Essays about: "science and Terrorism"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 88 essays containing the words science and Terrorism.

1. 11. Drought, Mechanisms and Terror: The role of crop harvests in increasing the intensity of terrorism.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Thomas Bressler; [2021]
   Keywords : Climate Change; Drought; Terrorism; Conflict; Food Insecurity; Economic Shocks; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate whether crops are a mechanism through which drought affects terrorist activity. The theory suggests that drought can affect conflict if the group or country affected also is dependent on agriculture, experiences low economic development and is politically excluded. READ MORE

3. 12. Exploring Maritime Border Disputes using the Issues Approach : Comparative analysis of Ghana-Ivory Coast and Kenya-Somalia

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

   Author : Roli Mahajan; [2021]
   Keywords : terrorism; security studies; maritime disputes; Kenya; Somalia; Ghana; piracy;

   Abstract : Maritime boundaries are man-made constructs which are critical to resources like oil and gas, fisheries as well as trade. Recently, these delimitations in the sea have also gained importance in the environmental discourse because the role of the sea has become scientifically more significant in the field of climate change. READ MORE

4. 13. If not us, then who? - On the repatriation of Swedish women and children from the al Hol and al Roj camps in the Syrian Arab Republic

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Aylin Volgsten; [2021]
   Keywords : public international law; international human rights law; repatriation; jurisdiction; terrorism; counter-terrorism; Syria; ISIL; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In the al Hol and al Roj camps in the north-eastern parts of the Syrian Arab Republic, women and children allegedly affiliated with the terrorist group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant are detained in precarious humanitarian and security conditions that have been equated with torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment by the United Nations. In early 2021, the United Nations called upon states to repatriate their nationals from the camps. READ MORE

5. 14. France at war - Hollande’s securitization of terrorism after the 2015 attacks and the reaction of the French public

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Alexandre Hjorth Gernigon; [2020]
   Keywords : Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : As terrorism after the 9/11 attacks has emerged as one of the most important threats to international security, the political discourse used by world leaders regarding the topic is becoming more and more essential to study. One way to do this is by using securitization theory, which helps us understand how something becomes a security issue, and how security threats are socially constructed through the use of language. READ MORE

6. 15. A Loner, But Not Alone: Analyzing the Hanau Terror Attack in German News Media

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Keea Malin Kauhanen; [2020]
   Keywords : far-right terrorism; critical whiteness; masculinity studies; news media; racism; extremism; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis analyzes how the German news media depicted the terrorist attack in Hanau, which killed 10 people on 19th February 2020. This is done by conducting a thematic analysis in two major German newspapers, Süddeutsche Zeitung and Frankfurter Allgemeine. READ MORE