HUM 2395 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Islamic Terrorism, Identity Politics, Structural Adjustment
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Associated with weak states rather than strong states. Have the potential to spread chaos and disorder to surrounding regions. Unfold in the context of economic depression or collapse. Associated with the collapse of the rule of law. Discussion questions: new wars, causes of new wars i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii, responses to new wars i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. Regulate arms trade ix: islamic terrorism, causes of islamic terrorism i. Muslim brotherhood and al qaeda iv. v. western violence is amplified by the development of arabic media vi. enemy: response to islamic terrorism i. ii. iii. iv. v. withdraw support from saudi arabia vi. vii. viii. Couched in terms of a distinction between the near enemy and the far. Linked to us policies in the middle east, especially israel and saudi. Framed as a religious appeal to the umma to engage in the work of jihad.
