The Toxic Seduction of Social Media, Shaming, and Radicalization
Betraying Dignity claims that contemporary distress causes individuals and nations around the world to abandon the dignity-based culture of human rights, and embrace new manifestations of honor-based cultures, like extreme nationalism, Jihad, and shaming. This book distinguishes dignity as a way of fortifying the culture of human rights.
In this book , the author explains previously unaddressed historical outcomes resulting from the combined impact of the September 11, 2001 attacks and the United States' subsequent Global War on Terror. While expounding on the finer details of the decades-long interaction between militant jihadism and the Global War on Terror, the analysis ......
How to Stop Genocide, Fight Terrorism, and Defend Freedom
Can genocide and terrorism ever be eliminated? This book says yes. It demonstrates that such atrocities are driven mainly by mass ideological hate incitement. Hence ending the violence requires shutting down the incitement - especially across the Middle East, where a tsunami of hate propaganda drives an epidemic of terrorism.
Vicente Medina challenges common misconceptions and excuses for extreme political violence. Countering such axioms as "one man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist" and the "do whatever it takes" attitude toward counter-terrorism, Medina differentiates between justified political violence and unjustifiable terrorism. Surveying terrorism ......
How Criminals, Terrorists, and the Syrian Conflict Fuel Underground Mark
This book examines the transnational expansion of the illicit economy in Turkey and the unintended consequences of corruption scandals at the highest levels of the Turkish government that have resulted in the purging of important law enforcement and intelligence entities formerly responsible for countering terrorism and organized crime threats.
Long-time Brookings senior fellow Stephen Philip Cohen was the first American scholar to work in the field of South Asian security studies. This book of essays is an intellectual homage to Cohen. It is also an impressive overview of a number of the vital questions facing the nations of that region as well as their neighbours both near and far.
Confusion, Partisanship, and Alarmism in the Literature on the Radical R
This book argues that the political and security threats posed by the domestic radical right in Western countries have been consistently exaggerated since 1945. This has allowed governments to justify censoring and repressing their political opponents, including many who cannot be fairly described as being affiliated with the radical right.
The ADF Rebel Group in the Congo-Uganda Borderland
This book looks at one of the oldest and most secretive rebel groups in the eastern Congo warscape: the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). Moving away from traditional state-centric concepts of cross-border conflict, the author examines how their deeply embedded position in local borderland histories has fueled their surprising resiliency.
An Analysis of Conflict in the Abrahamic Religions
Given the high cost of military operations, the author offers readers insights as to what motivates kingdoms, countries, and groups to engage in religious conflict. The insights of preeminent religious and political scholars are integrated into this analysis, leading to an answer to the question: Is the killing worth it?
