Essays about: "Al-Qaida"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word Al-Qaida.

1. 1. The anti-state jihadist war front of al-Qaida in Pakistan: A study of the post-9/11 localization strategy of al-Qaida

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Pedagogik; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies

   Author : Abdul Sayed; [2020]
   Keywords : Terrorism; al-Qaida; Pakistan; Tehreek Taliban Pakistan TTP ; anti-state jihad; Macro-level analysis.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study explains the post-9/11 localization strategy of al-Qaida by examining its role in anti-state jihad in Pakistan. The central argument of this study is that al-Qaida harnessed the domestic problems of Pakistan to incubate an anti-state jihadist movement in the country, which came to be led by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. READ MORE

3. 2. The good and the bad: UCAV counterinsurgency : how are the UCAV theories reflected in the counterinsurgency in Afghanistan and Pakistan?

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Peter Asplund Thidlund; [2016]
   Keywords : UAV; drones; UCAV; Pakistan; FATA; Afghanistan; Chamayou; Cronin; Jordan; Byman; counterinsurgency; Al-Qaida; Taliban;

   Abstract : The modern battlefield is a changing environment where new ideas and technology are being tried and implemented. One such technology that has brought recent changes to the battlefield is the Unmanned Aerial Combat Vehicles (UCAV), commonly (and often incorrectly) referred to as “drones”. READ MORE

4. 3. The Killing of Osama bin Laden, Was it Lawful?

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete

   Author : Amanda Elfström; [2012]
   Keywords : Target; ICCPR; Use of force; self-defence; anticipatory self-defence; unwilling; unable; Human Right to Life; Arbitrary Deprivation of Life; Jus ad bellum; jus in bello; Distinction; Global War on Terror; GWOT; Extraterritorial Applicability; Direct Participation in Hostilities; Geographical Scope; Armed Conflict; Temporal Scope; Continuous Combat Function; IHL; IHRL; HR; International Human Rights Law; International Humanitarian Law; Osama bin Laden; al Qaeda; International Armed Conflict; Non-International Armed Conflict;

   Abstract : The main purpose of this work is to investigate if the US ́s killing of Osama bin Laden on 2 May 2011 in Abbottabad in Pakistan was lawful. The background to the killing is what happened on 11 September 2001 when four US airplanes were hijacked and crashed into World Trade Center and Pentagon. READ MORE

5. 4. Anatomy of al-Qaida

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Carl Dyborn; [2011]
   Keywords : al-Qaida; militant Islam; complexity theory; networks; complex adaptive system; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This paper looks at al-Qaida and the nearly decade of war through concepts offered by a scientific paradigm called complexity theory. The networks, organization and ideology of al-Qaida in this paper are described in terms of complex adaptive systems, emergent networks with localized behavior. READ MORE

6. 5. Attack of the Drones

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter; Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

   Author : John Sjöberg; [2010]
   Keywords : Argument Analysis; Just war Theory; Targeted killings; Drones; International law; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis uses a Just war theory framework to do an argument analysis of the Obama administrations official legal justification of targeted killings and the use of drones as lawful state practise. The conduct of targeted killings using drones has increased since Barack Obama became president and has become a tool that is argued to effectively diminish the strength of AL-Qaida and other alleged terrorist organisation. READ MORE