanistan and the United States and subsequently brought to Guantanamo, where he has now passed his two years imprisonment. READ MORE

  6. 20. The Development of the Right of Self-Defence: In the Aftermath of September 11

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Lina Bergqvist; [2002]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The incidents of September 11, 2001, and the US response raised several important issues under international law regarding the use of force. The attacks against the World Trade Center and Pentagon were crimes against humanity as well as violation of the use of force in the United Nations Charter Article 2(4). READ MORE