Africa and the War on Terror
Tags: TERRORISM; WAR; INTERNATIONAL crimes
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- The War on Terror. Prins, Gwyn; Heginbotham, Stanley; Cooley, John; Van Evera, Steven; Blum, Jack; Schell, Jonathan // New England Journal of Public Policy;Winter2005, Vol. 19 Issue 2, p71
Presents comments concerning the war on terror. Concern on the problem about terrorism; Elaboration on the claim that the world is not in a global war on terror; Problem on the use and abuse of the word terrorism.
- Defeating Terrorism by Winning Hearts & Minds. Roberts, Chuck // Airman;Feb2005, Vol. 49 Issue 2, p2
The article informs that about 50 Airmen have joined more than 1,400 service members from a host of other nations in endeavors such as vaccinating camels, constructing bridges, digging wells and training African troops in ways to counter the spread of terrorism across their borders. As 1st...
- IS THE U.S. WINNING THE WAR ON TERROR?: NO. Gels, Leslie H. // New York Times Upfront;9/22/2008, Vol. 141 Issue 2, p28
This article argues that the U.S. is not winning the war against international terrorists and is losing it. It mentions that the best hard evidence is the number of terrorist incidents worldwide. It discusses that terrorist groups have increased in number and geographic distribution over the...
- The Biggest Threat We Face. // National Review;8/28/2006, Vol. 58 Issue 15, p18
The article discusses International terrorism, which constitutes the biggest threat the Western civilization faces. The best way to manage the threat of terrorism is to localize it and try to direct it into areas where it can do least harm to the west, a strategy that has been pursued by the...
- BRIEFING: THE PAN-SAHEL INITIATIVE. Ellis, Stephen // African Affairs;Jul2004, Vol. 103 Issue 412, p459
Examines the Pan-Sahel Initiative (PSI), a key new front in the war on terrorism. First meeting held to establish a scheme that would be aimed at fighting terrorism, controlling illicit trade and enhancing regional security; Heart of the PSI consisting of training military units from the four...
- SUPPRESSING THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM. McCulloch, Jude; Pickering, Sharon // British Journal of Criminology;Jul2005, Vol. 45 Issue 4, p470
Combating the financing of terrorism is a key tool in the 'war against terror' yet has passed relatively undetected amongst the many other measures that add to the arsenal of the state's coercive powers and the global dominance of the United States. These measures dramatically expand the...
- Responding to Terrorism as a Kinetic and Ideological Threat. Gunaratna, Rohan // Brown Journal of World Affairs;Winter/Spring2005, Vol. 11 Issue 2, p243
Offers insight on responding to terrorism as a kinetic and ideological threat. Information on post-cold war threats to humanity; Impact of globalization on the threat of terrorism; Evolution of the Al Qaeda terrorist group.
- Getting back on track. Seymour, Richard // Middle East;Jun2004, Issue 346, p18
There is a popularly held view in the West that Lebanon is a country pockmarked by years of conflict and a haven for the region's terrorists and drugs traffickers. Fought over by Israeli, Syrian and Hizbullah forces to this day and traumatised by a 16-year civil war that ended in 1990, there is...
- AGAINST THE NEW UTOPIANISM. Elshtain, Jean Bethke // Studies in Christian Ethics;2007, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p44
Why do utopian dreams of a peaceable kingdom run high despite all historic evidence to the contrary? Examining this question in light of the current struggle on how best to respond to terrorism and within the framework of a just war tradition indebted to Augustine, the paper examines, first, the...
