Joshua Gutierrez POSI 4367 Doyle 20 October 2013 Nuclear Proliferation: A Threat to Global Security The international security realm has a dispute that is detrimental to international security and inherent to status quo policy. The premise is states that nuclearize weapons produce greater international insecurity‚ while states that denuclearize weapons produce greater international security. With this analysis comprising theoretical‚ scientific‚ and factual concepts with empirical evidence
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create a dispute‚ and undermine societal cohesion to bring political or social change (p. 181). In addition‚ terrorism can occur internationally (country to country) or domestically. Examples include international terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda‚ Hezbollah‚ and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia or domestic terrorist groups such as Left/Right Wing Extremists and Special Interest Groups (Islam & Ryan‚ 2016‚
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to Lebanon to fight the Israeli government‚ the USA’s closest and most trusted ally. This war was caused by the militant Hezbollah group firing rockets at the Israeli border towns as a diversion for an anti-tank missile attack on two armored Israeli Humvees patrolling the border fence. It should also be noted the the United States and many other nations have declared Hezbollah a terrorist organization. According‚ to a case study done by “The Christian Science Monitor‚” Iran has been the world’s leading
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Excellent post this week. Agreed‚ the Iran-Contra Affair had many intricate components working to achieve the President’s goals. First‚ the President sought the release of six American prisoners being held by the terrorist organization‚ Hezbollah. However‚ due to the President’s own public stance on terrorism and negotiating with terrorists‚ this placed President Regan’s administration in an awkward position in attempting to free the captives. Moreover‚ the weapons for money portion of the operation
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The ‘Arab Spring’ uprisings that started three years ago resulted in a major shifting of the Arab political landscape and brought about the overthrow of a number of deep-seated and oppressive regimes and dictators like in Libya‚ Tunisia‚ Yemen and Egypt. However‚ the uprising in Syria remains unresolved and has evolved into a bloody civil conflict‚ caused so much casualties which has left destruction‚ lawlessness‚ and fear across the country. A resolution to the conflict has yet to be found‚ and
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Like many‚ Islam is a divided religion consisting of two separate‚ yet common sects. As an entirety‚ Islam was founded by Mohammed in the seventh century around the Saudi Arabia area. All Muslims‚ from both sects‚ agree that Allah is the only God and Muhammad his messenger. Another prominent similarity is in their sacred ritual of prayer‚ which are nearly identical; the Shiites will stand with their hands at their sides‚ while Sunnis will put their hands on their stomachs. Both ranches also following
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which offered strategic locations for his organization expanded widely; they had a complete logistic base‚ and from this point‚ the ideology was more radical. Al Qaeda sought for being a stronger organization‚ in allay with other organizations like Hezbollah from Iran‚ which had a common goal‚ as is claimed by Harvey Kushner‚ “they called for the destruction of the Jewish state of Israel‚
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Lebanon Lebanon is a Middle Eastern country that is delimitated to the west by the Mediterranean and to the east by the Syro-African Depression. Lebanon borders Syria to the north and to the east‚ and Israel in the south. Lebanon’s climate is "Mediterranean"; mild to cool‚ wet winters‚ and hot‚ dry summers. Some of Lebanon’s natural resources are the limestone‚ salt‚ water and iron ore. Like any other country there are natural hazards such as dust
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but to Al-Arabiya‚ an Arabic-language channel broadcast throughout the Arab world—President Obama addressed one of his biggest foreign-policy challenges: Iran’s suspected nuclear-weapons program and its support of militant groups like Hamas and Hezbollah. "If countries like Iran are willing to unclench their fist‚" the President said‚ "they will find an extended hand from us." Obama is the sixth American President to face off against Iran’s hard-line Islamic regime; his predecessor‚ George W. Bush
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explain two examples of the role of religion in terrorism. What are some examples of religious terrorist groups? Examples include Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda network‚ the Palestinian Sunni Muslim organization Hamas‚ the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah‚ the radical Jewish groups affiliated with the late Rabbi Meir Kahane‚ the Israeli extremists Baruch Goldstein (who machine gunned Muslim worshippers in a Hebron mosque in 1994) and Yigal Amir (who assassinated then Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in
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