Essays about: "al Qaeda"

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  1. 6. The Gamble of Going Global : How Global Transnational Terrorist Networks Transform Group Cohesion

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Tristan Ober; [2019]
    Keywords : Fragmentation; Global Transnational Terrorist Networks; al-Shabaab; Boko Haram; Taliban; al-Qaeda; Islamic State;

    Abstract : With the rise of global transnational terrorist networks (GTTNs), there has been an increase in scholarly output on the subject. While many scholars have focused on the ways in which these networks enable terrorist organizations to achieve their goals, few have studied the transformative impact that GTTNs have on group cohesion. READ MORE

  3. 7. Can securitization be just? A case study of the U.S securitization of bioterrorism post 9/11

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ellen Edman; [2019]
    Keywords : Al-Qaeda; Anthrax; Biodefense; Bioterrorism; Just Securitization Theory; Securitization; War on Terror; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This study investigates the morality of securitization. More specifically, it examines the possibility of a just securitization. Using Just Securitization Theory, developed by Rita Floyd, it analyzes the morality of a case of securitization. The selected case for testing Just Securitization Theory is the U. READ MORE

  4. 8. ‘War of Theology’: The Theological Aspect of the Split between Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State in Iraq in 2013.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

    Author : Orwa Ajjoub; [2018]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : On the morning of the 8th of April 2013, the world woke up to Abu Bakr Al- Baghdadi, the leader of what was called the Islamic State in Iraq or ISI, announcing the expansion of his group from Iraq into Syria. Al-Baghdadi also announced the merger of ISI and Jabhat al-Nusra (JN) into a new group called the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham or ISIS. READ MORE

  5. 9. The Strategy of the Islamic State: Instrumental and Organizational Developments in Relation to the Strategy of Al Qaeda

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ashi Al-Kahwati; [2018]
    Keywords : Terrorism; Al Qaeda; the Islamic State; Martha Crenshaw; Terrorist strategy; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Al Qaeda and the Islamic State are two of the most dangerous terrorist organizations in the world, whose terror campaigns have changed the nature of global jihadi terrorism in fundamental ways. The purpose of this thesis is to study the strategy of the Islamic State in relation to the strategy of Al Qaeda, with Martha Crenshaw’s Instrumental and Organizational Perspectives. READ MORE

  6. 10. A greater evil – the emerging role of women in al Qaeda

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Anna Lundborg Regnér; [2017]
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