Description
Please follow the instructions carefully and answer all of the items. All return assignment will be check for plagiarism prior to releasing payment. Your sources must come from the readings and video clips, web links listed below. All materials are available online.
Assigned Readings:
- David C. Rappaport, “The Four Waves of Modern Terrorism,” 2004, http://international.ucla.edu/media/files/Rapoport-Four-Waves-of-Modern-Terrorism.pdf
- Lauren B. O’Brien, “The Evolution of Terrorism since 9/11,” Federal Bureau of Investigation, September 1, 2011, https://leb.fbi.gov/2011/september/the-evolution-of-terrorism-since-9-11
- Kathy Gilsinan, “Today’s Terrorists Want To Inspire,” The Atlantic, September 14, 2015, http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/09/history-terrorism-isis-9-11/405055/
Assignment:
PLEASE NOTE: THERE ARE THREE SEPARATE QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED. ANSWER QUESTION #1 BEFORE PROCEEDING TO QUESTIONS #2 AND #3.
Question 1. 300 words
In your opinion, is the "wave" phenomenon that Rappaport proposes a useful framework for understanding the evolution of terrorism? If not, why not? If so, how do the acts of terrorism from video clips below fit in to the wave model?
Links video clips:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCl0AvwLXlU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNo4rPIuVsk
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bc6_1420632668
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng_vbTUdMPM
Question 2. 250 words
In your opinion, how has terrorism evolved since 9/11? Is there anything that you feel is missing from the FBI's understanding of post-9/11 terrorism? (HINT: Make sure you've read the assigned reading from The Atlantic -- which is an interview with terrorism expert Martha Crenshaw -- before answering this question.)
Question 3. 250 words
If you were helping Rappaport revise his "wave" study to now include an emerging FIFTH WAVE, what would you say is likely to be the next wave of terrorism?
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